Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics, elections, and governance in Nigeria and Africa.
FCT, Abuja – Ahead of the 2027 elections, former President Goodluck Jonthan will reportedly attempt to return to the presidency using the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the platform to actualise his renewed presidential ambition.
Legit.ng reports that Jonathan served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to lose re-election.
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As reported by Vanguard, a top official in the Jonathan’s team confirmed on Sunday, May 10, 2026, that the decision to use the PDP followed extensive deliberation over where his chances were brighter in returning to power in order to provide quality leadership to the country amid growing hardship and poverty.
Jonathan ‘eyes 2027 presidential return’
The alleged confirmation of the PDP as the channel through which Jonathan hopes to use to and return to power, immediately opened a floodgate of struggle by entities believed to be pushing him to contest, to jostle for the purchase of his nomination form, which the factionalised party has pegged at N100 million.
The top official, who spoke in confidence, said that the groups competing to purchase the nomination form for Jonathan were aware that the deadline for the submission of the form ends on Tuesday, May 12, and that they were determined to get the form for him.
The source said that a notable group, which calls itself, the Goodluckan Movement, made of Nigerians in the diaspora is claiming the right to obtain the form for the 68-year-old former leader, arguing that the movement is more representative of Nigerians across the world than the northern groups jostling for it.
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Source: Legit.ng