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Jonathan flanked by Obi on the right and Datti on the left
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has reportedly endorsed the Labour Party Presidential Ticket of Peter Obi and Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed for the February 2023 election.
The Lagos State Chapter of Labour Party disclosed this in a tweet late Thursday, December 8, 2022.
It tweeted a photo of Jonathan flanked by Obi on the right and Datti on the left, along with the following information:
“Breaking News!!
“Former president Ebele Goodluck Jonathan rejects Atiku!!
Endorsed Peter Obi for February 2023 election”.
The tweet, from @LPLagosInfo, the official Twitter handle for Labour Party Lagos State, did not however disclose when the photo was taken and the endorsement made.
Jonathan is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are obi’s main rivals in a field of 18 candidates jostling to succeed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari
