Deji Adeyanju, a human rights
activist, on Friday said former President Goodluck Jonathan would be the best
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023.
Adeyanju made the remark while
explaining that it would be difficult to find a candidate like Jonathan.
He noted that the former
president who served only one tenure was a complete democrat.
In a series of tweets, the
socio-political activist noted that Jonathan accommodated his critics while he
was in power.
According to Adeyanju, Jonathan
was fair to all Nigerians and never manipulated elections to favour his party,
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He wrote: “GEJ will be the best
candidate APC can present in 2023. It’s difficult to find leaders like GEJ on
the continent, a complete democrat. Under GEJ, no critic or activist was
jailed. Elections will be free and fair. PDP lost every election under GEJ
except Ekiti where Fayose won with stomach infrastructure.
“Many of the people that
criticized GEJ are now certified tyrants who will never allow freedom of speech
or credible polls. Just watch how APC will write results in Anambra and declare
their unpopular candidate winner.
“African leaders and even many of
the critics are generally tyrants, they can’t tolerate criticism. To have a
complete democrat is an advantage. GEJ that I know is not desperate for
anything including power.”
Lately, there has been
speculation of Jonathan defecting to the APC and clinching their presidential
ticket.
Though the former president has
been silent on this claim, the APC has said that Jonathan would be welcome if
he decides to dump the PDP.
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