“When I became a vice president I almost cried, I never wanted to, but that was my destiny and I had to move,” Jonathan added.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he never wanted to become Nigeria’s vice president in 2007.
Jonathan was picked as a running mate to late President Musa Yar’Adua while he (Jonathan) was serving as Bayelsa State governor in 2007. The duo was elected on PDP’s platform. Jonathan was vice president for three years before Yar’Adua’s death.
Speaking on Wednesday when he paid a condolence visit to Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, the former president said he almost cried when he became Nigeria’s number two citizen.
Jonathan visited Diri over the death of the governor’s father at Sampou Community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
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The former leader of Africa’s most populous nation said he found himself at Aso Rock by divine arrangement. “If it is not yet your turn to be there, you will not be there,” he said.
“When I became a vice president I almost cried, I never wanted to, but that was my destiny and I had to move,” Jonathan added.
“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, to 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.”