2023: WE'LL FORCE YOU TO ACCEPT OUR N100 MILLION APC FORM, FULANI GROUP TELLS JONATHAN

Hours after former president Goodluck Jonathan publicly rejected the All Progressive Congress' (APC) presidential expression of interest and nomination forms, Secretary of the Fulani Group, Usman Mohammed, says the former president must accept it.

The group, which is an extraction of the nomadic Fulani and the Alma iiri communities stormed the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja on Monday evening to procure the forms.

'I believe you are aware of how we blocked his office in the FCT during our rallies in Kano, Suleja, Minna, and Abuja, and forced him to come out to address journalists. It is the same approach," Punch quoted Mohammed to have said.

"If he doesn't accept our form, we won't let him out of Nigeria," he said.

According to him, the Fulani pastoralists opted for the choice of Jonathan out of the almost 30 APC presidential candidates because of his patriotism and love for Nigeria.

"Jonathan is a Christian with a heart of Muslim. When he was president, he supported Almajiri schools, took care of our children, and fed them in many Northern States.

"The money for the nomination form was contributed by Fulani cattle rearers in the country. We saw some media reporting Miyetti Allah or Northern Youths. That's not true.

"Besides, he is the most experienced of all the APC presidential candidates. None of the other candidates has ever been president of the country, including Tinubu.

"He is a man who loves Nigerians and loves other people's children more than his own. We need him to continue with his Almajiri school project, especially in kano where we have over three million of these students. None of them bought uniforms with their money," he said.