Hold onto your seats, Nigeria former Minister Jerry Gana just lit a match under the 2027 presidential race. In a weekend chat with reporters right after the PDP’s Niger State congress in Minna, the ex-Information boss straight-up announced that Goodluck Jonathan’s jumping back in, gunning for the PDP ticket and a shot at reclaiming Aso Rock from Bola Tinubu.
Gana didn’t mince words: “I can confirm that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will contest the presidential election in 2027 as PDP candidate, and we should be prepared to vote for him to return as President again.” He painted it like the whole country’s been pining for a Jonathan sequel, pointing out how folks endured Buhari’s eight years and Tinubu’s two, and now they’re seeing the “clear difference.” “Nigerians are now asking us to bring back our friend, former President Goodluck Jonathan,” he added, all confident that the PDP’s “grassroots-oriented” vibe will seal the deal.
This isn’t just idle chatter—Gana’s been a PDP heavyweight forever, and his words are echoing across headlines from Daily Trust to Vanguard and Tribune. He’s betting big on Jonathan’s “peace, humility, and experience” to pull voters away from the APC, urging everyone to “shine their eyes” and boot the current crew for some real good governance.
Flashback to 2015: Jonathan, the sitting prez, bowed out gracefully after losing to Buhari, famously saying his ambition “was not worth the blood of any Nigerian.” That handed the keys to the APC after 16 years of PDP rule, and the party’s been in rebuild mode ever since, dodging internal beefs and plotting a comeback. Gana even shouted out how the PDP’s founding fathers hashed out crises at a big Abuja huddle, leaving them “prepared for the task ahead.”
Jonathan himself? Crickets so far he’s stayed mum on the rumors swirling for months. But with Gana’s endorsement hitting like this, it’s got the political pot boiling. PDP bigwigs like Niger’s new chairman Aliyu Mohammed Haladu are already rallying the troops for a “people-oriented government” return in 2027. And across the aisle? Expect the APC to fire back hard, especially with whispers of other challengers like ADC’s open ticket floating around.
If this sticks, it could glue the PDP together or crack it wide open old wounds from 2015 don’t heal easy. Either way, the Villa’s got a ghost from the past knocking. What’s your take Jonathan 2.0 or nah?
