Lagos human rights lawyer and senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has poured cold water on the touted ambition of former President, Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidency, saying he lacks the constitutional empowerment to do so.
Falana, in a statement, said: “It has been rumoured that former President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2023 presidential election.
Falana specifically argued that former President Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election by virtue of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).
Speculations have been rife on the former President defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through which he had been deputy governor, governor, vice president, acting president and ultimately, president to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jonathan was elected President of Nigeria in the 2011 election but lost to Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
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