At a time when the US President has called the US 2020 elections fraudulent, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, says it is better to lose power and gain honour.

Jonathan, who made statement on a Facebook post without making reference to the US elections, recommended this ‘philosophy’ to all leaders facing ‘challenging situations at the polls’.

He wrote, “Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen. It is better to gain honour at the cost of losing power than to gain power at the cost of losing honour.

“At any point in time, the power of love should matter more than the love of power.

“This is my philosophy. I have lived it. It has brought great peace to both my beloved nation and I. And I recommend it to all leaders facing challenging situations, either in government, or at the polls, or even in their dealings with fellow political actors.”

Jonathan, who sought re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2015, had conceded defeat to the incumbent Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.

Although Jonathan did not make any reference to the US elections, the recommendation was made at a time when the United States is electing a new President to lead the nation for another four years.

The incumbent American President, Donald Trump, and his Democrat challenger Joe Biden are presently slugging it out at the polls but the electoral college votes are tilting in favour of Biden who is some figures shy from the magic number of 270.

Trump has however, been alleging fraud in the voting process and has threatened that the election would end up at the US Supreme Court.