•••SAYS IT IS AN INSULT FOR A GROUP TO PROCURE HIS NOMINATION FORM WITHOUT HIS CONSENT
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the All Progressives Congress expression of interest and Nomination form procured for him by a Fulani group on Tuesday.
Jonathan said in a late night statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, that the former President cannot enter the Presidential contest through the back door.
He said that it is an insult for a group to buy the presidential nomination form for the former President without his consent.
He therefore advised the public to disregard the announcement of the purchase of the form for the former President.
The statement reads in full, “It has come to our notice that a group has purportedly purchased Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms, of the 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 Dr. Jonathan without his consent, knowing the position he had held in this country, is considered an insult to his person.
“The general public is therefore advised to disregard it.”
