Nigerian ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan finally open
up on his decision to concede defeat in the 2015 presidential election that
brought Buhari into power unexpectedly.
According to Jonathan, nobody from anywhere within or
outside the country pleaded with him to accept the election result as was
announced by INEC.
Recall that prior to the election, Jonathan had stated
emphatically that his political ambition is not worth the blood of any
Nigerian, unlike President Buhari whose failure in previous elections
instigated ethnic and religious killings in the Northern Nigeria, including
innocent corp members who were deployed to serve their country. He said, it was
mainly on his personal principle an respect for human lives that informed his
decision.
He said this at Bingham University in Nasarawa State, where
he and another former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, were conferred with honorary
doctorate degrees.
He said: “It is my belief that no one’s political ambition
is worth the blood of any Nigerian. And I am fulfilled knowing that my
conceding while the votes were still being compiled, which was born out of my
personal principles and convictions, is generating positive impact in other
nations. Let me make it clear, that I was not persuaded to do so by anyone
within or outside the country. I know it was the right thing to do.
“My mantra ‘my ambition is not worth the blood of any
Nigerian’ is my vow. It was not just a political slogan. One of the reason I
convened the 2014 National Conference was to come up with a polity devoid of
tension and crisis. A polity that will bring unity to this country. A polity
that will not divide us along tribal, ethnic or religious lines.”
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