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Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has advised ex-President Goodluck Jonathan not to give in to pressure to run in the 2027 presidential election, cautioning that such a move could tarnish his legacy.
While appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole stated that only individuals who do not have Jonathan’s best interests at heart would urge him to return to politics, adding that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would defeat him with ease if he decided to contest.
“How can Jonathan be a threat? We defeated him before when PDP was truly PDP,” Oshiomhole said.
“If a man had PDP at its best, at its peak, and he was defeated, I think only his enemy will push him to go into the election.”
The former national chairman of the APC advised Jonathan to protect his image as a respected statesman and avoid re-entering the political scene in a way that could diminish the honour he gained after conceding defeat in 2015.
“If I were able to advise him, I will say, Sir, maintain this status. You governed for eight years, you don’t have to govern for nine,” Oshiomhole said.
According to Oshiomhole, Jonathan “has managed to demonstrate that out of power, you can be relevant and at peace.”
He commended Jonathan’s historic concession speech in 2015, describing it as one of the most commendable aspects of his public life.
“Looking at how he ascended to that office, if I were him, I will spend the end of my life trying to find relevance, which he has already found, and speaking because that conceding defeat, and that is memorable quote about my blood, sorry, blood of a Nigerian is not worth my ambition, he should just allow those legacies to be,” he said.
Oshiomhole further contended that Jonathan’s political influence in the South-South region has declined since he left office, making a political comeback impractical.
“We will defeat him flatly if he comes out because now the South-South is no longer PDP. So where is he going to start from?” he asked.
Jonathan, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost the 2015 election to the late Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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