Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said that his boss is meek but does not mean that he is weak even as he said Nigerians misunderstood him
(President Jonathan).
Okupe, who expressed his feeling about the President on his facebook wall, said: “Nigerians misunderstood meekness for weakness, Restraint for lack of strength, reticence for inaction and calmness for indecisiveness.
“President Jonathan has done well and served his country well. He exits office as a great President, perhaps Nigeria’s greatest President for all times. Greater than the best before him. He excelled in achievement, in humility, tranquility and simplicity.
Okupe said that history would judge President Jonathan differently, adding: “he would be remembered as a great man, a good man, humble and humane, purposeful and focused. A great African Hero who fought against all manners of evil and conspiracies, religious, ethnic, national and international, and lost the war, but ultimately, triumphed because of the inherent goodness that God Almighty deposited in hm.”
He recalled that Jonathan said his ambition was not worth the life of any Nigerian, saying that he meant what he said and stood by what he said even to his detriment and millions who believed in him.
The presidential aide urged Nigerians not to weep for Jonathan, adding: “rather weep and pray that our Nation will remain, united and stable; that its people will prosper and that God will guide our incoming leaders.” [myad]
