It was one of Nigeria’s living statesman, former President Goodluck, who said: “…my ambition, and indeed the ambition of anybody, is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. True to his solemn declaration at the flag-off of his campaign for the 2015 general election at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Jonathan quietly handed over to late President Muhammadu Buhari who was declared winner of the poll.
The then President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with all the powers in his kitty, gradually conceded defeat without minding how the victory was secured whether there were infractions from any quarters even as he then Minister Godsday Orubebe openly accused the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Chairman that time, Professor Attahiru Jega, of not been fair.
However, fast forward to 2025, a sitting governor and supposed chief security officer of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, who came from the corporate world, where diplomacy is the watchword, has declared otherwise that his ambition is worth the blood of Abians and any other Nigerian who tampered with the election in which he is likely going to be seeking second term of office.