Jonathan: I passed through emotional turmoil when I lost 2015 election

For the first time since he lost the 2015 presidential election, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has explained how he felt about the development.

Jonathan lost an election for the former President Muhammadu Buhari which brought about the administration of the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2015.

On Friday, the former President spoke in Abuja at the 1st Raymond Dokpesi Annual Diamond Lecture organised by the management of Daar Communications, in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR.

According to Jonathan, “I passed through inexplicable emotional turmoil when I lost the 2015 presidential election.

“It is not easy to lose an election as a president. You will think the whole world is against you.

“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 explained it more elaborately.”