Former President Jonathan has spoken about contesting the 2023 election.
Newsone reports that former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Friday came out to receive protesters who stormed his Abuja office after chanting and screaming his name for minutes.
This online news platform understands that pro-Jonathan protesters stormed his office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, demanding that he should contest in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that Mayor Samuel, a spokesman for the group, who is also the convener of the Youth Compatriots of Nigeria said, “We were deceived and brainwashed by those who claimed they could do it in 2015.
Supporters Urge Goodluck Jonathan To Join Presidential Race
Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, addressed some of his supporters, who besieged his private office, in a bid to convince him to join the 2023 presidential race. pic.twitter.com/DzYofETiEy
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“Now, we know better, under Jonathan the minimum wage could buy one or two bags of rice. What do we have today? We are begging President Jonathan to forgive us, we have realized our mistakes, and we want him back to complete what he started.
Responding to them, Former President Jonathan asked Nigerian youths to show greater interest in the nation’s political process.
The former President said it was time for youths to take advantage of the Not Too Young To Run Act to participate actively in the electoral process.
Former President Jonathan said he was aware that they were “here to ask me to declare,” but he said, “I cannot declare because some processes are still ongoing.”
“Yes you are calling me to come and declare for the next election, I cannot tell I’m declaring. The political process is ongoing just watch out. The key role you must play is that Nigeria must get somebody that will carry young people along.”
