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A viral video of Nigeria’s former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has been making waves online after she openly advised her husband, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, not to contest in the 2027 presidential election.

The video, originally recorded in May 2025 during an Abuja event, shows Patience Jonathan expressing her concerns about the enormous pressure that comes with leading a country like Nigeria. She said: “He has taken you there once, why do you want to go there again? I won’t go o.”

As the clip continues to go viral and trend across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter), it has sparked a bigger question: Will Goodluck Jonathan actually turn down his wife’s advice and run in the 2027 election, or will he stay out of the race?

Her remarks come at a time when speculation about Jonathan’s possible political comeback is growing stronger, and Nigerians are actively debating the issue across social media platforms.

Watch the trending video and share your thoughts in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtY4_wGUZ74?si=M-0AMJThs3XfONdB 1

Summary:
A viral May 2025 video shows former First Lady Patience Jonathan urging her husband, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, not to contest the 2027 presidential election, warning about the heavy pressures of leading Nigeria. Her statement, now trending across major social media platforms, has fueled nationwide debate on whether Jonathan will heed her advice or pursue a political comeback.

I think this patience is a very smart woman, Goodluck contesting election in 2027 in my own opinion is not necessary..
Worst thing he will not even win, let him keeps his good name..

All of a sudden, you care and now value Pateince Jonathan’s speech
Is she no longer hippopotamus ?

Why is Tinubu and his supporters afraid of Jonathan ?

GEJ, Madam peace supported Lyon of Apc during the guber election in the state.

Both GEJ and Madam peace have moved on from the 2015 election lose. Unfortunately, some people are still wallowing and get stuck with the 2015 election lose.

If GEJ is interested in the 2027 election, he would have started his preparation ahead. All those politicians decamping to Apc from South South wouldn't have.

Some things should be logical

Genuine Question

Is APC (and their minions) afraid of Jonathans comeback?

Why are you guys worried about Jonathan’s ambition? Let him contest na and if he loses, he’ll go home.

Good luck should not entertain the noise of the market and go into what will leave him worst than the way he is, politics is another different ball game from 2015. He will fail woefully

helinues:
GEJ, Madam peace supported Lyon of Apc during the guber election in the state.

Both GEJ and Madam peace have moved on from the 2015 election lose. Unfortunately, some people are still wallowing and get stuck with the 2015 election lose.

If GEJ is interested in the 2027 election, he would have started his preparation ahead. All those politicians decamping to Apc from South South wouldn't have.

Some things should be logical

Will you like to be a politician like Goodluck Jonathan?

Patience jona is doing her husband a favour, because jona was incompetent...though I regret voting against him in 2015 ...because APC packaged buharia as a messiah and we all fall for it ....APC continuous corruption and bad governance is the only saving grace for GEJ...so he should relax and enjoy his share of our national cake...

Wonderful woman, very lively, compassionate and happy woman unlike the power drunk

Jonathan is a lover of democracy very opposite compared to tinubu and the APC .
Since democracy is threatened and abolished in Nigeria presently. any leader who values democracy is welcomed.

We want Johnathan. The voice of Nigerian should be headed

Her position in the month of May 2025 may not be her position now or even next year but the sure thing is "if your enemies starts advising you against taking an action it means you're either doing the right thing or your actions would hurt them badly".
The decision to run or not is GEJ's to make and if he decides to run, he'll give PBAT a run for his money.

We want Johnathan. The voice of Nigerian should be headed. Agbadoriqns have been jittery ever since they heard of Johnathan

Sheuns:
Why are you guys worried about Jonathan’s ambition? Let him contest na and if he loses, he’ll go home.

we want to save him from national embarrassment and humiliation.
Tinubu wil beat Gej silly.

Opposition will say BATIST hired Dr(Mrs) Jonathan

helinues:
GEJ, Madam peace supported Lyon of Apc during the guber election in the state.

Both GEJ and Madam peace have moved on from the 2015 election lose. Unfortunately, some people are still wallowing and get stuck with the 2015 election lose.

If GEJ is interested in the 2027 election, he would have started his preparation ahead. All those politicians decamping to Apc from South South wouldn't have.

Some things should be logical

Why he come dey pain you and dey cry over the Man? Let him contests if he wants to. Ewo wa ni ti e nibe?

Hunnnnnn.

She’s not advising him, she’s instructing him..

Mama peace nah Jona’s godmother. He brought Jonathan into politics..

Mama peace own one big bar in bayelsa where politicians do come to chill. Jonathan was a lecturer then and he also do come to chill. That was how they met. After she don see Jonathan as a gentle man, she threw her weight behind him! That was how jona was made politically..

Jonathan will not even utter any word regarding 2027… make una just watch..

The arrival of GEJ is making APC sh!t in there panties, I see GEJ contesting and toppling Tinubu. GEJ already have 55% of Nigerians in his bag bcs the difference is now clear and ppl now know that GEJ is the best after Yaradua from 2000-date

Goodluck Jonathan should contest so that by 12 noon on election day, it will all be over. This terrórist organization, the Tinubu/APC regime, will be behind us and gone for good.

It came only to inflict untold hardship, pain, to steal, kill, and destroy.

Ezeama400:
All of a sudden, you care and now value Pateince Jonathan’s speech
Is she no longer hippopotamus ?

Why is Tinubu and his supporters afraid of Jonathan ?

You well so?

Where do you see Tinubu in the op?

You will always find a way to drag people.

Chemical1:
I think this patience is a very smart woman, Goodluck contesting election in 2027 in my own opinion is not necessary..

Worst thing he will not even win, let him keeps his good name..

If the north sees him as a sure bet for a return of power in 2031, why won’t they back him solidly for a return to PDP deregulation and privatisation prosperity

What do you have against the return to prosperity instead of the APC extreme poverty shege of the past decade?

Nemere2020:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”

https://nairametrics.com/2023/09/01/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/

I think some APC people and Tinubu are the ones pressuring Gej indirectly through proxies to contest on the sole purpose of one thing: to further divide the SE and SS and reduce PO chances of becoming president 2027

helinues:
GEJ, Madam peace supported Lyon of Apc during the guber election in the state.

Both GEJ and Madam peace have moved on from the 2015 election lose. Unfortunately, some people are still wallowing and get stuck with the 2015 election lose.

If GEJ is interested in the 2027 election, he would have started his preparation ahead. All those politicians decamping to Apc from South South wouldn't have.

Some things should be logical

They think northerners are fools....the fear of hej returning is greater than that of tinubu second term for many of the northern politicians that threw GEJ under the bus in 15,even the new hawks in SS won't support him so as not to jettison there prospects for VP in 31.....many won't vote hej again because of his reputation for being an ineffectual president......many northerners wouldn't even want his wife back after what she said about northerners in the run up to the elections in 15.....so much bad blood exists with a GEJ presidency,it's just like getting back with an ex with all the toxicity still imminent,best to avoid.

I love this woman, na men dey kill themselves for power

Hemanwel:
GEJ should come out in 2027 so that by 11am on election day, we would all have forgotten about the general elections.

BTW:

Imagine a GEJ/Dankwambo ticket. This will be an uppercut to APC!

I want to see how Reno will campaign against GEJ in 2027 or how my Southsouth brothers will queue to vote Tinubu over GEJ.

una wan push this one too to the place where una Dey push people you lend your support,una wan push am go political oblivion…Jonathan is way smarter than that.