2027: Jonathan has not informed me of Presidential ambition — Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says former President Goodluck Jonathan has not informed him of any plan to contest the 2027 presidential election. Wike made the remark during a media parley with journalists on Friday, October 24, while responding to questions about speculations that Jonathan was being pressured to return to the presidential race. Youre the one telling me here. Jonathan has never told me; he has never called me one day that, look, Im being pressured to run, whats your thinking? If he calls me and asks me, I will be able to tell him my mind and what I feel, Wike said. He added that he would not "assume its correct just because it appeared in the newspapers.On the emergence of former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), as the consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike distanced himself from the development. I dont know about Tanimu Turaki becoming chairman; maybe he becomes chairman for another factionits not the PDP I know, he stated. The PDP Northern stakeholders had recently endorsed Turaki as their consensus candidate ahead of the partys national convention scheduled for November 1516.Wike further dismissed the upcoming convention as illegal, hinting that he would not attend.  How do you want me to attend a convention that I know by law that there is no convention? he queried.The Minister's comments come amid reports that former President Jonathan is reportedly under intense pressure to drop his speculated 2027 presidential ambition and instead support President Bola Tinubus re-election bid. The post 2027: Jonathan has not informed me of Presidential ambition Wike appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.