On the 31st of March 2015 at about 5:15 pm, Goodluck Jonathan, who at that time was the President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections, put a call through to Muhammadu Buhari who was at the time the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the election to concede defeat and congratulate him (Buhari) on his victory at the polls.

At the time Jonathan made the call, the Independent National Electoral Commission was yet to declare Muhammadu Buhari as winner because the results from Borno State was yet to arrive at the coalition center but it was clear the PDP had lost the election (with the presidential election results from 35 states already counted).

The “historic” call worked magic in defusing tension mounting across Nigeria and in turn threw Jonathan up as a hero of Nigeria’s democracy. If the conversation had not happened, Nigeria might have descended into violence as an aftermath of the election.

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What a nonsense hero,in David Oyedepo voice

He was a hero of Nigerian democracy. The first incumbent Nigerian to willingly concede defeat in a democratic setting and even called his opponent to congratulate him.

Only God knows that Nigerians will not witness such a thing again.

Jona Na

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