– Last week Goodluck Jonathan was present at a dinner in his honour by Cercle Diplomatique, Geneva, Switzerland
– The immediate past president of Nigeria spoke on his challenges and feelings during the 2015 presidential campaign and the March 28 election
– The ex leader of Nigeria is sure his decision prevented war in Nigeria
– Jonathan expressed confidence on the bright future of Africa
Former president Goodluck Jonathan obviously has some tensed moments ahead ofhis decision to call Muhammadu Buhari and congratulate him.
“I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015,” he said, adding that he did not want Nigeria to slide into a theatre of war.
The situation required an immediate action
“I never knew that the human brain had the capacity for such enhanced rapid thinking. One hundred and one things were going through my mind every second. My country was at the verge of collapse. The tension in the land was abysmally high and palpable, in the months leading to the election. The country became more polarised more than ever before, such that the gap between the North and the South and between Christians and Muslims became quite pronounced
“In fact, it became so disturbing that some interest groups in the United States began to predict indeed, many Nigerians did buy into this doomsday prophesy as they began to brace themselves for the worst.
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