By Oluwaseun Sonde
Nigerian ex-President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has rejected the N100 million All Progressive Party APC Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms bought for him by a group of Nigerians from the northern part of the country.
In a statement released by Ex-President's media aide, Ikechukwu Eze on Monday, stated that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was not aware of the Presidential bid and did not authorize it.
According to the statement, "It has come to our notice that a group has purportedly purchased Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms, of All Progressives Congress APC, in the name of former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
"We wish to categorically state that Dr. Jonathan was not aware of this bid and did not authorize it. We want to state that if the former President wanted to contest an election, he would make his intentions clear to the public and will not enter through the back door.
"While we appreciate the overwhelming request by a cross-section of Nigerians, for Dr. Jonathan to make himself available for the 2023 Presidential election, we wish to state, that he has not in anyway, committed himself to this request.
"Buying a presidential aspiration form in the name Jonathan without his consent, knowing the position he had held in this country, considered an insult to his person. The general public is therefore advised to disregard it".
Meanwhile, some persons who simply identified themselves as Fulani group picked the Presidential form for the ex-President late Monday evening at the International Conference Centre Abuja.
Jonathan who took the oath of office as the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria twice consecutively, while also he is the first incumbent President of Nigeria to be defeated by the opposition party.
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