2023 Presidency: What We Will Do if APC Fields ex-President Jonathan, PDP Governor Makes Stunning Revelation
- Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has disclosed what the PDP would do if former President Jonathan emerges APC’s presidential candidate in 2023
- Tambuwal during an interview opens up on former President Jonathan’s absence at the just concluded national convention of the PDP
- The governor who is also the chairperson of the PDP’s Governors Forum hinted at Jonathan’s possible defection to the ruling party, APC
Sokoto state- In recent times, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has ruled out rumoured plans to field former President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, yet the debate lingers on.
The governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has cleared the air concerning Jonathan’s absence at the recently concluded national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to Tambuwal, Jonathan had an event to attend in Kenya hence, he was permitted by the party.
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In an interview with Premium Times, the governor who is also the chairperson of the PDP’s Governors Forum said:
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“First, President Obasanjo left partisan politics a long time ago, sometime in 2014. President Jonathan was reached out to by the Chairman of the Convention Committee alongside the Governor of Bayelsa, and Governor of Oyo State, who was the secretary. They went to him and gave him a run down as the convention unfolded. They briefed him. He took the excuse that he was on his way for an annual AU programme, an international engagement in Kenya. He cannot be at two events at the same time and we all quite understand."
Meanwhile, Tambuwal who is the Chairperson of the PDP Governors’ Forum, played a key role in the success of the national convention and has been working with his colleagues to strengthen and stabilise the opposition party ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Mr Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, also addressed the speculation of Jonathan’s possible defection to the APC.
The Nigerian politician noted that it remains a rumour but urged Jonathan not to consider the option as he might likely end up like Adams Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu.
Tambuwal said:
“Rumour says that. Even myself, there was a rumour that I was going back to the APC but it remains a rumour. I have had cause to do an interview with VON Hausa where similar question was asked by the reporter on the possibility of President Jonathan going to the APC. We advise that he should not even contemplate it. Otherwise, how are they going to market him? His situation will be like that of my senior brother, Adams Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu.
"You know that in Edo, during the last governorship election, it was more of what Adams himself had said about his own candidate, Ize-Iyamu, which became campaign issues. People will just exhume what President Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed and rest of APC stalwarts had said about Jonathan. That, I can guarantee, is what we in PDP will do. So, I advise President Jonathan, if he has any aspiration, he should possibly consider it in the PDP rather than leaving to join the APC.”
Prominent PDP Governor speaks on defecting to APC, joining 2023 presidential race
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo state, has denied plans to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor who appeared as a guest on Channels TV on Thursday, October 21, said he has no intention to contest for the office of the president or vice president in the coming 2023 general elections.
Governor Makinde also noted that since Nigeria's return to democracy in 1999, all the presidents the nation has had emerged "were called".
Source: Legit.ng
