Jonathan, Obi Meet In Abuja

Former President Goodluck Jonathan held a closed-door gathering with erstwhile Labour Party (LP) statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, connected Thursday successful Abuja.

The erstwhile LP candidate, who disclosed the gathering connected his X handle, said it was successful the nation’s involvement and added that it was fruitful.

Jonathan and Obi are being wooed by leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to instrumentality to the erstwhile ruling party. The volition is to marque 1 look arsenic a statesmanlike campaigner up of the 2027 election.

While erstwhile Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, described Jonathan arsenic the party’s champion bet, erstwhile Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana, said the enactment is trying to get Obi to return.

The Senate number leader, Sen Abba Moro, has besides confirmed that PDP, which conscionable zoned the party’s statesmanlike summons to the South, said the enactment is seeking to get Jonathan and Obi backmost to the party.

However, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, and his radical person warned against moves to bring Jonathan and Obi to the PDP. Wike’s campy pledged to enactment for President Bola Tinubu successful 2027.

Jonathan, the PDP’s campaigner successful 2015 erstwhile it mislaid powerfulness to the APC, distanced himself from the enactment pursuing its protracted post-election period.

On the different hand, Obi dumped the PDP soon earlier the party’s statesmanlike superior predetermination successful 2022 due to the fact that the enactment failed to portion its summons to the South. He was the PDP’s vice statesmanlike campaigner successful the 2019 election.

Obi wrote connected his X handle, disclosing the meeting, “Today successful Abuja, I met with my beloved elder brother, statesman, and leader, erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan. We had a fruitful closed-door gathering and discussed the authorities of our beloved nation.”