“I was fighting for Nigerians, but Nigerians were fighting me. They wanted you all dead for the sake of power. I resigned so that you could live.

“I was fighting for Nigerians, but Nigerians were fighting me. They wanted you all dead for the sake of power. I resigned so that you could live.

They were not after me; they were after you. I just happened to be standing in their way. They knew I would bring Nigeria to global standards, so they fought me from all sides, dragging you into the depths of poverty.

My love for you as Nigerians was beyond words.

‘Nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.’

— Goodluck Jonathan”