Support groups of Bola Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have dismissed the speculation and plot to present former President, Goodluck Jonathan as a consensus candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
It is believed that some members of the National Working Committee of the party are behind the plot to make Jonathan the party’s flagbearer in the 2023 presidential election.
Apart from Tinubu and Osinbajo support groups, other groups loyal to Governor Yahaya Bello, Rotimi Amaechi and Governor, Dave Umahi have also rejected the plot.
Jonathan had earlier informed some APC leaders that he would join the presidential race if President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed him.
Recall that when protesters stormed Jonathan’s office in the Maitama area of Abuja on Friday, April 22, 2022, to ask him to join the presidential race, the ex-president said was not sure he would declare but urged them to ‘watch out.’
Dismissing Jonathan’s candidacy, the Leader, Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, Ekiti State, Femi Adeleye, said that the APC would not give the ex-president a waiver to contest as a consensus candidate when there were competent and capable aspirants already.
Meanwhile, a top source in the APC has confirmed the plan by some party leaders and members of the presidency cabal to accede to Jonathan’s request.
The source added that all presidential aspirants were aware of the plan to bring in Jonathan as the consensus candidate.
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Apart from Tinubu and Osinbajo support groups, other groups loyal to Governor Yahaya Bello, Rotimi Amaechi and Governor, Dave Umahi have also rejected the plot.
Jonathan had earlier informed some APC leaders that he would join the presidential race if President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed him..
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