Ahead of the 2027 election, Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s ex-aide, Bashir Ahmad has kicked against plans to present Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a presidential candidate.
According to him, some political elements are planning to present Jonathan as a presidential candidate because they feel he will be easy to market in the North. It is a bad precedence as the North deserves to be treated better than being used as a political ladder.…CONTINUE READING His post below
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From all indications, there are ongoing subtle moves by certain political elements trying to convince former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest again in 2027. They calculate that his candidacy will be easy to market in the North under the guise that he would only serve a single term.
But the troubling part is that this push is not rooted in what he would offer the North or the country at large, but merely in political convenience and power rotation.
The North deserves more than being used as a political ladder.