Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former president, is not yet a registered member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dennis Otiotio, the Bayelsa State chairman of the party has said.
Otiotio’s clarification comes in the wake of speculations that the former president has officially joined the APC from PDP and had accepted to run for president in 2023 on the ruling party’s platform.
The Bayelsa APC chairman who spoke to Punch, said Jonathan could only join the APC if he had been formally granted a waiver by the national chairman of the party, Adamu Abdullahi.
He said, “I think the person you people should be asking the question is the national chairman of the party. He should be the one to grant him (Jonathan) waiver.
“As of now, he has not officially joined our party. Ask the national chairman if he has granted him a waiver.”
The state APC chairman, however, described Jonathan as “a big fish and an elder statesman”.
Otiotio said it would be great if Jonathan decides to formally move to the ruling party.