'We'll show no mercy to looters,' President says
Buhari said Nigerians will see how some top shots conspired to drain the country's resources.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during German President Joachim Gauck's visit to the State House in Abuja, Nigeria February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
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Speaking at a meeting with the Nigerian community in Equatorial Guinea, where he is on a state visit, Buhari said Nigerians will see how some top shots ganged up to ground the country.
“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,” he said.
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Also reacting to the recent political violence in Rivers State state, where over 30 people were reportedly killed, the President said the killing of people over political differences is primitive, barbaric and unacceptable.
He said “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”.
Buhari is in Equatorial Guinea to discuss measures to protect the people and resources of the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea with President Teodoro Mbasogo.
At a ceremony after his arrival in the country on Monday, March 14, 2016, Buhari was conferred with theEquatorial Guinea's highest national honour, the Grand Collar of the Order of the Independence.
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