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“I want to use this moment to congratulate
Nigerians in our midst here,” Mr. Joshua began in a message to his
multi-national congregation, televised live via his Christian network Emmanuel
TV.
Alluding to his
prediction a week to the election that the dark cloud he saw covering Nigeria
was lifting, he said that a bloody ‘war’ would have ensued if not for the
prompt concession of power by President Jonathan.
“Look, Nigeria wanted
change – everyone was yearning for change. An attempt to stop change leads to
war, to a bloodbath… If Nigeria knows what we have overcome, we would
dance,” Mr. Joshua said.
Mr. Joshua praised Mr.
Jonathan’s tenure insisting that he had served his nation well despite the
immense security challenges.
“I really want to salute
President Jonathan. The President has served; he has done his best. It was just
the season of crisis – and unfortunately he found himself at the lead in the
season of crisis ,” he said.
He said he had wanted to
personally deliver the message to the president, so Mr president had to send
one of his aides to him promptly. After the presidential aide had worshipped at
his church during a Sunday service, Mr. Joshua said he met him and relayed the
revelation that Mr. Jonathan’s regime had come to an end. “Soft landing – that
is the language I sent to the president,” he told his congregation.
Mr. Joshua described
President Jonathan as a man who ‘has a heart for God’, revealing that he even
spoke with the Nigerian president shortly before his historic concession call
to President-elect Mr. Buhari.
“I said to him, ‘Your
Excellency – all you need to say is thank You, Jesus, even when it seems there
is nothing to be thankful for. He said, ‘Thank you, man of God’. Before I knew
it, I saw the news on CNN that he had congratulated his opponent ,” Mr.
Joshua said.
He prayed that people
from the ‘South-South’ region in Nigeria where President Jonathan hails from
would understand that ‘their son has become a hero’, adding that his actions
prove the region is after a united Nigeria.
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