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Should Jonathan Run (Away)? By Wole Olaoye - NewsDiaryOnline Columns Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him. DON’T RUN “My dear brother, God has been so kind to you that He could be accused of being partial. Imagine, in a country of 200 million people, He picked you from the stable and enthroned you above everybody else. Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President and President. You ruled Nigeria for six whole years! You were not perfect, to say the least, but the whole nation saluted you when you conceded defeat in 2015. We were all proud of you. The world took notice and elevated you to the status of a global statesman. Now, some political merchants are baiting you to come out of retirement and contest the 2027 presidential elections. They’ve paid for your nomination forms and declared you a consensus candidate. “Having spent the last decade acting as a highly respected ECOWAS statesman, leading international election observation missions, and mediating complex political crises across Africa, it would be demeaning of you to return to the highly divisive, do-or-die aren…

Run, Jonathan, Run Away! - newtelegraphng.com As Nigeria inches toward the 2027 presidential election, the country may be heading into one of the most unpredictable political contests in its democratic history. What initially appeared to be a straightforward re-election pathway for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is gradually evolving into a complex chessboard of old rivalries, elite bargains, regional calculations, judicial interventions, and public frustration. The emerging possibility of a crowded field featuring Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Goodluck Jonathan, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and Donald Duke could transform the election from a conventional political contest into a referendum on the future identity of the Nigerian state itself. My interest is on Jonathan. The recent Federal High Court ruling clearing former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest again injected fresh uncertainty into an already volatile political atmosphere. Though Jonathan has not formally declared interest, the Turaki- led People’s Democratic Party claims to have given him a screening waiver to contest. The symbolism alone has altered national calculations. Jonathan’s greatest strength is not organizational domina…

Nigeria: Should Jonathan Run (Away)? [Leadership] If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him.

Nigeria: Should Jonathan Run (Away)? - allAfrica.com If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him. Don't Run "My dear brother, God has been so kind to you that He could be accused of being partial. Imagine, in a country of 200 million people, He picked you from the stable and enthroned you above everybody else. Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President, and President. You ruled Nigeria for six whole years! You were not perfect, to say the least, but the whole nation saluted you when you conceded defeat in 2015. We were all proud of you. The world took notice and elevated you to the status of a global statesman. Now, some political merchants are baiting you to come out of retirement and contest the 2027 presidential elections. They've paid for your nomination forms and declared you a consensus candidate. "Having spent the last decade acting as a highly respected ECOWAS statesman, leading international election observation missions, and mediating complex political crises across Africa, it would be demeaning of you to return to the highly divisive, do-or-die arena of a Nigerian presidential campaign where your…

Should Jonathan Run (Away)? - LEADERSHIP Newspapers If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would find a quiet place to have a heart-to-heart fraternal talk with him. Don’t Run “My dear brother, God has been so kind to you that He could be accused of being partial. Imagine, in a country of 200 million people, He picked you from the stable and enthroned you above everybody else. Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President, and President. You ruled Nigeria for six whole years! You were not perfect, to say the least, but the whole nation saluted you when you conceded defeat in 2015. We were all proud of you. The world took notice and elevated you to the status of a global statesman. Now, some political merchants are baiting you to come out of retirement and contest the 2027 presidential elections. They’ve paid for your nomination forms and declared you a consensus candidate. “Having spent the last decade acting as a highly respected ECOWAS statesman, leading international election observation missions, and mediating complex political crises across Africa, it would be demeaning of you to return to the highly divisive, do-or-die arena of a Nigerian presidential campaign where your …

Should Jonathan run (away)?, By Wole Olaoye <img width="499" height="518" src="https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2024/07/Wole-Olaoye-NEW.jpg?fit=499%2C518&amp;ssl=1" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Wole Olaoye writes about e-jackasses who are on the prowl." style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2024/07/Wole-Olaoye-NEW.jpg?w=499&amp;ssl=1 499w, https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2024/07/Wole-Olaoye-NEW.jpg?resize=336%2C349&amp;ssl=1 336w, https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2024/07/Wole-Olaoye-NEW.jpg?resize=150%2C156&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px" /><p>We must now ask: what kind of reductionist ambition will make Goodluck Jonathan bring down his political gloves from the rafters and enter the ring against, for example, a former protégé like Senator Seriake Dickson, the national leader of Obi’s party, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)?  If Dr Goodluck Jonathan were my brother, I would [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https:…

2027: Run Jonathan, Run Away - Leadership News It’s clear even to the blind that Nigerians are passing through perilous times. When compared to the past living conditions of citizens, the present is a paradise lost. The gale of insecurity that had been brought under control over nearly two years of the Bola Tinubu-led government is resurgent in a devastating manner. Though mass attacks no longer exist as it was in the past, kidnappings and mass abductions are now recurring at an incomprehensible speed. The initial successes recorded in the first two years of the present administration have been obliterated by spiking attacks unleashed on peaceful communities by bandits and insurgents in the North. Clarion Call Still entrapped in the bottomless pit of bloodshed and worsening economic crisis that has become Nigeria’s recurring albatross, there are moves to drag former president Goodluck Jonathan into the 2027 presidential race. Before now, there were reports that the former president was being pressured to run again. On Thursday, a youth group stormed Jonathan’s office in Abuja, calling on him to declare his interest in next year’s elections. Unlike in the past, when his wife, Lad…