Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, met behind closed doors in Abuja on Thursday.
According to information posted by Peter Obi on his X account, the two leaders’ meeting took place behind closed doors.
He continued by saying that their talks, which centered on Nigeria’s situation, were productive.
“I had a meeting with my beloved older brother, former President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan, who is a statesman and leader, today in Abuja. We addressed the status of our beloved country at a productive meeting behind closed doors,” Obi wrote.
According to reports, there are rumors that Jonathan is thinking about running for president in 2027, which coincides with their encounter.
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Jonathan’s supporters reportedly started contacting opposition leaders, such as Peter Obi of the Labour Party, in an attempt to build a broad coalition capable of taking on President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The 2027 election is turning as an all-Southern struggle since the PDP has zoned its presidential ticket to the South and the APC hierarchy has already endorsed Tinubu for reelection.
Top PDP leaders, especially those from the North, have been putting increasing pressure on Jonathan to enter the race, according to party officials who spoke to Vanguard.
A number of PDP leaders had also urged Obi to rejoin the party following his 2022 defection to the LP, where he became the presidential flagbearer, prior to Jonathan’s name reappearing.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, which includes a number of well-known individuals such as former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, former Senate President David Mark, former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, is also being supported by Obi, who has continued to be one of the harshest critics of the Tinubu administration.
Obi insisted that he was dedicated to “any move that will save the country from the APC” when asked repeatedly if he would join the ADC or rejoin the PDP.
According to reports, Amaechi and Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, are among the other Southern politicians considering a confrontation with Tinubu.
According to sources who spoke to Vanguard on Sunday, Jonathan’s team had started reaching out to important candidates, such as Obi, to persuade him to resign in favor of the former president.
