April 22, (THEWILL) – A group of protesters on Friday, stormed the private office of Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, urging him to declare for the 2023 presidential race.
The group, made up of men, women and youngsters, stormed the office with posters and leaflets demanding that the former President join the race.
Some of the posters which bore Jonathan’s portraits read: “GoodLuck Jonathan, you must run”, “We need you to restore Nigeria.”
The supporters argued that the former President has the template to restore Nigeria’s pride of place and give all Nigerians a sense of belonging.
The group, under the banner of Youth Compatriots of Nigeria, said they decided to stage the match to force Jonathan to enter the race to complete what he started before he was sent out of the presidential villa.
Spokesman for the group, Mayor Samuel, said, “We were deceived and brainwashed by those who claimed they could do it in 2015.
“Now, we know better, under Jonathan the minimum wage could buy one or two bags of rice. What do we have today? We are begging President Jonathan to forgive us, we have realised our mistakes, we want him back to complete what he started.”
There have been various groups canvassing for Jonathan to enter the presidential race, with some demanding that he contest on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
However, having heard his name being chanted for a few minutes, Jonathan came out to listen to the group’s demands and to address them.
Responding to them, the former President said, “Yes you are calling me to come and declare for the next election, I cannot tell I’m declaring.
“The political process is ongoing, just watch out. The key role you must play is that Nigeria must get somebody that will carry young people along.”
Jonathan, who charged the youths to show greater interest in the nation’s political process, said it was time they took advantage of the ‘Not Too Young To Run Act’ to participate actively in the electoral process.
