ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

Prof himself. Show me love na

Jonathan will be the most stupid man to accept that shit.

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Gjrich:
Sahara Reporters, Feb 15, 2021


It was learnt that there had been pressure on Jonathan, to defect to the All Progressives Congress and run for president in 2023 on the ruling party's platform.

The All Progressives Congress is considering giving a joint ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for the 2023 presidential election.

Top sources within the party told SaharaReporters that Jonathan is being considered as a strong voice in the southern region, while El-Rufai is being packaged to represent northern interests and later become the president when the presidency is again zoned to the North.

"There are plans already to pair El-Rufai with Jonathan for 2023. We believe both forces are strong and have goodwill in their regions and are good for the party," one of the sources confirmed to SaharaReporters.

It was learnt that there had been pressure on Jonathan, to defect to the All Progressives Congress and run for president in 2023 on the ruling party's platform.

Some APC chieftains, including governors, had visited Jonathan at his Abuja residence last November on his 63rd birthday.

The APC team's visit was led by the Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, who is also the acting national chairman of the party, Governor Mai Mala Buni.

Other members of the delegation include David Umahi, Ebonyi State governor, who recently defected from the PDP to the APC; Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi State governor, who is also the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum; Abubakar Badaru, Jigawa State governor; Chief Ken Nnamani, a former Senate President; and Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, ex-presidential liaison office to the National Assembly.

The APC leadership visit to Jonathan had generated speculations, which SaharaReporters have confirmed to be more than a friendly visit or a courtesy call on a former president.

It was learnt that the visit was a continuation of the APC scheme to woo Jonathan to the party by a caucus in the party that feels more comfortable to have the ex-President in power than the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.

Buni had denied that the APC was looking in the direction of Jonathan, saying, "Those peddling such information, they are afraid.

"Even if someone wants to base assumption on our recent visit to him during his birthday, we were there because of his capacity as a former President of Nigeria.

"Again, even if there is nothing when we are talking of peaceful coexistence, we must give credit to former President Jonathan on the issue of peace; how he accepted defeat in 2015 and resigned to fate. That has qualified him to be a statesman, and he is now among our fathers."

On whether the APC would accept Jonathan should he indicate interest, Buni had said, "Even in America where we got this democracy, I've not seen where people are being confined to a limit."

Sources, however, told SaharaReporters that Jonathan had surprised the northern elite and the APC northern cabals by his disposition to the Muhammadu Buhari presidency despite all the dirt and campaign of calumny thrown at him and the PDP before the 2015 presidential election, which gave Buhari an unprecedented victory over an incumbent.

It was learnt that some APC cabal had also been impressed that despite the Buhari government's glaring failure, Jonathan had not openly criticised his successor or his administration, much unlike ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Obasanjo had written open letters condemning the Buhari government and also verbally berated it at any opportunity.

SaharaReporters learnt from sources that the establishment of almajiri schools by Jonathan to reduce a large number of out-of-school children in the North also scored the former president good points in the eyes of the northern cabal in the APC, especially with most of it now rotting away even under a northerner as president.

"They see Jonathan as a safe option given the bias Buhari has also shown. The northern elites are afraid that when power returns to the South, the North may get a dose of how Buhari treated the South in terms of key appointments. The choice of El-Rufai is only natural. He has always been seen as a good northern candidate for the presidency," a source said.

Recall that El-Rufai had thrown his weight behind having Nigeria's next president emerge from the southern part of the country.

In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service last August, El-Rufai said, "The southern part of the country is supposed to produce the president come 2023; I don't support a northerner to vie for the seat after President Muhammadu Buhari, based on Nigeria's political arrangement."

Though El-Rufai described the power shift arrangement among the country's various regions as unconstitutional, he said it was a political design that must be respected.

"I believe that (there is) no developed country across the world that considers leadership based on where someone comes from. However, in Nigerian politics, there is an arrangement that we all believe in rotational leadership. We are aware of that, anyone who denies that is wrong," the governor said.

As the APC mull over the Jonathan-Elrufai ticket, there are concerns on the position of the All Progressives Congress national leader and a former governor of State, Bola Tinubu, who is reportedly eyeing the presidency.

Tinubu was considered Buhari's running mate ahead of the 2015 presidential election before some voices in the party and elder statesmen discouraged the APC from going with a Muslim-Muslim ticket, hence the choice of Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who was singlehandedly picked by the former Lagos State governor.

Tinubu had supported Buhari to win presidential elections in 2015 and 2019, believing that Buhari would return the favour after the expiration of his tenure in office when power would be expected to shift to the South.

SaharaReporters gathered that Jonathan was considered a better option than Tinubu because of the latter's "unpredictability".

