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| Thompson, Buhari |
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday met with Tunde Thompson, one of the journalists jailed for violating Decree 4 in 1984 when he was a military Head of State.
Buhari met with him when he hosted
members of his Media Team and Social Media Influencers at the Defence
House, Abuja on Tuesday.
The President-elect cracked jokes with
Thompson and praised him for rising above his jail experience to forgive
and support his presidential bid.
He
reminded Thompson, who is a member of his media team, that what
happened under his military regime was one of the challenges of that
period.
Buhari also applauded his campaign media
team led by Mallam Shehu Garba for running “a very decent media
campaign” despite the hate campaigns mounted against him by the Peoples
Democratic Party.”
He added, “I want to commend you
especially for two things. First, is the decent media campaign you
conducted despite the PDP’s dirty tactics, you stayed focused on issues
and avoided the temptation to sling mud.”
The President-elect particularly commended Garba for providing leadership that led to the success of his team.
He said, “I thank you for your uncommon
motivation to do the work. Despite the lean budget on which we ran our
campaign, you did not allow the lack of adequate remuneration to stall
the work at any point in time. You continued to give your best.”
The President-elect also praised the
Independent National Electoral Commission for deploying technology in
the conduct of the last election.
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