A former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to retain his legacy by not giving in to pressure to contest the 2027 presidential election.
Oshiomhole, who stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said that only Jonathan’s enemy wanted him to throw his hat in the ring.
He, however, said that the former president would would be defeated in 2027 by the All Progressives Congress (APC), if he chose to contest.
“I have a lot of respect for him. Now, how can Jonathan be a threat? We defeated him before when PDP was truly PDP. If a man had a PDP at his best, at his peak and he was defeated, I think only his enemy will push him to go into the race.
“There are other issues that may not be helpful to him. I think he has managed to demonstrate that out of power, you can be relevant and be at peace.”
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According to the senator, Jonathan has remained relevant and respected since leaving office, and should focus on preserving that status rather than seeking a political comeback.
“If I were able to advise him, I will say sir, maintain this status .
“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.”
Oshiomhole further argued that Jonathan’s political base in the South-South had weakened since his departure from office, making a comeback unrealistic.
“But we will defeat him if he comes out flatly very flatly because now the south are no longer PDP so where is he going to start from,” he stated.
He praised Jonathan’s historic concession speech in 2015, describing it as one of his most admirable legacies.
Jonathan, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost the 2015 presidential election to former President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.