10 Goodluck Jonathans Can’t Defeat Tinubu – APC

Reacting to the invitation of the PDP to Jonathan to run on its platform, the APC said another defeat awaited the former president if he heeded the call.

In 2015, Jonathan ran on the platform of the PDP but was defeated by the APC flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, in the presidential election.

The former military dictator polled 15,424,921 votes to relegate the ex-president, who garnered 12,853,162 votes, to second place.

The election marked the first time an incumbent president had lost re-election in Nigeria.

The National Director of Publicity of the APC, Bala Ibrahim, has said, “There is just no way the APC will be jittery, if at all, there is such a plan to enrol former President Goodluck Jonathan into the race. The APC defeated him when he was in power. Defeating him when he’s out of power will be a walkover.

“It is something that cannot even give the party a sleepless night. So, whoever is making this permutation, if the intention is to scare the APC, I think he needs to go back to the drawing board and think again. We are not worried.

“However, I think it is too premature for us to be talking about 2027. After all, less than 40 per cent of the mandate given to the president under APC has not even been consumed. Let’s get to the river before we start thinking of crossing it. But if you bring 10 former President Jonathans, they cannot defeat the APC as of today.

“The APC defeated Goodluck Jonathan when the president was the leader of the party. The APC will defeat him again now that Tinubu is the president and the leader of the party. It is not Buhari’s cult followership that matters. It is the party arrangement. Buhari did not contest on independent candidature status.”