Jandor to Jonathan: Don’t heed calls to contest, you can’t defeat Tinubu

Former governorship aspirant in Lagos, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (aka Jandor), has advised former president Goodluck Jonathan not to heed calls to contest against President Tinubu in 2027.

Adediran, the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.

Adediran urged Jonathan to rather stay in retirement, saying those telling him to run against Tinubu were deceiving him.

He said Tinubu “is a master in the game of politics who cannot be defeated by Jonathan or any other figure in 2027.”

“I disagree with people calling on Jonathan to re-contest, people saying Jonathan is the only person who can challenge Tinubu, citing his popularity and experience.

“It was this same man (Tinubu) that defeated him (Jonathan) from the outside. So, they are not the same.

“If you accidentally found yourself at the Aso Villa as President, it is different from somebody who gave his all to get there.

“It is different from somebody who, against all odds, got there. They did all sorts for him not to get there, and he got there.

“Such a man, cannot be put side by side with somebody who just slept and woke up and found himself on the seat of President.,” he said

According to him, it will amount to a waste of time for Jonathan to attempt to dislodge Tinubu.in 2027.

Adediran urged Jonathan to listen to his wife, Patience, who had also urged him not to contest 2027 Presidency.

He said that Tinubu’s personality, popularity and experience were “intimidating” and that Jonathan should not risk “a humiliating defeat” in 2027.