Some Niger Delta kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan have urged him not to run for president in 2027.

They enjoined the former leader to support President Bola Tinubu instead.

Prominent Niger Delta ex-militant commander, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) is the arrowhead of the group persuading Dr. Jonathan to jettison his bid.

The ex-militant commander, who has visited the former President in his native Otuoke, Bayelsa State, last week, said the public mood does not support his aspiration.

The visit was Tompolo’s second public appearance in over a decade.

He was accompanied by the Managing Director of his oil pipelines surveillance company, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), Chief Kestin Pondi, and the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election in Bayelsa State, Joshua Maciver.