Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former president, has said that losing the 2015 presidential election was a difficult time in his political career.
According to Jonathan, it seemed like the entire world was against him.
He made the remarks during the 1st Raymond Dokpesi Annual Diamond Lecture in Abuja on Friday.
Jonathan, who ran on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 presidential election.
Buhari won 15,424,921 votes, while Jonathan received 12,853,162 votes.
It was the first time an incumbent president in Nigeria lost reelection.
Jonathan said:
“It is not easy to lose an election as president. You will think the whole world is against you. But then, Dokpesi invited me before I handed over. I remember what he said to me when I lost the election.
“There were so many senior Nigerians who spoke. After I listened to all the conversations, he congratulated me and encouraged me to look beyond the election. This is how I commemorated that session.
“That communication gave me hope and helped me not necessarily for the transition hour ahead of me but also in my spiritual life as a private citizen. If you read my book, My Transition Hours, I explain it more elaborately,” Jonathan stated.
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