Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged President Donald Trump of United States to concede defeat to winner of the country’s November election, Joe Biden.
Trump has refused to accept the election result with his supporters at his instigation in violent mode and attempting to stop the process of the certification of Biden as the winner by the joint session of the congress in vile attack on Capitol Hill during the session on Wednesday with casualties suffered.
Jonathan who upon his defeat in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari vacated office in peace, in a veiled reference to the outgoing US President advised him to follow the path of honour saying, “Nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen, in any part of the world.”
The post read in full: “I have repeatedly said nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen, in any part of the world. Absolutely nobody. Again, I reiterate that it is better to lose power at the cost of gaining peace than to gain power at the price of losing the peace.
“As a leader, one must not just look unto one’s own interest, but the interest and the good of society. It is never too late to reject the venom and inject the serum of peace.
“It is necessary to state that the highest purpose of leadership is to bring people together, even those that do not share in your philosophy. And you do not need an office to do that. All you need to achieve that height of leadership is conscience. Let us be men of conscience at this hour.”
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