Jonathan Cries: My Friends Have Abandoned Me After Losing, Hope My Wife Wont Divorce Me

Outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, has cries out that some of his friends have deserted him shortly after he was defeat by the APC candidate General Muhammadu Buhari in the March election.

“Some hard decisions have their own costs. No doubt about that. It is a very costly decision but I must be very ready to pay for it,” Jonathan said during a farewell church service in Abuja.

“If you take certain decisions, you should know that people close to you will even abandon you at some point. I tell people that more of my so-called friends will disappear.”

Jonathan’s public admission of defeat in the nail-biting election came more than six hours after he rang Buhari to concede, earning him praise for statesmanship. But all the praises have disappeared.

Many party faithful and erstwhile loyalists of Jonathan have either crossed over to Buhari’s party or made harsh statements against Jonathan’s party or its leaders.

Jonathan said he was not surprised by the desertions or statements by his former loyalists, adding that former South African president Frederik de Klerk faced a similar situation when he decided to abolish minority rule in that country.

Jonathan said that de Klerk’s marriage to his wife, Marike, broke down after he agreed to end injustice.

“But that is the only decision that made South Africa to still be a global player. If by this time we still have minority rule in South Africa, nobody would have been talking about South Africa in the present generation,” he said.

Jonathan also said he hoped his wife, Mama Peace, would not divorce him over his defeat by Buhari.