Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied authorising the purchase of presidential forms to run election under APC.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement signed by his media aide Ikechukwu Eze insisting the former President has not authorised any group to purchase the forms.
“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.”
The statement further emphasized that “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 anyway, 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.”
TNG recalls the social media was agog with stories on Monday that a fulani group had bought nomination forms for the former number one citizen to for APC presidential race.
