One of the legacy parties that formed the All Progressives Congress (APC), the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday re-grouped in Abuja and pledged support to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Some former state chairmen of the party from across the country met for several hours at Chelsea hotel.
They urged the President to “remember the goose that laid the golden egg in the scheme of things”.
In a communique at the end of the meeting, the former CPC leaders who said they were meeting under the auspices of Progressives Legacy Forum reminded the President of the brutalisation they suffered from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 16 years.
The communique signed the National Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Ahmed Dan Zago, reads: “”We, the undersigned are among the following members and original stakeholders of the movement of Buhari for President which dated back to year 2002, originating from the defunct All People’s Party (APP) which converted to All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and later metamorphosed to Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and finally merged with some other opposition political parties to form the present ruling party of the central government of Nigeria and in most states of the federation, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“The meeting of the Legacy Forum was convened to retrospectively congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for the victory. The beautiful performance of Mr. President so far is invigorating and highly encouraging . It is indeed this performance that made it compelling for us to convene the meeting in order to acknowledge and appreciate as a forum of original stakeholders and founding members of the Buhari Project.”