Buhari obtains APC membership card

Former Head of State Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday obtained the All Progressives Congress membership card.

He was registered at the Babban-gida polling unit, Sarkin-yara in Daura, Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The former presidential candidate of defunct CPC in the 2011 polls, was registered by the Chairman of APC Registration Committee in Katsina State, Alhaji Bello Suleiman.

His registration card's number is 01000001KAT/DAU.

Speaking shortly after his registration, Buhari urged all APC supporters to come out en masse and register.

Those who accompanied Buhari included the party's Deputy National Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, Katsina State Chairman of APC Interim Management Committee, Alhaji Ahmad Musa Dangiwa, Sen. Sadiq Yar'Adua, among others.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that APC membership rgistration in Katsina State commenced on Saturday, four days after it started nationwide.5