THE presidential aspirant on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and former head of state, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd),  has denied ever discussing the 2011 general election with President Goodluck Jonathan, when he was invited to  break the Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Buhari, speaking in a Kaduna State Radio programme, Vision Nigeria, on Thursday, said “right from my car, I went straight to the breakfast table and after that, I left. So, I don’t know where people got the idea that we discussed. That is not true.”

He said he was at the Villa to honour the invitation to break fast, adding that there were about 20 people there but they did not talk on any issue.

He was of the belief in the ability of President Jonathan to conduct a free, fair and credible election and expressed the desire to support any government produced by any election that was free, fair and credible.

The former head of state said participating in the election by Jonathan would not, in any way, affect the conduct of a free and fair election, adding that he would continue to fight for credible democracy in the country as long as elections were rigged by greedy politicians.

He said steps taken so far by the president, including the nomination and appointment of Professor Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the signing of the Electoral Act 2010 and the release of funds to INEC, were clear indications that he was ready to fulfill his promise of conducting a free and fair election.

Buhari, who debunked the insinuations that he always joined parties to become the presidential candidate, added that he left the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) because the party was going contrary to his belief, adding that he joined the CPC as an aspirant and not as its presidential candidate.