1000’s of youths beneath the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday rallied in Abuja, urging former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election.
The demonstrators gathered at Jonathan’s residence round Taraba Shut close to Tanganyika Avenue and unfold via Farmers Market to IBB Means within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The rally disrupted early morning site visitors as individuals chanted slogans, danced to music and displayed placards interesting to the previous president to return to lively politics.
A few of the placards learn: “GEJ: Nigeria is dying, put it aside!” “GEJ, Nigerian youths break the medication wey dem do you.” “GEJ, for those who no run, we quench.”
The group was led by Mr. Tom Ohikere, nationwide president of the coalition and former commissioner for info in Kogi State.
Ohikere mentioned: “In all places that now we have visited in the midst of our nationwide session over a interval of six months, the clamour for his return to energy to rescue our nation has been loud and unmistakable.”
Jonathan reportedly arrived on the residence round 1pm after the demonstrators had left. Sources near the previous president mentioned he and his aides had no prior data of the rally.
The gathering was peaceable, with individuals from completely different states chanting slogans and displaying placards interesting to the previous president to heed what they described as a nationwide name.
As of the time of submitting this report, Jonathan had not issued any official assertion on the rally. His spokesperson has additionally not publicly responded to the attraction.
The demonstration provides to rising calls from {groups} inside Nigeria and the diaspora urging Jonathan to return to lively politics.
A number of organisations have made comparable appeals over the previous 12 months. The {groups} embody the Goodluck Nigeria Motion, the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation, the New Nigeria Integrity Motion (Center Belt Zone) and the diaspora-based Goodluckans Motion 2027.