The arrival of Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has raised eyebrows. Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly delayed his departure from Freetown to make doubly sure that the illegal President Maada Bio gets the democratic message loud and clear. (Photo: GoodLuck Jonathan in Freetown).

It was initially a one-day working visit, but it rolled into the next day for obvious reasons. Goodluck Jonathan’s arrival in the capital, Freetown, on Tuesday has more to it than meets the eye. His visit is not the ‘things as usual’ vibe, as the failed SLPP regime is portraying.

Frankly, it is not the so-called bilateral visit often nonsensically put forward by the illegitimate presidency of Maada Bio. On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, the official visit was another massive blow to the illegality of the Bio regime. It has added to the number of visits by presidents and former leaders to advise stubborn Bio.

In short, Goodluck Jonathan was sent by the Nigerian President, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, also instructed by higher-ups in the global circle to do so. What was the message from GoodLuck to Maada all about? The focal point was the restoration of democracy in Sierra Leone. Period!

Even though Maada Bio’s clan continues to downplay the visit on his X account, it is a different case on GoodLuck Jonathan’s X post. The former Nigerian president did not mince his words. He was categorical in his message, stating democratic governance as the pivot.

Goodluck Jonathan’s democratic governance message is significant. Such a high-profile visit is always taken seriously. Only countries that are not democratic, such as Sierra Leone, will receive such messages. It shows Sierra Leone, under Bio, is not a democracy. Only Bio is receiving advisory emissaries from present and past presidents.

The message from Nigeria to Freetown for Maada Bio is fantastic news for the people of Sierra Leone, especially for the voters who elected the people’s choice, Dr Samura Kamara, in the June 24, 2023, elections. But the Bio rogues do not want to say the truth. GoodLuck Jonathan did not come on a joyride.

The political transition of power is on track, as the international community is determined to see the restoration of democracy work peacefully and on schedule. If by design, the shortsighted Maada Bio fails to do it peacefully, then forceful means will be applied to restore constitutionality.

And despite the procrastination by the Bio regime, backed by the sell-out APC executives, the global partners are not in a hurry. Many foreign presidents, past and present, have made such official visits to advise Maada Bio to hand over power peacefully, without success. Patience is indeed running out.

This is an excerpt from Goodluck Jonathan’s full X post, thus: “I visited in my capacity as Special Envoy of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, HE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission and as Chairman of the West African Elders Forum, WAEF.

“Our discussion focused on issues of mutual interest and matters relating to peace, stability, democratic governance, and regional cooperation within the West African sub-region,” the Goodluck Jonathan X post concluded. This is a strong message from the international community. Electoral justice has won the war. It is just a matter of time now.