Patience Jonathan,wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has pledged to campaign for the reelection of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Speaking after receiving the Women Icon Leader of the Year award from Accolade Dynamics Limited in Abuja on Saturday night, Mrs. Jonathan said she would support President Bola Tinubu and his wife rather than return to the State House.
This comes after calls for former president Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidency.
Addressing such calls, she said, “I didn’t just know her (Remi Tinubu) just because she’s the First Lady, no. We worked together. We worked as a group.
“We are groups. We worked when I was a deputy governor’s wife. We worked when I was a governor’s wife.
“I know her. I talked with Oluremi. Even when my husband was the vice president, Oluremi stood with her husband and supported us during our first election.
“They supported us. So, for me, I have a conscience. I cannot abandon my friend, whether you like it or not.
“Because you see, this is turn by turn. Today is my turn – I will go. Tomorrow, it will be another person’s turn – then we go. And when we go, will we still meet? Where will we meet? I don’t know.
“I stand by my friend. My friend is great. I told her I would campaign with her. I’m not denying her. I’m not running. I’m not going back to the villa. If you call me, I will not go.
“I say it every day. Don’t you like how young I look? People say, ‘Mama, you are young, you are young!’ It is because I have rest of mind, yes. I don’t want to go there – let my friend be there.”
The race for the 2027 elections have begun heating up in recent months with several names being mentioned as contenders.
