The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to hand over peacefully to whoever emerges winner of the presidential polls rescheduled for February 23, 2019, if he fails to win.
The President-General of the apex socio-cultural youth body in Igbo land, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, issued this warning in Abakaliki on Sunday, while fielding questions from journalists.
Isiguzoro noted that in 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan accepted defeat and handed over peacefully to Buhari.
“We ask President Buhari to peacefully handover to anyone that wins, if the outcome of the election turns out to be against him. That’s the noble thing to do at this time.
“As a man with a good heart that he is, President Buhari has said it before that he lost previous elections since 2003.
“Former President Goodluck Jonathan did it and today he is a hero of democracy worldwide. Jonathan accepted defeat. Even when the indices then hadn’t all concluded he had lost in the 2015 presidential election, he called the incumbent and congratulated him.
“Buhari will be under pressure not to handover but we believe he should rise above self and do the needful if he loses in the election,” he said.
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