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Fulani Group buys APC presidential nomination form for Jonathan

A coalition of Northern groups also believed to be Fulani Herdsmen Association has bought the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan, Channels Television is reporting.

This is coming after months of speculations that Mr Jonathan would join the presidential race on the platform of the ruling party.

It is not clear if the former president will accept the forms.

Mr Jonathan was Nigeria’s president between 2010 and 2015 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

He lost power to the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, who ran on the ticket of the APC.

In April, the former president told a group of supporters who visited him at his Abuja office that he had not decided whether to join the presidential race or not. He asked them to watch out for his next moves.