The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked wooing former President, Goodluck Jonathan, to run the 2027 presidential election on its platform.
Naija News reports that the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, in an interview with BBC Hausa, said the party did not issue its presidential ticket to Jonathan.
Clarifying his earlier interview on the purported invite to the former President, Abdullahi said PDP has done enough for Jonathan and as a party member, there was no way they would woo him.
He also questioned why the opposition party would woo Jonathan, stressing the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, had vowed that her husband will not return to the presidential Villa.
Abdullahi, who explained the party leaders were yet to discuss the issue with Jonathan, said they have 12 governors and many other prominent politicians eligible and competent to contest the presidential election.
He said, “The report that PDP has issued its presidential ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan or invited him to contest the 2027 presidential election is not true.
“What happened is this: I had an interview with a journalist where we discussed some issues. But in the course of the interview, he mentioned President Jonathan, asking about our opinion of him, because there are reports that he is being urged to run for the presidency.
“I responded by saying that he (Jonathan) is eligible to contest the election, because he is a Nigerian and has the right to do that by the provision of the law, and he still has one more term left. So, there is nothing wrong about him contesting the presidential election because he is eligible in the face of the law.
“It wasn’t long ago that his wife said nothing would make her husband run for the presidency, that he didn’t leave behind or forget anything in the Villa for people to think that he’d come back to contest the position again. How then can we consider him. Ticket is given to someone who has shown interest.”
