The Chapter of the State of Lagos of the Congress of all progressives (APC) says that it has observed with great interest the growing speculation surrounding the possible return of former President Goodluck Jonathan to the 2027 presidential race.
Jonathan, who lost his re -election offer in 2025 before the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has been in the news with his supporters who urged him to seek re -election in the general elections of 2027.
Speaking, Lagos APC spokesman, Mr. Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Friday, said that Jonathan’s political relevance to dismiss President Bola Tinubu, remained in doubt.
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“While we recognize the role of the former president in the Pacific Democratic Transition of 2015, an act that really earned him praise in the country and abroad, we must affirm, in clear terms, that Nigeria has moved beyond the policy of feeling, nostalgia and symbolism.
“Today’s challenges and the future require bold leadership, capable and vision of the future, not a return to the comfort of a past that was far from being perfect.
“That is clear: good luck alone is not a government strategy,” he said.
Oladejo claimed that the Jonathan administration, from 2010 to 2015, left behind a country with severe structural weaknesses, from corruption without control to alarming insecurity and economic inertia.
“While some can look back in those years with pink glasses, we must remind us that nostalgia is not a policy platform.
“Emotion cannot boost economic reform, and sentimentality will not fix energy generation, insecurity, youth unemployment or decomposition of the education sector,” said the APC leader.
Oladejo said the party also pointed out the constitutional and political complications of a possible candidacy of Jonathan.
According to him, after having completed more than one period in the position, any return offer will inevitably trigger legal containment and political instability: the distractions that Nigeria cannot pay at a time when decisive action is needed in all sectors of national life.
“In addition, the political relevance of the former president has been complicated by his recent commitments in the lines of the party.
“His flirting with the APC and the absence of the strategic efforts of reconstruction of the PDP ask questions about their loyalty, clarity of vision and political intentions,” he said.
According to him, the APC is still focused on consolidating progress, implementing reforms and involving the Nigerian electorate with new ideas and credible candidates that reflect the aspirations of a dynamic and youth population.
“We believe that Nigeria’s future does not lies in recycled leadership but in visionary governance rooted in integrity, innovation and resilience.
“Former President Jonathan is still a respected major statesman. His legacy as a Pacific Democrat is assured. But the legacies are not manifest, and nostalgia is not a governance.
“We urge the Nigerians to reject emotional shortcuts and stay focused on the need for capable, responsible and transformative leadership.
“As 2027 approaches, let’s not go back in despair, but we advance with courage and clarity,” said Oladejo.
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