Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday, kept his supporters and lobbyists guessing over whether he will yield to pressure to contest the 2023 presidential election.
The former president told supporters who besieged his Maitama residence asking him to join the race to “just watch out”.
Supporters donning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) insignia had stormed his residence demanding that he return to the saddle and rescue the country.
The protesters who wielded placards with different inscriptions say that Nigerians were misled in 2015 to vote out Jonathan by people who don’t mean well for the country.
The former president later held talks with the leaders of the protesters behind closed-doors.
Addressing the supporters after the meeting, Jonathan said, “You are calling me to come and declare for the next election. I cannot tell you I’m declaring. The political process is ongoing, just watch out.
“The key role you must play is to pray that Nigeria gets somebody that carries the young people along; somebody that can also work very hard to see that some of the problems are addressed by the government and I believe collectively, we will work together.”
