Jonathan To APC Almost Done, Final Conditions Causing Delay, Ex-president’s Move To Unsettle Tinubu

Despite claims that reports of Goodluck Jonathan’s imminent move from PDP to APC remain false, new findings show that the former President is only biding his time for some of the conditions he had given the ruling party to be met before making the switch.

Findings made known by SaharaReporters show that apart from the conditions waiting to be met, the APC cabal loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari is also keen to bring Jonathan into the party for a number of reasons, including damaging the ambition of the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president in 2023.

SaharaReporters claim that Buhari had started courting Jonathan since 2020 to bring him into the APC to run for the presidency and succeed him. The Presidency’s cabal wants Jonathan as the next president as they know he won’t investigate atrocities committed by Buhari’s regime.

And Jonathan, who is purportedly nursing a presidential ambition to complete two terms in office, an opportunity denied him by the APC in the 2015 presidential election, has agreed to play the game, especially considering the slim chances he has in the PDP with the wealth and connection of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.

Although Atiku has yet to declare interest in the race, he appears to be testing the waters, as some groups showing support for his 2023 ambition have already emerged. Jonathan is also wary of the threat posed by the ambitions of the Governors of Sokoto and Rivers states, Aminu Tambuwal and Nyesom Wike respectively, said to be considering a joint ticket.

However, Jonathan was said to have given certain conditions to Buhari’s cabal which have yet to be fully fulfilled hence the delay in joining the ruling party.

“About a year ago Jonathan started consulting with APC to see how he could join the party. Jonathan realised that his chances in PDP were slim due to Atiku’s influence and opposition posed by PDP leadership, including Wike who is interested in a joint ticket with Tambuwal,” the source said.

Noting how the move by the Buhari cabal is to also kill another bird, which is the ambition of Tinubu to succeed Buhari in 2023, the source added, “Buhari and his cabal had decided to discard Tinubu and started courting Jonathan. Jonathan assisted APC candidate in his state to win the election but a court squashed his victory before he could be sworn in.