In the heat of the preparations for the presidential primaries of political parties prior to the 2023 general elections, former President Goodluck Jonathan became a preferred bride that some political parties started courting. The one that shocked some people most was the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, sending delegations of party leaders, including state governors to Otuoke, Bayelsa State to pay homage to the man their party vilified to a great extent before they ousted him from office in 2015.
There was no derogatory name under the sun that the then opposition APC did not call Jonathan before the 2015 election. Chief among the names was Clueless President.
Before the 2023 polls, it was gathered that the North toyed with the idea that bringing back Jonathan would be a means of bridging the gap between when the South has led the country and when the North has done that since the advent of civilian rule in 1999.
The death of Musa Yar Adua, who Jonathan came in with as his Vice President, upset the seeming exchange of leadership baton between the North and the South.
In 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari was said to be considering giving Jonathan the ticket of the APC to make the latter stay in office for four years before the baton would be given to another person from the North.
However, those making the permutation met their match in Bola Tinubu, who proved to be a grand master in such manner of politics.
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The rest they say is history.
Now, the same kite is being flown for Jonathan to contest the presidential election in 2027.
Though he has not openly ditched the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on which banner he won the other time, since he left office, he has kept aloof and stayed away from activities of the party.
He has never attended meetings of the party or even their national conventions. Similarly, he has not openly joined any other political party.
But the hues this time is about him coming to contest against Tinubu who is also from the South. What will he gain or lose in the process?.
Some are of the view that certain people in the North just want to use him, but will he allow himself to take the same bait twice?
