The Northern Groups Said They Didn’t Buy Presidential Form For Jonathan

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has responded to the trending news of purchasing APC nomination and expression of interest for the former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

The CNG spokesman, Abdulazeez Sulaiman, revealed that they are still in search for a competent leader and they didn’t obtained any nomination form for Jonathan.

On Monday, May 9, 2022, it was reported that a group of nomadic Fulani and the Almajiri Communities led by one Ibrahim Abdullahi procured the APC nomination forms on behalf of Jonathan.

Suliamon explained that the group is addressed as The Coalition of Northern Groups and not A Coalition of Northern Groups from the trending news and he also advised whosoever group who obtained the nomination form to come out for identification.

He said, “We are particularly worried that the report which purportedly suggests that CNG has purchased the presidential nomination forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan was broadcast by such reputable outlets.

“We are therefore compelled to make the following clarifications for the benefit of the media and the general public.

“We have since advanced from being addressed as an obscure Coalition and assumed the status of a proper name having made a mark as the strongest voice in Northern Nigeria.

“For a very long time, CNG has come to be properly addressed as “The Coalition of Northern Groups ” and no longer “A Coalition of Northern Groups ” as featured in the trending report.

“We are aware of the recent proliferation of coalitions across the North and in Nigeria as a whole (mostly out of mischief), but we make bold to say categorically that the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has never since inception been involved in partisanship not to mention picking a particular candidate and purchasing forms for him.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the CNG is still committed to the search for a competent, credible Nigerian leader with the capacity to justly and fairly take all of us through and out of our current limitations.

“We advise the newborn coalitions to device a means of identification quite apart from the CNG and appreciate the concerns of our followers and supporters who have been calling us for clarification.