I will be Merciless on Looter - President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed that
his administration would not show mercy to any person in its ongoing
anti-corruption war.
He said his administration would pursue the
anti-graft war relentlessly until Nigerians began to see how the nation’s elite
conspired to run the country down.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke during an
interactive session he had in Malabo with Nigerians resident in Equatorial
Guinea.
Buhari assured the Nigerians that he would not
entertain any fear in his quest to rid the nation of corruption by bringing
those who compromised their positions to book.
“We will be merciless and relentless in pursuing
all those who abused public trust. Nigerians will see how some of the elite
conspired to run the nation down,” the President said.
He also condemned recent political violence in
Rivers State, saying the killing of people over political differences was
primitive, barbaric and unacceptable.
He promised to deal decisively with those
responsible for the development.
“We will deal decisively with all sponsors of
violence. I have given the security services clear directives in this regard.
“We will show that violence in any form will no
longer be tolerated before, during or after elections,” he stated.
Buhari promised that the Independent National
Electoral Commission would be encouraged to explore the possibility of
Nigerians abroad participating in the 2019 general elections by casting their
votes wherever they might reside.
He noted that some African countries had started
allowing their citizens, resident abroad, to vote in national elections and
Nigeria could not afford not to join them.
He identified with the desire of Nigerians in the
Diaspora to vote in national elections, pledging that he would do all within
his powers to fulfil that desire.
“I want all Nigerians to know that I respect them
and their right to choose their leaders,” he said.
The President disclosed that establishing a new
national airline was not currently on the Federal Government’s list of
priorities.
He said his administration’s main area of focus
was reducing the level of poverty.
Buhari said developing the infrastructure needed
to boost production in all sectors of the economy and creating more jobs for
young Nigerians, as well as other actions that would directly enhance the
living conditions of ordinary Nigerians would continue to be prioritised by his
administration.
He was responding to complaints by members of the
Nigerian community about the absence of direct flights between Nigeria and
Equatorial Guinea.
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