By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos

A group canvassing the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan has said the minority groups in the country would feel left out if the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a Hausa/Fulani man and his running mate, from the Yoruba ethnic group, win the March 28 election.

Gen Buhari at Chatham House

The group, Nigeria Ethnic Minority Rights Movement for the Actualization of the Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Ambition in 2015 (NEMRIMSaG), stated that voting Buhari and Prof.Yemi Osinbajo of the APC will further shut out ethnic minorities from electoral politics.

In a statement issued in Jos by the group’s President, Gizo Jnr Kuulyidamsu, and Secretary, Onya Samuel, the group alleged that “ethnic minorities have long been shut out of electoral politics and it is becoming evident that the new Hausa-Fulani and Yoruba alliance is to get this trend continued”.