2027 Presidency: GEJ legally qualified- Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola, tells Keyamo, Odinkalu

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Azibaola Robert, a close relative of Goodluck Jonathan, has asserted that the former president is legally and constitutionally eligible to run in the general elections of Nigeria in 2027.

This declaration follows increasing demands from interested parties who believe Jonathan is the only opposition leader qualified to take on All Progressives Congress (APC) President Bola Tinubu in the next election cycle.

Jonathan served as Nigeria’s president from May 5, 2010, till May 29, 2015. On February 9, 2010, he took over as acting president for the first time after President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua became ill and passed away.

Because of Yar’Adua’s extended absence without a formal transfer of power, the National Assembly later used the “doctrine of necessity” to give him the position.

After that, he stood for president in 2011 under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and defeated Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates with 58.89% of the vote.

After losing the 2015 election, he ceded control to Buhari on May 29, 2015, ending his presidency.

With Tinubu in power, the opposition in Nigeria is still split between the PDP and the Labour Party, and there are questions about the political stances of important individuals like Peter Obi and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Stakeholders contend that Jonathan is the most qualified candidate to unite the opposition and take on the APC because of his widespread appeal and experience.

However, the ruling party appears to be uneasy about Jonathan’s possible candidacy.

A well-known human rights lawyer, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, stated that the former president is constitutionally unable to run, while Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and Minister of Aviation, encouraged the PDP not to nominate Jonathan.

The former president’s cousin, Robert Azibaola, responded by arguing that Jonathan is constitutionally entitled to run in the upcoming elections if he so desires.

He emphasized that it would not be for want of qualifications if GEJ decides not to give in to the overwhelming clamor to contest.

Although his remark does not validate Jonathan’s candidacy, he reminded Keyamo and Odinkalu that he is a lawyer and was also an activist for democracy in the 1990s.

Azibaola wrote on his Facebook page: “Dear Festus Keyamo, SAN, Chidi Odinkalu(Prof.), I greet both of you. For the record, we are three lawyers.

“We all were pro-democracy activists in the 90s, and I was a better activist than both of you combined.

“RULE NO. 1: Do not offer legal advice where none is solicited. Goodluck Jonathan has numerous, more celebrated, more experienced SANs at his disposal who give him sound, unblemished, professional legal advice only.

“GEJ is 100% constitutionally and legally qualified to contest if he chooses to. If he chooses not to yield to his overwhelming calls to contest, it would not be because he is not qualified.

“Your screwed, unsolicited legal view is not of any concern in his bucket list, and it will never be. Don’t waste your precious times further dwelling on this.

“Or should you schedule a meeting with me so you can get properly educated on the subsisting court judgements on this, one of which your party, APC, was a party?

“I beg una, make we no dey put too much water inside belle for another person disco dance, make long line no form for latrine door.

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