I’ll Be Merciless In Pursuing Looters, Says 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.
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