Buhari Meets With Journalist He Jailed 31 years Ago

The result of forgiving .....

Nigeria's President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has met a journalist he jailed 31 years ago. Journalist Tunde Thompson had been jailed under a decree which suppressed press freedom while Mr Buhari was a military ruler. Mr Thompson had said before the March election, won by Mr Buhari, that he had forgiven him and even joined his media team.

Buhari also applauded his campaign media team led by Mallam Shehu Garba for running "a very decent media campaign despite the hate campaigns mounted against him by the Peoples Democratic Party."

He added, "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 president-elect particularly commended Garba for providing leadership that led to the success of his team.

He said, "I thank you for your uncommon motivation to do the work. Despite the lean budget on which we ran our campaign, you did not allow the lack of adequate remuneration to stall the work at any point in time. You continued to give your best."