After months of hide and seek, former President Goodluck Jonathan may have finally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race.
A Northern group of supporters of Fulani extraction and Almajiris led by Ibrahim Abdullahi picked the expression of interest and nomination forms for the former President around 6:30 pm.
The All Progressives Congress has received N100m for the presidential form of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,credited into APC Collection Account domiciled with Heritage Bank,with account number 5600007616.
Jonathan, who spoke on his entrance into the race when some women and youths stormed his office to persuade him to contest the 2023 presidential election some weeks ago, had said the process of joining was in progress.With his entrance, APC presidential aspirants have risen to 26.
Jonathan is yet to announce his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
He took over power when the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died in 2010 and contested the 2011 election, which he won.
He lost his reelection to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and acknowledged defeat before the final collation of the election results.We hear,two Northern Governors,who are close to President Buhari,may have influence the presidential bid of the former President