Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has advised former President, Goodluck Jonathan, to preserve his reputation as a statesman and avoid a return to active politics that could erode the respect earned after conceding defeat in 2015.
Naijaonpoint reports that Oshiomhole, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, cautioned Jonathan against yielding to pressure to contest the 2027 presidential election, warning that doing so would damage his legacy.
The former APC national chairman suggested that only Jonathan’s enemy wants him to return to the political arena, stressing that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would easily defeat him if he chose to run.
Oshiomhole further argued that Jonathan’s political base in the South-South had weakened since his departure from office, making a comeback unrealistic.
He said, “How can Jonathan be a threat? We defeated him before when PDP was truly PDP. If a man had PDP at its best, at its peak, and he was defeated, I think only his enemy will push him to go into election.
“If I were able to advise him, I will say, Sir, maintain this status. You governed for eight years, you don’t have to govern for nine. Jonathan has managed to demonstrate that out of power, you can be relevant and at peace.
“We will defeat him if he comes out very flatly because now the South-South is no longer PDP. So where is he going to start from?”
Recalling Jonathan’s historic concession speech in 2015, Oshiomhole described it as one of his most admirable legacies, and he should protect it.
He added, “Looking at how he ascended to that office, if I were him, I will spend the end of my life trying to find relevance, which he has already found, and speaking because that conceding defeat, and that is memorable quote about my blood, sorry, blood of a Nigerian is not worth my ambition, he should just allow those legacies to be.”
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