President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, commended the forgiving spirit of the Emir of Borgu, Dr Halliru Dantoro, and other government officials, who were detained while they were under investigation by the military administration he led between December, 1983 and August, 1985.
Buhari, in a statement by the Media Director of his campaign organisation, Mr. Garba Shehu, said the Emir and other government leaders never held the incident against him.
He said they rather had gone to establish very strong and cherished personal relationship with him.
The President-Elect said as Commander-in-Chief in a military dispensation, responsibility for all actions of government belonged to him even where he did not direct government action in that regard but that as leader, he had accepted such responsibility.
He recalled a list of other names of obvious cases including Adamu Ciroma, a former Minister of Finance and Agriculture.
Buhari said he accepted the goodwill of all such past leaders, who did not hold him personally responsible for the actions of the military government and promised the nation that as an elected president, he would ensure equity, fairness and justice for all.
He commended the Emir and his people for enduring the seven-hour journey from Borgu to Abuja to congratulate him.
Buhari used the occasion to once again felicitate with Nigerians on the occasion of the Easter.
The Emir said Buhari’s second coming was divine, meant to redeem and reunite the nation.
He pledged the total support of his people to the success of the the in-coming administration.
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