By Gideon Njoku
Jonathan has not yet declared for the APC, and it is not yet known if the Northern Group which purchased the Presidential forms did so with his support and knowledge. But it would be a sight to behold to see Jonathan scramble for delegates’ votes with the many APC aspirants, most of them, his subordinates when he was President
In a move that has, at once, both confounded and shocked the Nation, a Northern Group, in the afternoon of Monday, May 9, picked the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The group, according to a breaking story by Daily Trust, paid and picked the forms for the former President, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Jonathan has not yet defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC. It is not known, yet, if the Group picked the forms with the support and/or connivance of Jonathan.
But it comes on the same day the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipere Sylva, also picked forms and/or had it delivered to them by associates, thus registering their names in the already very crowded Presidential field.
It is not known if Jonathan will fall for the bait and accept the forms, but it will be a sight to behold if, and when, Jonathan stands and struggles for votes with other APC aspirants, many of them his subordinates when he was President.
Dr Jonathan was the President of Nigeria under the PDP from 2008- May 29, 2015. He was swept out of office by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2915. Before he became President, Jonathan was the Vice President under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, whose tenure he completed.
Before then, he was the Governor of Bayelsa State where he also served as Deputy Governor, all under the PDP.
