2023 Presidential Election; Goodluck Jonathan Succumbs To Pressures

...Agrees To Run For  Presidency In APC

Former president Goodluck Jonathan

 By Niyi Ogungbola

Indications had emerged that, the Former president, Goodluck Jonathan may have Succumbed to pressures to contest again for the position he left in 2015 .

First Awareness learnt that  Jonathan met with Sothsouth leaders where he indicated interest in the race for the next president of Nigeria in 2023.

It was gathered that the meeting was held on December 27, 2021, at Aridolf Hotels and Spars in Yeagoa,  Bayelsa State.

A source, whose political associate attended the gathering, said that, the Yeagoa meeting was held  shortly after Dr. Jonathan visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja last Thursday.

It would be recalled that a national News paper had reported last year that some Northern All Progressives Congress (APC) governors were plotting Jonathan’s return to the Presidency to assuage the South and enable the North to return to power after four years.

Jonathan’s political associate, Chief Dikivie Ikiogha, formed the South-South Presidency 2023 and had held consultative meetings with stakeholders.

Though the activities of the group ebbed following lack of funding, a source said they would soon resume their campaigns.

Our source, said the governors of two Northwest states are championing the plot. He added that the scheme was part of the reasons a minister from the Southsouth spoke recently against the then administration of Jonathan.

He said: “The coordinators of the group plotting for Jonathan to return to Aso Rock in 2023 met recently with Jonathan at his wife’s Aridolf Hotels and Spars.

“The chairman of the group, Chief Dikivie Ikiogha, and other Southsouth coordinators were present at the meeting. Jonathan indicated an interest in their campaign and asked them to return to their different states to continue with their campaign.

“This plot has been kept active by two governors from the Northwest, who are plotting for a strong APC Northern governor to become Jonathan’s running mate.

“There is also a plan to reconcile Jonathan with the Southsouth minister who recently spoke against his administration.