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By Myke Agunwa, Abuja
Former presidential aide to late President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad has alleged that some politicians from the North are mounting pressure on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Making the disclosure in his official X handle on Monday, Bashir stated that those pushing the former president claimed his candidacy will be easy to market in the North.
He wrote, “From all indications, there are ongoing subtle moves by certain political elements trying to convince former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest again in 2027.
“They calculate that his candidacy will be easy to market in the North under the guise that he would only serve a single term.
“But the troubling part is that this push is not rooted in what he would offer the North or the country at large, but merely in political convenience and power rotation.
“The North deserves more than being used as a political ladder.”
Ahmed said that the permutation is that Jonathan is the only politician from the South who can defeat Tinubu in 2027.
You may recall that the wife of the ex-president, Patience Jonathan had earlier ruled out the possibility of her husband joining the 2027 presidential race.
Mrs. Jonathan said rather than contest, her family would campaign for Tinubu’s re-election because Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi, supported Jonathan’s 2011 presidential bid.