Baring any unforseen circumstances, the supporters of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan have expressed confidence that the former leader will submit the APC nomination and expression forms purchased on his behalf despite publicly declining to collect the forms.
The Fulani group who allegedly gathered the sum of N100million to purchase the nomination forms for Jonathan said this on Thursday, May 12
But the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insists that the ex-president is still a member of the party.
Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday said: “As far as today, I am not aware of his resignation from the membership of the party [PDP]”.
His assertion is coming amid speculations that the former Nigerian leader is joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) to vie for the presidential seat in next year’s poll. “I would assume it is safe to say that he is a member of the party,” the PDP spokesman maintained. “If events follow thereafter, we can speak to that.” READ ALSO:2023: ‘I Am Having Fun’ – Emefiele Laughs Off Anxiety Over Presidential Ambition According to him, the party would not respond to rumours about Jonathan’s defection, saying there are no facts to prove such. Ologunagba said questions about the former president’s defection speculations should be channeled to him and his ward in Bayelsa State. “Membership of the party is personal. Membership of the party is at the ward level,” he added. “I can’t speak for him. I don’t speak for the former President,” the PDP chieftain stressed.