President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday met with Tunde Thompson, who numbered among the journalists jailed for violating the infamous Decree 4 promulgated by the Buhari military junta in 1984 when he was the military Head of State.
The incoming President met with the veteran journalist at the Defence House in Abuja while hosting members of his Media Team and Social Media Influencers. He cracked jokes with Thompson and hailed him for rising above his jail experience to forgive and support his presidential bid.
Buhari reminded Thompson, who is a member of his media team, that what happened under his military regime was one of the challenges of that period. He went on to applaud his campaign media team led by Mallam Shehu Garba for running “a very decent media campaign” despite the hate campaigns unleashed on him by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“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,” he noted.
While particularly commending Garba for providing leadership that led to the success of his team, the President-elect 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.”
Buhari equally applaud the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for deploying technology in the conduct of the last general elections.
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