Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, Fani- Kayode said he had nothing personal against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who won weekend’s presidential election and other chieftains of the main opposition party, who were at the receiving end of the sustained attacks of the PDPPCO.
Fani-Kayode said: “On the day of the election when I went to vote at Ile-Ife, I held a press conference in which I told the people that more than anything else, we should try our very best to keep the peace in this country and to keep the country moving forward.
I also reminded them that in every election there would always be a winner and a loser.
“It is a mark of our humanity, and it is also symptomatic of the type of people that we are and who we are, that when the time comes, we can say we fought a good fight but we lost.
“And having lost, it does not mean that it is the end to the world; it just means that we need to re-group, re-organise ourselves and begin the process all over again because another election will come in a few years’ time. And that is where we are today.
“We have conceded that we have lost. We acknowledge the fact that we fought a good fight. We do not have any fears about the future. We did the right thing during the campaigns. We have no regret about our candidate or the way in which we conducted our campaigns and we will live to fight another day.
“Finally, let me commend all our colleagues on the other side for also standing up for what they believed in.
There was absolutely nothing personal as regards this directorate or myself.
“I had nothing personal against anybody. I was simply doing my job for which I have no regrets and I wish them well and I sincerely hope that they will take Nigeria to a level that we can all be proud of. May God grant each and every one of us peace.
“May He watch over our nation; may He guide our president for the next two months while he is still in power and thereafter, may He guide and lead the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, in the herculean task ahead of him.”
He commended President Goodluck Jonathan for having the courage to concede defeat, the former Minister of Aviation also congratulated the APC presidential candidate, Buhari, on winning the election, and urge the Nigerian people and their teeming supporters to stand firm and continue to support the democratic process and continue to agitate for a better Nigeria.
Femi Fani - Kayode said, we ask them to co-operate with the incoming government and to remember that we are first and foremost Nigerians before anything else.”
