February 12, 2015 
President Goodluck Jonathan assured Wednesday he will hand over power May 29 if he loses the forthcoming presidential polls billed for March 28.
Speaking on a televised interview with a panel of journalists, Mr. Jonathan sought to dispel speculations that he will not surrender power should he lose the polls.
“Even in 2011, I said that I will conduct free and fair elections and if I lose, I will happily go home. As that time, no sitting African president had lost election. But within this period a number of sitting African presidents have lost elections,” Mr. Jonathan said. “But I said I wanted to create history to be the first African president that will lose election. But let the world know that the elections are free and fair.”
President Jonathan has been accused of plotting to scuttle the transition process should he be defeated by his closest rival, former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari.
The speculations intensified in the last one week after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponed the elections earlier scheduled for February, amid claims Mr. Jonathan has vowed to rather hand over power to the military than Mr. Buhari, should he lose.
But speaking Wednesday, Mr. Jonathan said he believed the institution of the presidency and the Nigerian nation are too important to be weighed against the political fortunes of an individual.
“Anybody who holds this office and thinks that the office is more important that the nation, then that’s not quite fair,” the president said.
Should he voted out on March 28, Mr. Jonathan said he will stand down.
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