Reported by: Oahimire Omone Precious | Edited by: Henry Owen
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed widespread rumours suggesting that former President Goodluck Jonathan is preparing to contest the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking during a media parley with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Wike stated that the former president has never discussed any political comeback with him, nor hinted at such intentions.
“You’re the one telling me here. Jonathan has never told me; he has never called me one day to say, ‘I’m being pressured to run, what’s your thinking?’ If he calls me and asks me, I’ll be able to tell him my mind and what I feel,” Wike said while responding to questions on the growing speculation surrounding Jonathan’s possible return.
The FCT Minister criticized the media for fueling unverified reports, noting that political narratives should not be built on rumours or assumptions. “I will not, because you people put something on the pages of newspapers — just like you said they flew me out of the country — then I now assume it’s correct,” he added.
On the issue of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), a former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, being endorsed as the consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wike distanced himself from the development.
“I don’t know about Tanimu Turaki becoming chairman; maybe he becomes chairman for another faction — it’s not the PDP I know,” Wike stated firmly, suggesting that he remains uninvolved in any internal arrangements or negotiations regarding the party’s leadership structure.
His remarks come amid ongoing political alignments within the PDP ahead of the party’s 2025 national convention in Ibadan, where key leadership positions are expected to be filled.
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