Spokesman to former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted claims that his principal is seeking a return to office as Nigeria president in 2023. “There was nothing like that,” Jonathan’s spokesman Ikechukwu Eze said in a statement. Jonathan contested and lost his reelection bid to current Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, ending the 16-years of Nigeria government under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Jonathan denied the claims before the 2019 presidential election which Buhari won to get his second tenure as Nigeria president. Barely seven months since Buhari’s swearing-in for a second term in office, rumours of Jonathan wanting to contest for the office of president in 2023 resurfaced, but Eze said it was not true.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2020 15:44 UTC