By our reporter| After weeks of speculations, former president Goodluck Jonathan may have finally joined the 2023 presidential race as a coalition of Northern groups on Monday purchased the All Progressives Congress’ presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the former president.
Sporting fez caps with the inscription ‘run Jonathan run’, members of the coalition said Jonathan is the most qualified to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Jonathan has been under pressure from some groups and interests within the ruling APC to contest the 2023 presidential election.
Addressing calls for him to contest in April, Jonathan had told supporters who campaigned for his participation to “watch out”.
“Yes, you are calling me to come and declare for the 2023 presidency, yes I can’t tell I am declaring; the political process is ongoing, just watch out,” he told supporters at the time.
Jonathan was first elected in 2011 after completing the tenure of his former boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
He was defeated by President Buhari in the 2015 presidential elections.
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