Goodluck Jonathan: Nigeria’s most cowardly politician! By Olu Fasan
In 2015, a Court of Appeal held that a 2018 constitutional amendment that prevents any president or governor from being sworn in a third time could not apply retroactively to Jonathan; in 2023, a Federal High Court in Yenegoa followed the Court of Appeal ruling and dismissed a suit seeking to ban Jonathan from joining that year’s presidential race; and in May this year, a Federal High Court in Abuja confirmed, based on the previous rulings, that Jonathan was eligible to run for the presidency in 2027.
Twice in recent presidential election cycles, Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former one-term president, allowed speculations to spread like wildfire that he would seek the presidency again.
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, former President Jonathan told supporters who urged him to run again: “The political process is ongoing.
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