“GEJ: Nigeria is dying, save it!”, “GEJ, Nigerian youths break the medicine wey dem do you”, and “GEJ, if you no run, we quench”.

With those screaming slogans , youths under the aegis of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan, urged him to return to active politics and contest the 2027 presidential election.

The youths youths on Thursday staged a solidarity rally at his residence in Maitama, Abuja.

The demonstrators gathered around Taraba Close and adjoining streets, causing heavy traffic disruption in the upscale district as they chanted slogans, danced to music, and waved placards calling on the former president to run again.

The youths described Jonathan as a unifying national figure capable of addressing the country’s economic and political challenges ahead of the 2027 general election.

Addressing the crowd, Jonathan acknowledged their appeals and said he would reflect on the demands before taking a decision.

“I’ve heard you loud and clear. I will consult widely before taking any decision,” he said.

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Tension is currently brewing at the National Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party – SDP as the Shehu Gabam set to take over Party office.

Gabam whose faction has been recognised by INEC following a court decision, arrived at Party Secretariat on Thursday about 12 noon to resume duty but was prevented by private security guards at the gate despite being led by police officers.

Gabam waited in his car for more than one hour as police officers made efforts to resolve the matter amicably.

The Abubakar Gombe faction is reportedly holding meeting inside the Secretariat while the drama was going on.

Party members loyal to Gabam eventually pull down the gate and gain access to the Secretariat.

Police also tear gas some political thugs who are preventing the enforcement of the court order.

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday joked that the African Democratic Congress was effectively dead following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers move en masse to other political parties, including the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party.

Akpabio made the remark while presiding over plenary, shortly after the Senate formally announced the defection of lawmakers, including Victor Umeh, who joined the NDC, citing internal crises and “unending litigation” within the ADC.

“Resignation from ADC and declaration for Labour Party. Maybe all those defecting from ADC should just compile everything in one paper and bring, so that we don’t keep announcing, announcing, announcing. Because I think ADC is dead,” Akpabio said, drawing reactions in the chamber.

He continued in a lighter tone, questioning the frequency of political defections by lawmakers.

He continued in a lighter tone, questioning the frequency of political defections by lawmakers.

“How many times can you defect in a month? Once. But some have done three times,” he laughed.

The Senate President suggested a more coordinated system for handling defections, adding that lawmakers should “compile” their movement lists rather than announce them individually on the floor.

“So that it doesn’t look like a daily ritual. If you are defecting from Labour, you write all of you. If you are moving from ADC, you write all of you. If you are entering NDC, you write all of you,” he added.,” he said.