Ex-APC Vice Chairman - Jonathan is not a member of our party.

Hilliard Eta, the former National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is not a member of the party and so is ineligible to run for president.

In an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Eta, who is a supporter of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's presidential ambition, said Jonathan is not a member of the party and that the 'Jonathan option' as a presidential candidate of the party was dead on arrival.

"The country's former president, Mr Goodluck Jonathan, is not a member of our party," Eta remarked. Those who are exploiting his name for rumours and conjecture are not members of our party, and they are free to say anything they want, but Goodluck Jonathan cannot be our party's presidential candidate. I can assure you of that."

On the much-debated consensus presidential candidate in the APC, Eta stated that he does not believe the party has any intentions for consensus, adding that even Tinubu, one of the party's most prominent contenders, is not a proponent of consensus candidacy.

"I don't believe the APC is ready for a consensual agreement." I am a fan of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, one of the party's most prominent, if not the only, aspirants, and he is not interested in reaching a compromise.

"We have been working over the country, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to ensure that Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu becomes the party's presidential candidate, and we are not considering any consensus arrangement at this time," Eta added.