President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their patience during his eight-year presidency, which started in 2015.
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Buhari told guests at the ninth and final Sallah homage held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
Thank you for tolerating me…I consider myself lucky to have been a governor, minister and head of state and now president for two terms.
The President who noted that he must have hurt some people in the course of his duties asked to be forgiven.
Earlier in his Eid message, President Buhari has scored his administration high in the just concluded elections in the country, enthusing that the elections were so transparent that some members of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, were routed and unseated.
The President said that at no point did he interfere with the process in order to give unfair advantage to anyone.
President Buhari said that the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections “will go down on record as one of the proudest achievements of my administration in addition to our neutrality in the conduct of the elections.”
He further explained that “the outcomes of the elections were in line with my pledge to leave a legacy of free and fair elections.
I’m proud that I have created a level playing field for all contestants regardless of party affiliation in order to produce a fair outcome for all.
According to the President, “free and fair elections are the only principles that give credibility to our democracy, because the subversion of the will of the people undermines democracy itself.”
“The elections were so transparent that even members of the my own party were routed and unseated. At no point did I interfere with the process in order to give unfair advantage to anyone,” the President added.
