Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari, united under the banner of the Buhari-Yemi Osinbajo Nationwide Supporters Group, declared their support for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar ahead of Saturday’s election.
They also begged forgiveness from Nigerians for “blindly supporting” the All Progressives Congress and installing an administration that has caused so much anguish.
Members of the group that defected from the APC to join the ruling PDP have pledged to work hard to ensure the success of the Atiku-Okowa presidential ticket.
Hon Danjuma Fachiwe Gwoza, national coordinator of the Support Group, and other group members announced this decision at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said, “The members of the President Muhammadu Buhari/ Yemi Osinbajo Nationwide Supporters Group wish to officially decamp and transmute her operations to the Atiku/Okowa Nationwide Supporters Group under the directive of PDP Presidential Campaign Council cil (PCC).
“Our group is a formidable conglomerate of political sagacious like-minded individuals made of different supporters’ group, such as: Artisan a Youth organizations. However, our membership strength now stands at Nine Million, Three Hundred and “Thirteens Thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty-Six (9,313,846).
“The members of this conglomerate sincerely apologize to Nigerian, for our blind support given to the APC led bankrupt government the have failed to deliver on her campaign promise to the electorates.
“This colossal failure has caused the Nation unbearable quagmire