In a congratulatory letter addressed to the Katsina-born former military Head of State, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty should grant him many more years of good health and personal fulfilment.
“As you mark your 72nd birthday anniversary, I write, on behalf of my family, the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to extend warm felicitations to you.
“I join your family, friends, and well-wishers to thank God for your life and to pray that He continues to guide, guard and prosper you even as He blesses you with many more years of abounding health and personal fulfilment,” President Jonathan wrote.
Both men contested the 2011 presidential election and will lock horns again on February 14, 2015.