If Not For The Card Readers PDP Would Have Written Election Results – Buhari

Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has commended members of his campaign media team led by Malam Shehu Garba for running a very “decent media campaign” despite the hate campaigns mounted against him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to Daily Post, Buhari was full of praise for the APC’s presidential campaign media and publicity members as he received members of his media team and social media influencers at Defence House, Abuja, on Tuesday,


He said: “I want to commend you especially for two things. First, is the decent media campaign you conducted. Despite the PDP’s dirty tactics, you stayed focused on issues and avoided the temptation to sling mud.”
The high point of the meeting was when the president-elect cracked jokes with Tunde Thompson, a member of the media team and one of the journalists jailed by the Decree 4 in 1984.

Buhari praised Thompson for putting his jail experience behind to forgive and support him.

The president-elect also praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deploying technology as part of the process of the last election with the use of PVCs and card readers.

“If not for PVC and Card Readers, the PDP as usual would have written the results and asked losers to go to court. How can people who are struggling to survive go to Court and get money to pay the SANs of this world? We must thank God for the success of this election,” he said.

Meanwhile, the president-elect has expressed concerns over the dilapidated economy of the country with just 24 days to his inauguration."