‘Why I Almost Cried When I Became Vice President’ – Jonathan Makes Fresh Confession

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerian politicians to put into consideration the will of God ahead of the governorship and states houses of Assembly election scheduled to hold on Saturday March 18.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that Jonathan made the call when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State over the death of his father at Sampou Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking at the event, the former Governor of Bayelsa State, who was chosen as Yar’Adua running mate in the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) confessed that he almost cried when he became the Nigeria’s vice president because that wasn’t what he wanted.

Though he became the President and completed the tenure of late Yar’Adu. Jonathan contested the 2011 election and was elected to serve for another four years. He, however, lost his re-election to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.

He said it was his destiny to become the vice president first and that he accepted the position as God’s will for him.

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He said; “As a leader in the country who had the privilege of serving at the state level and national level, I can only advise that politics is not about that you must be there. If God wants you to be there, you will be there. If it is not yet your turn to be there, you will not be there. When I became a vice president I almost cried, I never wanted to, but that was my destiny and I had to move.

“So, I advise people who are interested in these offices and their supporters to conduct themselves very well. They want to serve us, not to serve themselves.

“I always tell people that if you are so ambitious, then go into business. If you want to be in the state assembly and people don’t want you, fine, go and sleep. You want to be a governor and people don’t want you, go and sleep or do business.

“But if you want to serve us as people then you must be humble and you will not kill us before you serve us. So, people must conduct themselves peacefully and if God wants them to win their elections, they will win their elections.”