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Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity, PDP presidential campaign, says his attacks on Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect and other stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress, were not personal.

Fond of directing veiled criticisms particularly at Buhari and Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, during the build-up to the general election, Fani-Kayode said he was only doing his job.

He said that although the PDP is facing trying times at the moment, the party would definitely bounce back.

“There was absolutely nothing personal as regards this directorate or myself. I had nothing personal against anybody. I was simply doing my job for which I have no regrets and I wish them well and I sincerely hope that they will take Nigeria to a level that we can all be proud of.

“We have conceded that we have lost and we acknowledge the fact that we fought a good fight.

“Having lost, it does not mean that it is the end to the world, it just means that we need to re-group, re-organise ourselves and begin the process all over again because another election will come in a few years time.”

Fani-Kayode congratulated Buhari for his victory and commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat.

“We congratulate General Muhammadu Buhari for winning this election. We also wish to commend President Goodluck Jonathan, for having the courage to concede that he has lost the election at the earliest moment and also for being able to stand up and rise above party politics and being able to speak like a statesman,” he said.

“We therefore urge the Nigerian people and our teeming supporters to stand firm and continue to support the democratic process and continue to agitate for a better Nigeria. We urge them to continue to support our party the PDP as best as they can even though we lost this election. We ask them to co-operate with the incoming government and to remember that we are first and foremost Nigerians before anything else.

“My prayer is that he brings our nation together, heals the wounds and that he builds the bridges in terms of religion, ethnicity and region that he needs to build in order for us to make Nigeria a better place and to ensure that Nigeria becomes a great country that she is destined to be.”