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I won’t make the same mistake I did as a military ruler —Buhari

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I won’t make the same mistake I did as a military ruler —Buhari

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed never to allow those who looted the country’s fund to return to power and said that he would not make the same mistake he made as a military ruler.

He said that soon after he was ousted as a military leader in 1985 that the stolen assets he confiscated from corrupt politicians were returned to their owners, a situation he swore, he would guide against this time.

Buhari made this vow during an interactive session with community leaders and stakeholders at the Coronation Hall of the Kano Government House while rounding off his two-day visit to the state.

He said, “All the property recovered from treasury looters will be sold off and the proceeds remitted to the Federal Government’s coffers for use to provide the good things of life for Nigerians.”

According to Buhari, selling off the properties would serve as deterrent to politicians who want to steal.

He also stated that “Those who ruled Nigeria without vision and looted the nation’s treasury are the same people boasting that they will displace the APC government and return to office.

“We will wait and see, if they think Nigerians are ignorant. They have the guts of declaring their intention to reclaim office,” he said.

Wondering how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be boasting of reclaiming power after 16 years without “genuine development,” Buhari said, “The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will be returning to power in 2019 because, in its view, the APC is not doing well.”

He added, “Public office holders involved in sharp malpractices would incur the wrath of God. Those assigned into public positions of trust were mortals, they will transit and appear before their creator to answer for the misdeeds carried out while holding forth the position entrusted in their care by the populace.”

On alleged corruption in the judiciary sector Buhari said that, “it is infuriating that those tasked with the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria were detected to be engaged in criminal acts.

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“Diplomatic passports, huge amount of foreign and local currencies were found in the possession of a judge; how does this sound?”

He went further to say, “From 1999 to 2014, Nigeria exported over two million barrels of crude oil daily at the cost of 100 USD, the monies realised were squandered and looted. They failed to save for the future and this is where we are today.

“Corruption and corrupt practices have assumed a frightening dimension. The fight against corruption is the most difficult task of the present administration’s agenda since its inception over two year ago.

Reacting to the crowd that welcomed and chaired him while his two-day stay in the state lasted, Buhari said, “The mammoth crowd, including children, women and youths who thronged the streets to catch a glimpse of me, is a signal to those on the other side of the divide that I am still popular and relevant at home.”

 

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