Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s ex-president has denied report that he was offered N500 billion to contest next year’s election, to split the votes of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, NDC.
According to the former president, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser Dr Ikechukwu Eze, on Sunday, the report has the trappings of misinformation and falsehood by some unscrupulous persons who are only interested in misleading Nigerians, adding that such things never happened.
Jonathan insist that nobody induced him with the large amount to contest the presidential election to whittle down Obi’s votes in the region.
“The report failed to state where or when Jonathan allegedly made such a claim, who was present or who purportedly made the alleged offer,” Jonathan said.
Obi is one of the presidential hopefuls in the 2027 presidential election but recent reports have claimed that efforts are ongoing to ensure that he receives less votes, where he’s believed to be very popular.
During the 2023 Presidential election, the former Anambra state governor won block votes from the region, including Jonathan’s home state, Bayelas against the incumbent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who emerged winner in the election.
To forestall the repeat of what happened in 2023, there are suggestions that Jonathan was offered the huge sum to split Obi’s votes so that it will be difficult for him to win.
The pundits cited the recent plan by some political active persons in the country to drag the former Nigerian Leader into the the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be its candidate for next year’s election.
Recall that some people believed to be close to the former president obtained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP nomination form for Jonathan, with a view to ensure that he emerged one of the presidential candidates for the election.
But Jonathan has never made it public that he’s interested in contesting the highest office in the country next year.
PDP had since picked Senator Sandy Onor as its sole consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 election .
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