Some presidential campaign posters of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan have been sighted at the Wadata House, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headquarters in Abuja.
The posters, bearing the message, “We Want Goodluck Jonathan” were sighted on Monday ahead of the PDP’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
The PDP’s 102nd meeting, billed for Monday in Abuja and coming amid the crisis in the party, is expected to ratify the zoning formula, approve the convention timetable (which will happen later in November), and deliberate on sanctions.
Since the party is expected to decide whether to zone its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election to the south or north, it is said that that’s the reason why some yet-to-be-known group or individual has plastered Jonathan’s posters everywhere at the entrance of the party’s secretariat.
Earlier, in August, former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido described Jonathan as the PDP’s strongest option for the 2027 presidential election, urging the party to make concerted efforts to bring him back.
“I think for PDP now they should try to woo him [Jonathan]; he is their best bet. To me, he is their best bet. Anybody put forth by the PDP, Nigerians will support him,” the ex-governor said on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Lamido described Jonathan as one who has led the country before, understands governance, and works well with others.
According to the PDP chieftain, no current party member from the South can match Jonathan’s experience.
“He is most welcome, competent, and very qualified. To me, I welcome him into the PDP. I think so far in the PDP, with all respect to all members, I don’t see a better alternative than Jonathan if he comes to the PDP.
“I don’t see any other person, really. If we are giving the presidency to the South, it will be the PDP. Who is there in PDP now that can challenge Jonathan in terms of being in office, being full-headed, being somebody who is willing to listen, and somebody who is also a key player who believes in partnership?” the former governor said.
Similarly, a pro-Jonathan pressure group, Bring Back Our Goodluck, on Sunday, August 24, 2025, in Kano called on Jonathan to stage a political comeback and contest the 2027 presidential election, declaring that Nigerians were “misled in 2015” into voting out his administration.
Speaking at a press conference at the Aminu Kano Centre for Democracy, Research and Training, Mambayya House, the group’s National Coordinator, Dr. Grema Kyari, said the former president remained the “surest path to rescue Nigeria” from the hardship, insecurity, and divisions under the All Progressives Congress-led government.
Kyari argued that Jonathan’s return was not just desirable but necessary, citing global examples of political comebacks, including Donald Trump in the United States and John Mahama in Ghana.
“We were misled in 2015 by the APC under the late Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo, and Chief Bisi Akande. They sold Nigerians deceitful promises, which they never fulfilled. Instead of progress, the country has been plunged into hunger, poverty, and frustration,” Kyari told journalists.
Meanwhile, Jonathan, who has largely kept a low political profile since losing the 2015 presidential race, has not publicly declared his intentions.