Only Jonathan’s enemy wants him to contest 2027 election  —  Oshiomhole

Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has cautioned former President Goodluck Jonathan not to succumb to the pressure to run in the 2027 presidential election, indicating that such a decision could tarnish his legacy.

During an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Oshiomhole remarked that only individuals who do not have Jonathan's best interests at heart would urge him to re-enter the political scene, further stating that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would likely triumph over him should he decide to campaign.

“How can Jonathan be a threat? We defeated him before when PDP was truly PDP,” Oshiomhole said.

“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 praised Jonathan’s historic concession speech in 2015, describing it as one of his most admirable legacies.

“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 argued that Jonathan’s political base in the South-South had weakened since his departure from office, making a comeback unrealistic.

“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 candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost the 2015 presidential election to the late Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).