Nigeria: Jonathan's Last Card - 'Statesmanship'

opinion

OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan is being hailed as a statesman because he conceded defeat in an election that was clear even to the blind that he would lose badly to his familiar rival, General Muhammadu Buhari.

And the question I am asking some Nigerians hailing him as a hero, is, what were they expecting him to do, dig in and refuse to give up and plunge the country into crisis? Were they actually expecting President Jonathan to dispute the election results that he was trailing by over two million votes with just one state (an opposition state for that matter) result left to be announced? Were they expecting Jonathan to act out the Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo's script and turn our country into a killing field by refusing to concede defeat?

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