Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Chika Onyesi
Published on 2025-09-01 15:08:38
A close relative of Goodluck Jonathan, Azibaola Robert, has claimed that the former president is constitutionally and legally qualified to contest the 2027 Nigerian general elections.
This statement comes amid growing calls from stakeholders who view Jonathan as the only opposition figure capable of challenging President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the upcoming election cycle.
Jonathan was President of Nigeria from May 5, 2010, to May 29, 2015. He first assumed office as acting president on February 9, 2010, following the illness and death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
The National Assembly later invoked the “doctrine of necessity” to transfer power to him, due to Yar’Adua’s…
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