Reports indicate that former President Goodluck Jonathan is currently plotting to contest the 2027 presidential elections.

According to Legit.ng, the former president intends to move forward with his plans despite the disapproval of his wife, Patience.

Recall that Patience, at a recent public engagement, noted and lamented the pressure that comes with holding public office when she received the Women Icon Leader of the Year Award in Abuja in May.

Her statement at the time read in part: “The distress of Nigeria is so much that if God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify Him. Why do you want to go back there?"

She added that the current peace she enjoys is enough for her and subsequently endorsed the administration of President Bola Tinubu. She also promised to campaign for Tinubu's second term in office.

However, Daily Sun has since reported that the former president was not shaken by his wife's disapproval of his ambition and has intensified his efforts to ensure that he clinches the PDP's presidential ticket.

To outsmart spies in the camp, many supporters of the former president, especially those in his inner circle, have allegedly held several meetings outside the country with a focus on consolidating his support base within the PDP, as well as developing a strategy to handle what they referred to as the "Nyesom Wike problem."

The term was a reference to the conflict between the PDP and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In his last interview, Wike urged the former president not to join the 2027 race but to maintain his role as a statesman.

The minister also accused those calling for the return of the former president of betrayal and hypocrisy, saying the same people undermined him in the 2015 presidential election.

Jonathan's camp is said to be worried about Wike's comments, describing them as a threat to the former president's possible return. A source disclosed that the minister's opposition cannot be ignored, adding that “some of our meetings have been about how to ensure he does not become a stumbling block.”