YOU ARE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, NOT PRESIDENT OF NORTHERN NIGERIA-MAITAMA SULE TO BUHARI

Maitama Sule, former Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations has charged President-elect of Nigeria, Buhari to see himself as President of Nigeria and not President of Northern Nigeria when he takes over on May 29th from President Goodluck Jonathan.
The elder statesman made the statement on Sunday when he led a delegation of northern elders to pay a congratulatory visit to Buhari.
Maitama while extolling the virtues of Buhari for his discipline and uprightness, urged him to pursue justice and make truth his watch word.
He said,
"You are the President of Nigeria, you are not the President of northern Nigeria by the grace of God. Your excellency, we have come to congratulate you.
"We first of all thank God. What has recently happened to Nigeria is an act of God. Nobody can claim credit for it. Allah has done it for us. Allah has listened to our prayers and our pleas to bring about this change, a change for betterment of all.
"Nobody expected that the elections would be peaceful, nobody expected that the elections would not lead to the disintegration of the country. By the grace of God, the elections were held peacefully.
"We are living in peace with one another. By the grace of God, power will also be handed over to you (Buhari) and we'll be living peacefully thereafter by the grace of God.
"On many occasions, I've called for a revolution but I made it quite clear that I was not calling for a violent or bloody revolution.
"I wanted a kind of revolution led by Mahatma Gandhi, non-violent, bloodless revolution with the philosophy of Sathia Gria. A revolution is a change of attitude.
"Glory be to God, having listened to our prayers, he gave us somebody who has a good record of being a man of God, a truthful man, a man of intergrity, a man of discipline.
"Yes, you (Buhari) were a military leader, I've always said it that when you were a military leader, you instilled discipline into our society. You fought corruption and you gave Nigeria a sense of direction.
"Iam sure you will not compromise your principle but you'll bring justice, wisdom and diplomacy. I'm sure you'll not compromise your principle. Let it be the same Buhari that gave the country a sense of direction when he was a military leader."