The Labour Party (LP) candidate in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has weighed in on the speculation that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, will return to active politics in 2027.

It was reports that there have been reports that some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are wooing Jonathan to contest the 2027 election on its platform.

Rhodes-Vivour, during an interview with Punch, stated that northerners who are behind Jonathan are very comfortable with his single term, which makes him a force.

However, Rhodes-Vivour expressed doubt about Jonathan’s possibility of becoming president, especially after swearing the oath of office twice.

He said, “It is a major consideration because a lot of people feel it is the southerner’s time to rule. Considering that the country just had eight years of a northern president who was extremely divisive. Unfortunately, President Tinubu’s coming has been even more divisive and has literally created a government that does not reflect the Nigerian nation.

“That said, it is still time for the South, and the thing about Jonathan is that he cannot do more than one term. The northerners who are behind him are very comfortable with that, so that makes him a force. Whether he comes out or not will be an entirely different topic because he has a lot to lose if he does not win the presidency.

“He has been president for six and a half years. That is almost eight years, and there is an issue that he swore an oath of office twice. When you also consider the Supreme Court as it is today, I am not sure if he will get through, given the current setup of our judiciary.”

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Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has denied allegations claiming he sought to have third term just before his second term in office as a democratically elected President ended in 2007.

Speaking at the Democracy Dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, Obasanjo said there is no Nigerian, dead or alive, who can truthfully claim he solicited support for a third term agenda.

“I’m not a fool. If I wanted a third term, I know how to go about it. And there is no Nigerian, dead or alive, that would say I called him and told him I wanted a third term,” he said

Obasanjo argued that he had proven his ability to secure difficult national goals, citing Nigeria’s debt relief during his administration as a much greater challenge than any third term ambition.

“I keep telling them that if I could get debt relief, which was more difficult than getting a third term, then if I wanted a third term, I would have got it too,” he said.Nigerian beauty

He further cautioned against leaders who overstay in power, stressing that the belief in one’s indispensability is a “sin against God.”

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The African Democratic Congress in Gombe State on Friday evening launched a membership enrolment drive aimed at strengthening its electoral fortunes ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking at the inauguration of the State Transition and Membership Drive Committee, the Gombe State Chairman of the ADC, Auwal Barde, said the party was working assiduously to rescue both the state and the country.

Barde said, “ADC is here to ensure development across the board. We call on residents of Gombe to join the party to make the Nigeria and the state we yearn for possible.”

On his part, a former Minister of Transportation, Abdullahi Umar, refuted claims that the party was divided, insisting that the ADC remained one big family.

He said, “Today, we constituted a committee to drive membership across the state. They will be going to the grassroots, and this will be a continuous exercise. We are confident that in the next couple of months, we should be bringing in 500,000 members.”

Umar explained that disagreements were normal in politics but stressed that the party had mechanisms to resolve conflicts.

“In politics, divisions are bound to happen. But as a party, congresses were conducted, and although we were not in the party then, the issues were resolved in 2024, which brought back Auwal Barde as chairman.

“This was affirmed by the national executive of the party. So, there is no dispute—people should return to their positions,” he added.

He also urged members to take part in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, stressing that the Permanent Voter Card remains the most powerful tool in choosing leaders.

“Collection of PVCs is very important. It will give you the opportunity to decide who should represent you at different levels of government,” he said.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the State Transition and Membership Drive Committee, John Yoriyo, assured that the committee would not only focus on ADC membership registration but also encourage residents to participate in the ongoing CVR.

“We will encourage residents to register and collect their PVCs, and we will also market ADC to the grassroots,” Yoriyo said.

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