The Presidency has officially reacted to reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan is planning a return to power in the 2027 presidential elections.
Speculations intensified on Sunday after former Minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana, declared that Jonathan would contest under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Responding on Monday, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga welcomed Jonathan’s entry into the race but insisted Nigerians would not forget what he described as Jonathan’s “dismal record” in office.
“As we begin the march towards the 2027 elections, prematurely foisted on the nation by the desperation of the opposition ganging up against President Bola Tinubu, despite his glaring giant economic strides, we are once again regaled with a cacophony of voices, most of them full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, to paraphrase inimitable William Shakespeare in one of his classic works, *Macbeth*,” Onanuga said in a statement.
He maintained that the Tinubu administration remains focused on delivering its economic reforms and warned against what he described as opposition attempts to derail governance through “early politicking.”
Jonathan, who served as President from 2010 to 2015, lost his reelection bid to then–General Muhammadu Buhari. His speculated comeback is already generating heated debates within Nigeria’s political space.
