President Muhammadu Buhari has asked that Nigerians should forgive him, that he accepts all criticisms in good stead |
President Muhammadu
Buhari has begged Nigerians to forgive him, that he accepts all criticisms in
good stead.
In an occasion that marks his final outing as
president on the Eid-el-Fitr day before handing over, Buhari said Nigerians
should forgive him in any way he has hurt them, saying “all those that I have
hurt, I ask that they pardon me”.
“God gave me a wonderful
chance to serve the country. We are all humans, if I have hurt some people
along the line of my service to the country, I ask that they pardon me,” he
said.
“I think it is a good coincidence for me to
say goodbye to you, and thank you for pardoning me for almost eight years.”
Buhari said the flaunting
of ethnic and religious cards in elections was “rubbish” noting that the
presiding justices at the Supreme Court that squashed his cases were Muslims,
from the north, Zaria in Kaduna state, Niger, and Jigawa.
“I dared the politicians and ended up at the Supreme
Court three times. They laughed at me, and I responded, ‘God dey’. God sent
technology to my rescue, with permanent voter’s cards (PVC). The fraudulent
people became unemployed,” he said.
On security, the
president said there have been improvements, adding that “insecurity in FCT has
been marginalised”.
“It is better to
reflect on what used to happen here, in FCT, especially on security. Security
is not only about the North East, but it also spread to the FCT and all over
the country,” he said.
“Those who wanted to
make our lives uncomfortable reached the FCT, and they have been marginalized,”
the speaker said.
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