dismissing insinuations being made
that he will not accept defeat if he
loses the 2015 presidential
elections.
He addressed the issue during a
media chat held in Abuja on
Wednesday, News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports.
“In 2011, I said that I will conduct
a free and fair elections and if I
lose I will happily go home and it
should be recorded. As of that time
no African sitting president had
lost an election, but within this
period a number of African sitting
Presidents had lost elections.
But, I said that I wanted to create
history to be the first African
President that will lose election.
But, let the world know that the
election was a free and fair.Then, I
just concluded the late President’s
tenure; I was just a President for
about a year, acting for some
months then.
But, I said that I will be happy to
go home. That this nation is more
important than any human being
and I still maintain.Anybody who
wants to hold this office of the
president or any office at all and
feels that he is more important
than the nation, then, he it is not
quite right.
So, if as of that time I said that I
was ready to conduct a free and
fair election and if I lose I will go
not to talk about now that
Nigerians had given me the
opportunity to be here for four full
years.
So if the elections are conducted
and I lose, of course, I will
inaugurate a new government.
There is no way I will say if I lose
I will not hand over,” he said
The President said a lot of
misinformation was being
circulated by the media about the
2015 elections and urged Nigerians
to shun such propaganda for the
progress of the country.
He reassured Nigerians and the
international community that the
2015 general elections would be
conducted as planned by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission.
On the ongoing fight against Boko
Haram, the President disclosed that
the joint multi-national force,
including the Nigerian military had
intensified efforts to liberate all
areas captured by the insurgents.
He said the Nigerian Army had
taken delivery of new military
hardware that would help it in its
crusade against the insurgents.
He also expressed the hope that
with the renewed fight against the
militants, the Chibok girls might
soon be rescued.
