2023 Election: GEJ Don’t Let Deceivers Deceive You, By Abba Dukawa

Please Goodluck Ebele Jonathan don’t let deceiver deceive you, Allah’s vindicate you for being a people’s leader while you were a president of the country but Nigerians especially in the Northern part of the country are not understood that because of their myopic thinking coupling with insecurity challenge facing the region which elites in the region made poor people believe you are architect.

In the buildup to the 2015 election there was a tick cloud of uncertainty but you act as leader save the county from in engulfed into serious internal crises if not a war. For his and the country’s sake saved Nigeria and became the face of democracy and strong advocate of non-violent elections in the world. Remember your believe in Nigeria show your patriotism and love for Nigerian would remain a good reference point to other President.

After your famous call at 4:45 pm to concede defeat while votes were still being counted during the 2015 election made you a peace loving and a role model to African leaders and world at large despite efforts made by nefarious elements in People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who were determined to hold on to power at all costs. Even General Muhammadu Buhari as he was then expressed his shocked when you called him to concede defeat, Good evening Mr. President, I have called to congratulate you and I concede defeat’, he was silent for quite a while because he was surprised and president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said ‘did you hear me?’

Former President Jonathan did what so many leaders in African cannot do. Proved with resilient commitment as promised to electorates in his acceptance speech, at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2014 National Convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja said Nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian and no Nigerian would lose his life because of his second term ambition.

Your Excellency, due to your patriotism you have altered the course of Nigerian history and Africa at large in spite he may have wielded power ineffectually but in refusing to cling to it illegitimately, this simple act but heard for many politicians to do was an unprecedented and courageous act in Nigerian politics, and it caught Nigerians and Nigerian watchers by surprise.

Please don’t disgrace yourself, the some so-called your admirers, like Nigerian Young Professionals in Diaspora (NYPD), and other self centre admirers gave him week ultimatum to declare his presidential bid are sponsored crowd. If Former President Jonathan can be honest with himself coming back to tackle the huge problems is imaginable as the problems are now beyond you despite Jonathan did well as Nigeria’s President for five years.

From where you can starts tackling present problem the country facing considering Mountainous challenge wait the new president, remember the nation’s economy is in chaos, Insecurity is unprecedented. Scores of innocent Nigerians are killed daily by bandits and other gang of criminals while terrorists rampaging across our country.

Maintain your reputations is most paramount by baring yourself from participating in the forthcoming elections. Please don’t listen to them will only entice you to the contest, to spoils your hard earning International reputations since your concession. As result of your surprising new future created for yourself you has been honored with international awards and invited to deliver keynote remarks at global conferences on everything from peace-building to improving educational opportunities. He is particularly sought-after as a champion of democracy, and led international election observation teams for the National Democratic Institute in Liberia and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in South Africa.

Last year former president Jonathan confess his experience after leaving office inaugurating the 6.25Km Sabon Kaura-Jos bypass road constructed by the Bauchi state government. Most of my experience is that after leaving office, some people just forget that you even exist. There are people who act like they can’t eat without you when you’re in a position of power. But once you’re no longer in that position, they move on and act like you no longer exist.” said the former president.

As things stand, most southern politicians can see the sectional machination behind the sponsored lobby to have President Jonathan back. And it will be vehemently resisted by APC aspirants who include the sitting vice president. Other leading politicians who facilitated the formation of the APC will also view the co-opting of Jonathan as a grand betrayal by them should it happen. They are likely to immediately gang up against the former president. In the aftermath, the party will implode and splinter.

Dukawa at abbahydukawa@gmail.com