24th August 2025
By Peter Omopo
A pro-Jonathan political pressure group, Bring Back Our Goodluck, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election, describing him as the “surest path to rescue Nigeria” from hardship and insecurity.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday at the Aminu Kano Centre for Democracy, Research and Training, Mambayya House, Kano, the group’s National Coordinator, Dr. Grema Kyari, said Nigerians were “misled in 2015” into voting Jonathan out of office.
Kyari argued that Jonathan’s return was both “desirable and necessary,” citing international precedents such as Donald Trump’s comeback bid in the United States and John Mahama’s return in Ghana.
“We were misled in 2015 by the APC under the late Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo, and Chief Bisi Akande. They sold Nigerians deceitful promises, which they never fulfilled. Instead of progress, the country has been plunged into hunger, poverty, and frustration,” he said.
The group credited Jonathan’s administration with Nigeria’s last era of relative economic stability, citing agricultural reforms, affordable fuel, stable food prices, and youth empowerment programmes such as YouWin! and SURE-P.
“Under Jonathan, a bag of rice sold for about N7,800; today the same bag costs between N80,000 and N100,000. Millions have been pushed into hunger,” Kyari noted.
He further described Jonathan as a unifying leader who built a government inclusive of Nigeria’s ethnic and religious diversity.
Beyond urging Jonathan to return, the group appealed to opposition leaders—including Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Nasir El-Rufai—to “shelve personal ambition” and rally behind him as a consensus candidate.
Kyari maintained that the 2027 polls would be more than just an election year but a “rescue mission” to prevent what he called the APC government’s erosion of democracy.
The campaign, which began in the Northeast, has now moved to the Northwest, described by Kyari as “the heartbeat of commerce and political influence in Northern Nigeria.”
Closing the event with a direct appeal to Jonathan, he said:
“In 2015, you chose peace over power. In 2027, Nigeria needs you to choose the people again. Let us chase out bad luck, poverty, and hunger. Let us bring back our Goodluck.”
