2027: South-South is now APC, we’ll defeat Jonathan if he contests  —  Oshiomhole

By Bayo Wahab

Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North Senatorial District, has said erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan stands nary accidental against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if helium decides to contention the 2027 statesmanlike election.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole implied that Jonathan’s governmental basal successful the South-South portion has weakened since 2015, making it hard for him to equine immoderate superior situation to the APC.

“We volition decision him flatly if helium comes retired due to the fact that now, the South-South is nary longer PDP, truthful wherever is helium going to commencement from?” Oshiomhole asked.

The erstwhile Edo State politician said lone those who bash not privation Jonathan good would promote him to instrumentality to the governmental arena, informing that specified a determination could tarnish the erstwhile president’s hard-earned legacy.

“How tin Jonathan beryllium a threat? We defeated him before, erstwhile PDP was genuinely PDP. If a antheral had a PDP astatine its best, astatine its peak, and helium was defeated, I deliberation lone his force volition propulsion him to spell into election,” Oshiomhole said.

He advised Jonathan to sphere his presumption arsenic a respected statesman and not effort to instrumentality to bureau aft already serving 8 years.

“If I were capable to counsel him, I volition say, Sir, support this status. You governed for 8 years; you don’t person to govern for 9 years,” Oshiomhole said. “He has managed to show that retired of power, you tin beryllium applicable and beryllium astatine peace.”

Oshiomhole commended Jonathan for his historical concession aft the 2015 election, describing it arsenic an enactment that elevated his stature globally.

Similarly, the 2023 governorship campaigner of the PDP, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, amended known arsenic Jandor, has advised Jonathan not to heed calls to contention for the presidency successful 2027.

Oshiomhole maintained that Jonathan’s punctuation astir his humor not being worthy the humor of immoderate Nigerian should stay his lasting legacy.

According to him, the ex-president would beryllium taking a governmental hazard by contesting, adding that helium would beryllium reduced to a minnow by President Bola Tinubu astatine the polls.

Adediran urged Jonathan to enactment successful retirement, saying those telling him to tally against Tinubu were deceiving him.

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