By Suleiman Anyalewechi
A Niger Delta Organization, the South-south Reawakening Group, SSRG, has insisted that any attempt by former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the Presidential Race in 2027 will tantamount to self-destruction.
It has, therefore, appealed to the former President to vehemently resist any orchestrated plots to draft him into the race from any quarters, noting that doing otherwise will inevitably spell doom for his political career and image.
The Source reports that the group’s cautionary note is coming on the heels of the decision of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, to zone its Presidential slot to the Southern part of the country ahead of the 2027 Presidential Polls.
Of late,some groups, mostly from the Northern part of the country, have been clamouring for the return of Jonathan who was ousted from office in 2015 by a Coalition of forces under the All Progressive Congress, APC, led by former president Muhammadu Buhari and incumbent president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Instructively, Dele Momodu a prominent member of the ADC, and estranged ally of President Tinubu on Tuesday August 26,2025 warned that ,the PDP decision to zone its Presidential slot to the South is part of the political scripts of the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to boost the chances of Tinubu’s second term ambition.
In a statement on Wednesday from its Coordinator, Dr Joseph Ambakaderimo, the SSRG described the purported calls for Jonathan to throw his hat into the 2027 Presidential ring as a dangerous trap, designed to de-robe him of his global respect and admiration built over the years.
For Dr Ambakaderimo, any attempt by the former President to succumb to the temptation of contesting the 2027 presidential polls will ultimately lead to him being consigned to the waste bin of history.
The group warned that those clamouring for Jonathan to join the presidential race do not mean well for him, insisting that they are goaded more by their selfish political interests.
Further speaking, the SSRG leader informed that no fewer than six different bodies from the Niger Delta region recently met to deliberate on the import of the calls by some Northern interest groups for Jonathan to contest the 2027 election.
According to him ,after a careful consideration of the issue, all the groups came to the conclusion that those behind the quest to enlist the former president into the 2027 political trenches are nothing but Nigeria’s enemies who are driven by the urge to fill their pockets.
“Go back to history, you will see that these are the same people who halted Jonathan with passion when he served as president .
They said he was weak; he was incapable of securing Nigeria from Boko Haram terrorists . So ,what has suddenly change now ?.
“The Jonathan narrative in this enterprise of drafting him to run in the 2027 elections hasn’t been made clear to us by Jonathan himself.
Therefore, I wouldn’t want to say much until he, Jonathan, speaks by declaring his intentions.
“However, my understanding at this time and the question to ask is: how come the sudden 360 degree likeness and love from persons who worked against Jonathan and previously called him all kinds of unprintable names have now become the ones urging him to come out of his political hibernation?
“My understanding is that there is a grand plan to scatter the Southern votes by way of drafting in as many candidates as possible from the South to scramble for the Southern votes, while leaving the Northern votes intact for supposedly single dominant candidate.
” If this is the strategy of Jonathan’s new found friends, we may likely see a scenario where that Northern candidate might win with not more than three million votes ,which will lead to a possible run off in 2027.
This strategy is just to weaken the incumbent , president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and take power back to the North through the back door .
” So far ,we are watching this game with rapt attention to see the destination”, the SSRG noted.
