Dr Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigeria’s immediate past president, has advised Americans to stop the street protests over the emergence of Donald Trump as President-elect. Dr Jonathan, the first incumbent leader in Nigeria to lose an election (2015 presidential election) told citizens of the US to give peace a chance.
In a statement published on his verified Facebook page, Mr. Jonathan said “Democracy is all about accommodation and the United States is a model for the free world.”
Mr Jonathan described of a late as the face of global democracy added, “All democrats must value the process of democracy more than the product. “While exercising their rights, I plead with the Great American people not to do anything that will impinge on the old and cherished values and traditions of the US on democratic ethos,” he said.
There have been a wide spread protest since Mr Donald Trump was declared the winner of the US presidential election over the Democrat candidate and former US secretary of States, Mrs Hillary Clinton.