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“Nobody’s Ambition Is Worth The Blood Of Any Citizen” - Goodluck Jonathan Reiterates

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Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has reiterated a statement he made back in 2015 where he said Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen”. He also said it is better to lose power and gain honour. Jonathan disclosed that his philosophy of opting to leave power to gain honour had brought peace to Nigeria and himself. Jonathan, who made this known in a Facebook post on Friday, recommended this ‘philosophy’ to all leaders facing ‘challenging situations at the polls’. Mr Jonathan wrote, “Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen. It is better to gain honour at the cost of losing power than to gain power at the cost of losing honour. “At any point in time, the power of love should matter more than the love of power.

“This is my philosophy. I have lived it. It has brought great peace to both my beloved nation and I. And I recommend it to all leaders facing challenging situations, either in government, or at the polls, or even in their dealings with fellow political actors.”

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had defeated Jonathan during the 2015 presidential election.

Despite being the incumbent president at the time, Jonathan had conceded power to Buhari, stressing that nobody’s presidential election was worth the blood of any Nigerian.

Jonathan, however, urged leaders facing election challenges to adopt his philosophy. Noting that leaders should always embrace peace ahead of power.

Although Jonathan was not particular about the world ‘leaders’ he made the recommendation to, his statement was made during the time when the United States was conducting its presidential election.

The present American President, Donald Trump, and his Democrat rival Joe Biden are presently slugging it out at the polls, the electoral college votes are, however, tilting in favour of Biden who is some figures shy from the magic number of 270.

Recall that Trump has condemned the election, faulting many practices and procedures of the election. He had once said that he would never concede defeat if Biden wins.

 

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