Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has denied authorising the purchase of presidential forms for him.
A Northern group on Monday, May 9, purchased the form for him, insisting he must run for president in 2023.
According to the group, Jonathan is the only Nigerian leader who has taken interest in Almajiris as he built schools for them during his tenure.
Jonathan in a statement signed by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, said he was not aware and did not authorise any group to purchase the form.
The statement reads;
“It has come to our notice that a group has purportedly purchased Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms, of the All Progressives Congress APC, in the name of former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
We wish to categorically state that Dr. Jonathan was not aware of this bid and did not authorize it.
“We want to state that if the former President wanted to contest an election, he would make his intentions clear to the public and will not enter through the back door.
“While we appreciate the overwhelming request by a cross-section of Nigerians, for Dr. Jonathan to make himself available for the 2023 Presidential election, we wish to state, that he has not in any way, committed himself to this request.
“Buying a presidential aspiration form in the name Dr. Jonathan without his consent, knowing the position he had held in this country, is considered an insult to his person.
“The general public is therefore advised to disregard it,”
The rejection of the so-called nomination forms by an unknown group of northern origin seems to also dominated talks when Mr Jonathan met APC chairman Abdullahi Adamu in Abuja on Monday night.
Mr Jonathan told Mr Adamu he was not involved in buying the forms, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
The controversy around Mr Jonathan’s forms came days after Godwin Emefiele and Akin Adesina rejected forms bought for them by a group of farmers.
