Earn Nigerians’ respect, concede defeat and congratulate Buhari as Jonathan did, BMO advises Atiku

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has counselled the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to quickly concede defeat by putting a call through to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ), President Muhammadu Buhari, to congratulate him.

BMO said this move would earn the former Vice-President respect from Nigerians.

According to a statement issued by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, on Tuesday in Abuja, the group advised Atiku to toe the path of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the man he loves to quote, and congratulate Buhari even before being declared by the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC).

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“We at BMO believe that this is the ideal time for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to take a cue from the man he loved to quote – former President Goodluck Jonathan, who called the then candidate Buhari when it became apparent that Buhari had won the election.

“We are convinced that he would earn the respect of more Nigerians without having to pay for it by making that call to the President as early as possible,” it said.

Akinsiju in the statement, noted that President Buhari took hold of states believed to be strongholds of opposition PDP.

It stressed that the President’s goodwill bought him victory in such states.

“The truth is that even though President Buhari secured a large chunk of votes from his traditional strongholds in Northern Nigeria, he did far better this time than in 2015 in areas that were considered as PDP’s power base in Southern Nigeria.

“So he clearly got a pan-Nigerian mandate in a free, fair and credible election that had two distinguished politicians from the same Fulani ethnic stock as the major candidates,” it said.

He warned the PDP to “stop their supporters from painting President Buhari’s impending landslide victory in tribal colours in social media posts.”

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