Usman Mohammed, the secretary of a Fulani organisation that claimed to have paid N100 million for APC presidential forms for Goodluck Jonathan, has threatened to deport the former president if he refuses to take the forms.
On Monday, the Fulani group said that it had purchased Jonathan's forms from the ruling party.
Jonathan quickly responded, saying he didn't authorise the purchase has no interest in running for president in 2023 in a statement released by his spokeswoman, Ikechukwu Eze.
However, the organisation, which is made up of nomadic Fulani and Almajiri groups, warned through its secretary that if the ex-president refuses to accept the nomination form as he threatened, they will be forced to do so.
"I believe you are aware of how, during our rallies in Kano, Suleja, Minna, and Abuja, we blocked his office in the FCT and forced him to come out to address journalists. Mohammed told Punch that he takes the same strategy.
"We won't let him out of Nigeria if he doesn't accept our form," he stated.
According to him, the Fulani pastoralists chose Jonathan as their presidential candidate out of around 30 APC contenders because of his patriotism and love for Nigeria.
Mohammed added that due of the improvement he brought to the Fulani and Almajiri schools, his people were forced to sell their livestock to raise money for nomination forms.
Jonathan is a devout Christian with a Muslim heart. He funded Almajiri schools, looked after our children, and fed them in many Northern States when he was president.
"Fulani cattle rearers in the country contributed money for the nomination form. Some media outlets reported on Miyetti Allah, or Northern Youths. That is not correct.
"Besides, of all the APC presidential contenders, he has the greatest experience." None of the other candidates, including Tinubu, has ever served as president of the country.
"He is a man who adores Nigerians and prefers the children of others before his own." We need him to keep working on his Almajiri school project, especially in Kano, where there are almost three million kids. None of them made a purchase.