2019 Election: Senate Bans Former President Jonathan from contest

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, barred a former president, Goodluck Jonathan from running for a second term in office.

The decision were reached after voting in series of new bills being passed by the upper legislative chamber.

The Bill sought that any vice president who had completed a tenure of a sitting president and contested a fresh four years mandate shall not be eligible to run for a second term of office.