Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked his supporters to watch out for his next political moves in the country, with regard to next year’s presidential election.
Jonathan spoke as he responded to a large crowd of supporters who besieged his Abuja office on Friday, asking him to run for the office that he lost in 2015.
Responding, he asked them to “just watch out”.
While acknowledging that the youths want him to contest, Jonathan explained why he had not commented on the numerous calls on him to run for the 2023 presidency.
“I cannot declare because some processes are still ongoing,” he said.
“Yes, you are calling on me to come and declare for the next election. I cannot tell you I’m declaring. The political process is ongoing; just watch out. The key role you must play is that Nigeria must get somebody that will carry young people along.”
Mayor Samuel, spokesman for the group, and convener of the Youth Compatriots of Nigeria declared, “We were deceived and brainwashed by those who claimed they could do it in 2015.
“Now, we know better, under Jonathan, the minimum wage could buy one or two bags of rice. What do we have today? We are begging President Jonathan to forgive us; we have realised our mistakes; we want him back to complete what he started.”
Made up of women and youths, the group had asked for the return of the former President, come next year.
They arrived in four buses and carried placards at Jonathan’s Taraba Close, Maitama office, according to reports.
They carried placards some of which read: “Goodluck declare now”; “We are sorry, Goodluck, don’t abandon us, come back”; “Goodluck please come”; and “Goodluck we love you” among others.
