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The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has said his desire not to be hostage to anyone was the reason behind his decision to rely on the sacrifices by ordinary Nigerians to fund his campaign.

Buhari said this at a press briefing on the General Muhammadu Buhari Crowd Funding Platform, in Abuja, on Tuesday.

This is even as he announced that the sum of N54, 415,386.70 has so far been received as donations through direct deposit and sale of cards to the First Bank account number: 2026724405.

He expressed confidence that the financial support he was receiving from ordinary Nigerians will see him through the campaign period.

According to him, his supporters who floated the platform drew inspiration from President Barrack Obamas campaign.

The candidate noted that when Obama first came on the scene, he did not enjoy the support of big corporations for a variety of reasons, but that he was able to surmount this challenge when he turned to ordinary Americans who shared his dream.

Buhari said, That is why I depend on them, we are taking this idea from what we have in the United States when Obama came out to contest, he was a coloured person, the big companies were not for him and so on.

But he knew, he had foot soldiers so when he came with this idea, he was able to finance his campaign without looking for money bags or anybody influential, so he remained independent and was hostage to nobody. And this is what I want to achieve.

He said the Buhari Support Organisation currently has 82 registered support groups with over 475, 796 coordinators and total membership in the region of 8, 492,226 across the length and breadth of this country.

Buhari explained that the organisation intends to use the registration and donation cards to enlist the members of the groups as volunteer change agents and also capture the spatial distribution of its donours.

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