October 26, (THEWILL) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, said that he felt the entire world was against him after he lost the 2015 Presidential election.
Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had polled 15,424,921 votes to defeat Jonathan, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 12,853,162 votes in the 2015 Presidential election.
Recounting memories nine years after the election, Jonathan said being defeated as an incumbent president was not an easy moment then.
“It is not easy to lose an election as a president. You will think the whole world is against you”, he said.
Jonathan spoke on Friday, at the 1st Raymond Dokpesi Annual Diamond Lecture in Abuja, organised by Daar Communications and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations.
He revealed that he was deeply emotional when he learned of the election results but found solace in the words of encouragement from Raymond Dokpesi, the late Chairman of Daar Communications.
“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 (elder statesmen) 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”, he said.
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