There have been reports floating around about a possible switch for the former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party on whose wings he rose to political superstardom from a place of obscurity to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party he lost to at the polls in 2015 which is now Nigeria’s ruling party.
Some parts of this report have even suggested that there is a possible scenario where the ex-president could become the flagbearer of the APC at the presidential elections in 2023. This has seen the governor of River State, Nyesom Wike who is of the PDP declare that even though ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan is from the South-South region, he will not get his support if he opts to campaign on the platform of the APC.
Most recently, the speculations have gone viral again on social media with claims that former president, Goodluck Jonathan has signaled his desire to dump the PDP and join the ruling party, APC. While this went viral, the camp of the ex-president has come out to dismissed the report as “fake news”.
The spokesperson for the Goodluck Jonathan camp, Ikechukwu Eze has come out to describe the report as nothing but a bunch of lies, claiming that if there was ever going to be such a thing, it would come from the official quarters and not from social media.
“The report is Fake News, if he defects it would be announced through the proper channels. This is a man that’s very busy with other things.”
To confirm the above, APC’s deputy national publicity secretary, Yekini Mabena who hails from Bayelsa state made it clear that even though the party will welcome the former president if he decides to make such a decision, that has not happened yet – to the best of his knowledge.
“As at this moment, there is nothing like that. If the former President Jonathan decides to join the APC, it can’t be a hidden event. We will naturally celebrate it. As a chieftain of the APC, I am aware that anybody who wants to join the party would start from the ward level. To the best of my knowledge as a Bayelsan, I am not aware of anything like that yet.”
Meanwhile, a prominent cleric in the country has warned the former president, Goodluck Jonathan against seeking another tenure in the highest political office in the land as God has not asked him to do so.
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, said this in a statement by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin. He disclosed that except God changes GEJ’s mind, he will leave the opposition party PDP, to join the ruling party APC, in a bid to become president again.
“Except God changes Goodluck Jonathan’s mind, he is ready to dump PDP for APC ahead of 2023 but he won’t be able to put anything in order. He should consult well before he dabbles into what he wants to dabble in, he has a good name now and his garment is white but with his plans, he wants to stain himself.
“God didn’t send him on an errand to come back to contest for another presidential term in Nigeria. People have been praying for him, let him be careful so it won’t become a situation where they send curses to him.
“People that are pushing him will fry him, he should stay away and be the father of the nation, he should not cross to APC because it’s going to stain him. It’s not about the party or administration but that’s what God is saying about his moves.”
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