The National Peace Committee, which met with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, has denied that it was on the errand of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
A member of the committee, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, denied the insinuation, while speaking to State House correspondents after the committee’s closed-door meeting with Buhari in Abuja.
Bishop Kukah said;
“Anybody is free to come to our committee, but President Jonathan never by telephone or by any other means sought to see the committee. We went to see him, but that was after we had already seen members of the political parties; we saw a few members of the civil society; we planned to see the speaker because we couldn’t see him yesterday.”
“So this was a planned series of intervention essentially just to hear out everybody and I think the good news is that Nigerians are committed to a new nation.”
“We are committed to ensuring that the gains and the blessings God has given us come to fruition. So, it was a very wonderful conversation that we had.”
“Again, our own commitment is not to intimidate or fight anybody. The former president’s commitment and what he did still remains spectacular and I think that President Buhari himself appreciates that.
“So, our effort really is to make sure that the right thing is done. This is not an intervention; it is not a hearing out process. When we had election it was like a wedding; the reality of government now is the marriage and people need to be encouraged.
“We need to reaffirm that this is our country and the only thing we can collectively be opposed to is injustice, iniquity, corruption and in that regard we all had one single conversation.“
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