Jonathan Should Not Contest In 2027 — Shehu Sani
Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan against re-contesting for presidency in the 2027 election.
Sani made the statement on Channels Television where he appeared as a guest on Sunday Politics program to chip in his opinion ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The next presidential election is still 2 years away but the People’s Democratic Power (PDP) are determined to reclaim the presidential seat in whatever way possible and that has brought Jonathan’s name to everyone’s lips.
However, ex-senator believed that it is important for Goodluck Jonathan to steer clear of the 2027 election and not listen to those asking him to recontest because the PDP is no longer united.
“Each time there is an election, the name of Jonathan comes up, but it is his volition to contest, but I advise him not to do that. The reason is very simple: the PDP he used to know is not the PDP now.
“The PDP in the South-West is endorsing the president. Some members of the party are in the coalition. So, it is the party he used to know so he shouldn’t waste his time,” he said.
Speaking further, he talked about the one-term Southern presidency agenda and the coming of the new opposition coalition floated by the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Sani, the Senator for Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, likened the coalition members to President Bola Tinubu based on ideologically initiatives.
He also mentioned that some leaders of the PDP are pushing for Jonathan return, not just because he is constitutionally eligible but also due to the fact that he can only be elected for a single term.
“We are in a democracy, and it is within the right and ambit of our democratic experiment or law to have an opposition that will give an alternative, but if their only cause for power is to remove Tinubu without providing any alternative to governance and his style, then, they have no agenda.
“The people that constitute the coalition today are not ideologically and philosophically different from the programmes which the Tinubu administration is prosecuting. So, it’s not like we have a Marxist and a Capitalist or a Neo-Liberal and a Conservative.
“During their campaigns and in their dear lives, you can see those liberal values of devaluation and removal of subsidy and some other party,” he added.
Goodluck Jonathan had served as the vice president under late Umar Yar’adua for three years before succeeding him on May 6, 2010, till May 29, 2011.
Thereafter, he was elected on the PDP platform and was in power till May 29, 2015. He also re-contested in 2015 but lost to Muhammadu Buhari of the All-Progressives Congress (APC).
