Jonathan may contest for 2019 elections – Dele Momodu -

Ovation publisher and columnist, Dele Momodu, has said erstwhile president Goodluck Jonathan will be contesting in the 2019 presidential elections.
He appealed to the government and fellow citizens not to rule Jonathan out of the 2019 presidential race. In an open letter he titled ‘The Second Coming Of Goodluck Jonathan’, the publisher wrote: “I have been reading about the rising profile of our former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and wish to state without equivocation that no one should rule him out of the 2019 presidential race.

“I first hinted this possibility about two months ago and wish to reiterate that Nigerians should prepare for the shock that awaits us.
“The story of Donald Trump should bring us back to our senses. Nothing is impossible.
“The second coming of Goodluck Jonathan may be so far-fetched or even belong in those categories of impossibilities but I wish to plead with our government and my fellow citizens not to rule it out.
“As one of those who made our modest and humble contributions to the coming of this Buhari government, I’m pleading with trepidation.

“Jonathan’s popularity is rising not because of anything he has done to atone the sins that must have led to his waterloo but as a result of what our change government has failed or refused to do.
“The obsession of our government with going all out after Jonathan is the main reason the Otuoke man is beginning to smell like roses after the odoriferous position he landed himself last week. Only if our government had succeeded in maintaining the economy it met, Nigerians would have been ready to enter fire with Buhari.
“But there are just too many unresolved problems and challenges. The excuses that Jonathan and company left this peculiar mess behind have refused to fly. The groans might not be loud enough to reverberate all the way to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, as of now, but trust me it may become deafening, sooner than later.
“I do not care if men and women of power dismiss my submission with a wave of the hand but they should mark my word; there is a thickening conspiracy in the clouds. It would be a shame if we inadvertently play into the hands of those hovering and ready to pounce on Buhari.
“I read about “persecution complex” long ago and I understand how it works. If you beat your own child so ruthlessly as if you want to kill him, the tilt of public opinion would always go against you.