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Buhari speaks! I’ve returned to jail more looters
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to jail more looters of the country’s commonwealth.
Speaking in an interview after his arrival from his 10-working-day vacation in the United Kingdom, Buhari said, “I think this is being expected of me, I will do it.”
Read also: Osinbajo’s Acting President spell ends as Buhari returns
On the defection of the former Senate Minority Leader, Goodwill Akpabio from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the president said it reflected with the beauty of democracy that allows individuals the choice of picking the political party they are interested in.
He however advised politicians to provide dividends of democracy to the people as well as sensitize their constituents to get the Permanent Voters Card so as to freely vote for the candidates of their choice.
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