The jostle for power ahead of the 2027 presidential election has taken a new twist as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has begun moves to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the race.
Naijaonpoint reports that this follows the party’s recent decision to zone its presidential ticket to the South.
This is not the first time the PDP has considered Jonathan as a possible flag bearer. In the build-up to the 2019 presidential election, similar moves were made, but the former president swiftly dismissed them, declaring he had no interest in returning to power.
However, unlike in 2019, Jonathan has yet to reject the current push for his candidacy and has neither confirmed his intention to run in the forthcoming election.
Multiple sources within the PDP, including former presidential aides who served during Jonathan’s tenure from 2010 to 2015, confirmed to Sunday Sun that the move to draft him into the race is real.
One source, who even provided Jonathan’s media aide, Mr Ikechukwu Eze’s contact, said, “I can confirm to you that it is true. We want him to run. But consultations are still on-going. I will give you his (Eze) number but he is not likely to confirm to you. At best, he would just say that pressures are being mounted on his principal to run.”
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