A former lawmaker representing Kogi-West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye has tendered a public apology to  ex President Goodluck Jonathan for campaigning against him in the run-up to the 2015 general elections.

Melaye tendered his apology during a book launch in honour of the ex President in Abuja.

To the ex-lawmaker, his apology is borne out of what he described as the state of the Nigerian nation, coupled with what the ex-President achieved while in office.

“Having seen what he did as President and the sorry state of our country today, I want to publicly say ‘once I was blind, now I can see.’ On behalf of all of us who shot blindly, we are sorry, very very sorry,” he said.

On his part, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, commended the ex-President for conceding defeat in the 2015 general elections.

He also hailed Jonathan for his administration’s efforts in the Almajiri system of education in the north.