Reports suggest that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s supporters in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are already working overtime to sell his candidature to stakeholders.
Signals from Jonathan’s camp indicate that, contrary to earlier claims, the former governor is considering entering the 2027 presidential race.
Sources in Wadata Plaza (PDP National Secretariat) told The Nation that high-level consultations are ongoing to woo Jonathan back into active partisan politics.
The aforementioned publication also reported that Jonathan has been contacting influential Nigerians about his plan.
One of those already visited by him is former President Ibrahim Babangida, sources said.
A political ally of the former president said that Jonathan’s Friday statement on the alleged betrayal that cost him re-election in 2015 was strategic, aimed at drawing public sympathy.
He said that if Jonathan was not interested in the race, making a categorical statement to that effect would cost him nothing.
The Jonathan ally, who did not want to be named, likened the Benin statement to the September 2010 speech by Jonathan, when he was seeking the PDP’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2011 election.
Jonathan’s cousin Robert Azibaola had earlier dismissed speculations that he was not interested in the 2027 election.
The former President, according to him, “never said he would not contest in 2027. The so-called aide quoted in the publication does not exist.”
He added that while Jonathan has not officially confirmed his intention to run, he has also not ruled himself out.
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