I won’t disappoint you, Buhari assures Nigerians

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has assured Nigerians that he will not betray the trust the people have in him as he assumes office on May 29.

Buhari gave this assurance while receiving a delegation of supporters of the All Progressives Congress from Taraba State at his campaign headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.

The delegation, which was led by the party’s standard bearer in the last governorship election, Senator Aisha Alhassan, was in Abuja to congratulate Buhari on his electoral victory.

The President-elect said he was overwhelmed by the sacrifices made by Nigerians, whom he said. risked everything not only to vote, but ensure that their votes counted.

He said, “I assure you that the government that the APC will eventually put in place will be effective.  We will never betray the people because people risked everything; some lost their lives for this cause to make sure that they voted the leadership they believe in, the leadership they trust in this multi-party democracy.”

The president-elect said 2015 would go down in Nigeria’s history as the most glorious year because Nigerians deliberately voted and their votes were allowed to count.