{"id":94766,"date":"2022-05-10T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94766"},"modified":"2022-05-10T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:47:30","slug":"jonathan-not-yet-our-member-apc-bayelsa-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jonathan-not-yet-our-member-apc-bayelsa-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan not yet our member \u2013 APC Bayelsa chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Dr Dennis Otiotio , Chairman,\u00a0 Bayelsa chapter, All Progressives Congress (APC), says former President Goodluck Jonathan is at liberty to join the party but has yet to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Otiotio who spoke against the backdrop of moves to draft Jonathan into the 2023 presidential race, told newsmen that the APC in Bayelsa was not aware of Jonathan\u2019s membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former president is not yet a registered member of APC. He is free to join any party of his choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are open and willing to receive him into our fold, as a political party desirous of winning elections, the only way to go is by admitting people into the party,\u201d Otiotio said.<\/p>\n<p>A support group had on Monday in Abuja,\u00a0 purchased the APC presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the former president to contest the 2023 elections on the APC platform.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement by Mr Ikechukwu Eze, Media Adviser to Jonathan on Monday night, the former president dissociated himself from the move and said that Jonathan did not authorise purchase of the form.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Jonathan was not consulted on the procurement of the APC nomination in his name and rejected it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Dennis Otiotio , Chairman,\u00a0 Bayelsa chapter, All Progressives Congress (APC), says former President Goodluck Jonathan is at liberty to join the party but has yet to do so. 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