2023: Anxiety in PDP as four APC governors reportedly move to draft Jonathan into race
- APC governors have reportedly intensified efforts to drag former president Goodluck Jonathan into the race
- There have been speculations that the ruling APC may field Jonathan as its presidential candidate in 2023
- Jonathan has, however, not denied that he might give contest for president in 2023
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A report by The Nation indicates that a grand plot to draft President Goodluck Jonathan into the presidential race has commenced with four All Progressives Congress (APC) governors from the north leading the charge.
Legit.ng gathered that a group of 10 politicians from the south comprising notable figures from Bayelsa, the home state of the former president, had been given the mandate to begin a media campaign that would midwife the plan.
According to the report, the group led by a chieftain of the APC from Bayelsa and Jonathan’s political ally was said to have met on two occasions to discuss the modalities of rolling out the campaign.
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The report further stated the northern governors wanted the south-south to start the campaign while they play a supportive role in convincing the APC to give its ticket to the former president.
The report also stated the plot was to first begin a campaign for the south-south to complete its tenure in 2023.
The source was quoted to have said:
“Ten known politicians mainly from Bayelsa state have come together as a group. Their job is to start a media campaign on the need for the south-south to complete its tenure. They believe that since every other zone that produced the president ruled the country for eight years, the south-south should be allowed to complete its tenure.
“The four northern governors backing the return of Jonathan in 2023 wanted the south-south to start the campaign first while they play a supportive role in midwifing the process. They want the argument to originate from their zone of interest.”
It was also gathered that the 10 crack team had already held a meeting with Jonathan and would soon meet with the northern governors involved in the project.
The source said Jonathan was interested in the project, which was why he had refused to publicly deny his continual linkage to the 2023 presidency on the APC platform.
Source reportedly said:
“The plan of these APC governors is to allow power return to the north after four years since Jonathan is entitled to only four years.
“The north believes that their tenure under the late President Musa Yar’Adua was cut short and they need to quickly return to power after 2023.
“If the plan goes well, Jonathan will defect to the APC and a significant number of politicians in PDP across the south-south including Bayelsa will join him."
Wisdom Ikuli, a kinsman of Jonathan and public analyst, reportedly said there was nothing wrong in the move to bring Jonathan back to Aso Rock.
He said:
“If we say we are fighting for equity and we believe in justice and fairness then it demands that the people of south-south should be given the remaining one term because they have done one term. When they complete that one term it will now rotate to another geopolitical zone.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that a former Osun state governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, disclosed why ex-Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo supported current President Muhammadu Buhari over then-incumbent in 2015, Goodluck Jonathan.
It was reported that Oyinlola said Obasanjo made this move because he had fallen out totally with the Jonathan administration.
Oyinlola, a former military administrator of Lagos state, however, noted that Obasanjo did not welcome President Buhari with open arms either.
Source: Legit.ng
