The Senior Special Assistant (Print media) to President Bola Tinubu, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has downplayed speculations about the return of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, to active politics in 2027.
Naijaonpoint reports that AbdulAziz, in an interview with journalists in Kano, said there is nothing to fear if Jonathan decides to contest again.
According to the presidential aide, Jonathan’s previous defeat as a sitting president shows he poses no political threat.
AbdulAziz insisted that Jonathan’s possible return does not bother anyone, including Tinubu.
He said, “Somebody who was defeated while he was a sitting President, there is nothing he can do now. Maybe he can come and try his luck. It is the beauty of democracy. Anybody can decide to contest.
“But Jonathan is not a threat at all. No one is scared of him. Certainly, not the President,” he said.
“As I said, someone who could not win his election while he was president, why will he be a threat now that he is far away from the stool, aside other constraints?”
AbdulAziz also cautioned Jonathan against allowing people to destroy him.
He added, “I am sure that some people will want to mislead him,” AbdulAziz warned.
“Personally I will say that he should not listen to people who want to destroy him or who want to demystify him by urging him on to a contest that is a no contest in the reality because I don’t see where Jonathan will make an in-road or get any substantial vote in that election.”
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