A source said, "Even among Yoruba people, Tinubu has enemies. Many people want to reduce his power and influence in the South-West; many do not like him in the North. They cannot predict Tinubu the way they can predict Jonathan. With the presidency, Tinubu will become very powerful and no one can predict what he will do with such powers.

"That is why the strategy being employed by those in support of Tinubu is to first unite people, particularly in the South-West, behind him. They know the challenge before him and understand that it will be much harder to convince other regions to support him without his region solidly behind him.

"As for Jonathan, he has been there before, so it is easy to know the kind of presidency he will produce. Jonathan cannot also spend more than four years in power since he has spent four years already, a fact that is also not lost on those scheming to have him run for the APC.

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Oduduwa nation is birthed.
We all thought we are cohabiting with genuine people not knowing that they have vowed to make Nigeria a stagnant failed state.Sigh!!

adadike:
Could this be the dream I had today? I saw Tinubu in a very bad and angry mood, infact, everywhere was just burning. My advice is for Tinubu to accept whatsoever APC throw his way in good faith coz no matter what, God has the final say

Lol. It has gotten to the level of you now dreaming about Tinubu? When fans of Tinubu accuse his haters of seeing the man in their dreams I thought they were exaggerating lol.

35824L:
There is nothing factual about this report rather it bears all the signs of a speculative journalist from the gully erosion ravaged region.

Please stop this. It is tiring. What, of everything we are seeing from Northerners, makes this an improbable idea?

Look at the two main Parties.

Have they not already announced that a Northerner will be PDP candidate in 2023?

APC nko? It is one plan after the other to weaken and emasculate strong and opinionated Southerners like BAT, Akande, Oshiomhole etal and hijack the structure of the Party and thus control of who the APC presents.

What reasonable and even averagely intelligent person can be observing what is going on and not see the desperado agenda of the North to retain power directly (PDP route) or by proxy through foisting a Southern stooge on Nigeria as it appears APC wants to do through all the machinations of Northerners to hijack and control the Party's structure?

we shall see

Oshigun:


Lol. It has gotten to the level of you now dreaming about Tinubu? When fans of Tinubu accuse his haters of seeing the man in their dreams I thought they were exaggerating lol.

I don't hate Buhari, I don't hate Tinubu, I hate no one and I don't give a damn what you think

And the foolish jonathan will fall this...selfish lots

Political recycling is not ending anytime soon

Offside!

Another Kaduna man as GEJ vice president?

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

Jesus!!!!
For real

Gjrich:
APC Plans To Pair Jonathan With El-Rufai For 2023 Presidential Ticket - Sahara Reporters



http://saharareporters.com/2021/02/15/exclusive-apc-plans-pair-jonathan-el-rufai-2023-presidential-ticket

Daft

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

congrats

Jonathan should accept the offer but picks another person as VP.
Many Igbos will vote for him including myself.

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

Who cares if you won 10bn naira? Here's not a forum for sports betting

"APC Plans To Pair Jonathan With El-Rufai For 2023 Presidential Ticket - Sahara Reporters"

Sahara Reporters is the source of this story?
Please don't believe any report from Sahara reporters because this website is not a reliable source of information.

These people are planning to finally nail the coffin they put Jonathan in...if he is dumb enough to accept this poison decorated like cake, he will later realize it was the worst mistake he made in his political and social life both nationally and internationally.

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

are u serious..congrat

Congrat bro,so Happy for u

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

ProfessorBerlin:
Nothing concern me. Madrid made my day yesterday. I won 2.7 million naira.

at all at all abeg

Racoon:

Same Jonathan they spent 4 years till date insulting as clueless & incompetent? Now they know what true cluelessness & damage the bigotry/nepotism of Buhari have done to the nation? These people are really wicked.

Meanwhile, what gives them the assurance that Nigeria will remain an entity then given the wide gulf division the Buhari government have bequeathed on this nation?

What becomes of the ambition of Bola Tinubu, Yahaya Bello, Dave Umahi, VP Osinbajo and other gladiators in the APC waiting for their turn.Jonathan should never fall for this bait because the north are desperately looking for a willing stooge.

Nigeria is programmed to fail from it foundation.All this nation needs now is total disintegration for regions to manage themselves.

true word

Eriokanmi:
Who cares if you won 10bn naira? Here's not a forum for sports betting

...Calm down, I'm not mohammadu Buhari the chief cause of your problem

If it’s not Jagaban come 2023, the revolution will start from south west.

Liposure:
APC should look elsewhere. Jonathan is done and dusted in nigerian politics. Tinubu is there, they can go and meet him even tho he's not liked by some people in the party. For me, he's the most preferable choice. They need to act fast and stop running helter skelter in search of a perfect candidate. 2023 is around the corner.

My brother, suffer no dey tire you?

This man want to loss the small respect wey I get for am abi？

dont forget Jonathan is a grand petron of miyeti allah