New twist as ex-president Jonathan visits APC national chairman, Ganduje, details emerge

Former President Goodluck Jonathan visited Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at his residence in Abuja.

The ruling party disclosed the development in a tweet on Friday morning, November 24, while the details of the meeting between the two elder statesmen were not disclosed.

The tweet reads: "The National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, received in audience former President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan at his residence in Abuja."

This is coming hours after the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party expressed confidence in the judiciary, an institution that has recently come under criticism by some members of their party for sacking opposition governors.

Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the PDP in the February 25 presidential election, has also condemned the decision of the court, accusing the APC of working to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.

It is also pertinent to note that the development came barely two weeks after the PDP defeated the APC in the Bayelsa state governorship election.

Jonathan shades APC candidate in Bayelsa governorship election

Jonathan, a beneficiary of the PDP, had commented that he would have relocated his family if the APC had won the election.

However, the APC did not congratulate Governor Douye Diri of the PDP, citing electoral fraud as its candidate, Timipre Sylva, accused the Independent National Eletoral Commission (INEC) of canceling over 80,000 of his votes illegally.

While the reason for the visit was not known, it is pertinent to note that Jonathan has maintained a kind of understanding relationship with the APC government since he was defeated by the party in 2015 after many PDP bigwigs dumped him.