Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo has cautioned former President Goodluck Jonathan on joining the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Dokubo said the plan to draft Jonathan into the presidential race under the platform of the ruling party is an attempt to ridicule the former president.
He urged Jonathan to join other political parties instead of the APC if he wanted to run for the Presidency again in 2023.
In a Facebook Live on Wednesday, the repentant militant said he was not in support of the former President joining the APC and contesting for presidency under the party.
He, however, asked Jonathan to join other opposition parties if he wants to return to power in 2023.
“I am not in support of Goodluck coming to contest election under the APC. 100%, I’m not in support. Because many of his followers fought the APC government and had gone hungry throughout this period, without any aid from him. And without consultation, he will just come out.
“If Goodluck wants to stage a comeback, let him go to other political parties: YPP, SDP, etc. Why should he want somebody to anoint him before he contests the election?” Dokubo queried.
A northern group had on Monday obtained the APC N100m expression of interest and nomination forms for Jonathan.
But in a statement by his spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze, the former President disowned the group, saying he did not authorise them to obtain the forms on his behalf.
There are fillers however, that Jonathan was working on picking APC’s membership card in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
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