Reports have emerged, indicating former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s readiness to contest the 2027 presidential election.
There has been speculation about Jonathan’s possible
comeback following moves by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
A close ally of the Bayelsa-born politician confirmed to
Vanguard on Wednesday that Jonathan, a member of PDP has allegedly agreed to
run for the 2027 presidential election.
The source told Vanguard that the plan to draft Jonathan
into contesting on PDP’s platform had gone far, and that he had accepted to
run.
He added that the former president was going into the race
to find ways of addressing Nigeria’s rising poverty, hardship and the general
suffering that had gripped the citizenry since the All Progressives Congress,
APC took over power in 2015.
The source also claimed that Jonathan had already met behind
the scene with some top political leaders within and outside the PDP
particularly in the north to consult them and seek their support for the 2027
presidential race.
According to the politician, Jonathan met with former
Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, retd., last weekend in
his Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State, and briefed him on his desire to run
for one term in 2027.
Meanwhile, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the
PDP, Mallam Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirmed that the party has been making moves
to bring Jonathan back.
“Many Nigerians have come to realise the mistake they made
in not re-electing Dr. Jonathan. They now acknowledge his achievements and are
even apologising, pleading with him to return and rescue the country,”
Abdullahi said.
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