Presidency: Jonathan Lost to Evil Conspiracies

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe

•  Says he is leaving office a fulfilled man  with excellent records

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Sunday said that President Goodluck Jonathan fought against evil conspiracies both locally and internationally in his bid to deliver good governance but was unfortunately misunderstood by many Nigerians who mistook his good nature and intentions for weakness.

He however said the President is leaving office as a fulfilled man who was "excellent in achievement, humility, tranquility  and simplicity."

In a comment posted on his Facebook page after a thanksgiving service held for the out-going President at the State House chapel on Sunday, Okupe said:  "Nigerians mistook meekness for weakness, restraint for lack of strength, reticence for inaction, calmness for indecisiveness."

While noting that the thanksgiving service was emotional for him and other friends of the President who attended, Okupe insisted that despite losing the elections, President Jonathan remains the greatest President Nigeria ever had and that "he triumphed because of the inherent goodness that God has deposited in him."

The Presidential aide said Jonathan meant what he said and stood by them even to his own detriment and to the detriment of those who believed in him.

Okupe noted that though President Jonathan lost the elections, he triumphed because of his commitment to the peace of Nigeria which made him declare that his ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian.