Presidential Ambition, A Deceit – Senator Shehu Sani Counsels Former President Jonathan

By Ayodele Oni

A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has joined other Nigerians advising former  President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, not to be “deceived” by those urging him to join the Presidential race.

Shehu Sani, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), declared on his Facebook page on Monday that “Dr Jonathan should face the reality.

“GEJ should not deceive himself nor allow himself to be deceived,” Sani wrote on his known Facebook page.

Sani’s advice comes amid insinuations that Jonathan would defect from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and run for the office of the  President in 2023.

Jonathan, who was the candidate of the PDP in 2015, was defeated by the then General Muhammadu Buhari, who was the APC candidate.

As the call for power shift to the Southern part of the country intensifies, some Northern interest groups within the APC   allegedly afraid of losing power for eight years Buhari’s successor might spend in office.

It is being speculated that power brokers felt that Jonathan, having been in office for four years, could be supported to spend a term in office to make it possible for another Northerner to emerge President after being out of power for just four years.

Unconfirmed report has it that Dr Jonathan continued with consultations on Monday on the planned defection to APC.

The former president’s aspiration is said to have received the blessing of some members of the APC, mainly from the North that see the decision as an opportunity for them to still remain relevant, politically.