JONATHAN: The Sad Story Of How He Was Used & Dumped

“False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade” - Christian Nestell Bovee, a famous New York writer.

President Goodluck Jonathan told the world that his friends had deserted him. He made it known that he was not fazed by their action, adding that he expected more friends and associates to abandon him because he lost the March 28 presidential election to the candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari.

The President spoke at a special thanksgiving organised in his honour at the Cathedral Church of Advent, Life Camp in Abuja. He must not have been oblivious of the popular saying that ‘failure is an orphan.’ Indeed, even in politics, success comes with making more friends.

President Jonathan is seen as someone who has so much confidence in his aides, friends and associates. As a perceived gentleman, building trust in someone does not take a long time for him. But this quality, unfortunately as analysed in several quarters, contributed to his losing the just held election.