A senator representing Bauchi North District, Adamu Muhammad Bulkachuwa, has slammed the rumoured ambition of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to return as president under the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the 2023 presidential election draws near.
Bulkachuwa while speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday about issues surrounding the ruling party’s readiness ahead of its convention starting on June 6 asked, “What has he (Jonathan) forgotten in the Villa that he wants to go back and take?”.
He described such rumour as “laughable” while saying; “I have to laugh because anybody that has been spreading this wild rumour about Goodluck Jonathan contesting the election under APC, I think this is the most bizarre thing I have ever heard. And if I were his relative or if I were him (Goodluck Jonathan), I would feel insulted.
“How could I have served as president under a party that groomed me from the chairman of a local government to deputy governor, governor, vice president, and to the position of the president, then abandon that party for the sake of what?
“What has he forgotten in the Villa that he wants to go back and take? I would feel insulted about all that rumour. In any case, I am very happy that this thing has turned out to be absolutely baseless. So, we should put it aside and make it a non-issue,” he said.
The former President, Goodluck Jonathan was not on the list of the presidential aspirants screened by the All Progressive Congress on May 29 and 30, though he had been linked with the party’s presidential ticket.
NewsWireNGR had earlier reported that he rejected the form procured for him by some groups but continued to be linked to the APC ticket even as his membership in the party became a subject of public discourse.
However, the verdict of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa which cleared Jonathan to contest another term added to the speculations regarding his political relationship with the APC.
Jonathan is reportedly currently in Milan, Italy, attending a high-level advisory board meeting of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council).
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