Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! Starting from March 28,

I, other reasonable Nigerians and international observers
had feared that this election would mar Nigeria.
Reasons included the fact that no African sitting president
has ever lost election, the threat from your kinsmen in Niger
Delta, and the prediction that Nigeria would disintegrate in
2015.
However, you have proved every doubting Thomas wrong.
You have kept one of your numerous promises:
You've given Nigerians a free and fair election at the
expense of your ambition and expectations of your
supporters.
Dear Goodluck:
i. Unlike Charles Taylor, you believe your country (Nigeria) is
greater than you, so you have admitted defeat without war.
ii. Unlike Gbagbo, you have conceded and you are ready to
inaugurate a new government headed by your opponent.
iii. Unlike Robert Mugabe, you haven't manipulated election
to keep you in office.
iv. Unlike Mahmud Ghadaffi, you believe the people have
the right to choose their leader.
v. Unlike Hosni Mubarak, you've refuse to use the security
forces against your people.
vi. Unlike Babangida, you are not ready to set up interim
government because you've lost peoples' confidence and
acceptance.
vii. Unlike Abacha, you don't consider Aso Rock your father's
house, so you are not going to die for it.
viii. Unlike Obasanjo, you've appointed a free and unbiased
umpire as the chairman of INEC (Jega against Iwu).
ix. Unlike Aregbesola, you've never believed in violent polls,
so you haven't asked your supporters to go to polling booths
with charms and ammunition.
x. Unlike Shagari, you would never hand over to a military
president, so you've conducted a transparent election.
xi. Unlike Obasanjo, you don't believe election is a "do or
die" affair, rather, you believe that "one's ambition worth the
blood of nobody".
xii. Unlike many Nigeria's politicians, you've openly accepted
defeat and don't blame INEC for your loss.
xiii. Unlike many African presidents, you've become the first
sitting African president to conduct election which you've
lost.
I'm more than proud of you.
After Nelson Mandela in South Africa, you are the new god
of democracy in Africa.
Your open acceptance of the results and congratulating of
your opponent have opened a new democratic chapter for
Nigeria and Africa in whole.
I do hereby recommend you for Nobel Laurel Prize for
Peace and Leadership, the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Leadership
and every other available award for a true statesman and
true democrat.
As you bow out of office come May 29, may you bow into
peace, happiness, wealth, good health, prosperity, and long
life