“Those who have stolen the national wealth will be in court in a matter of weeks and Nigerians will know those who have short-changed them,”
These are the words of President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja during a meeting with the National Peace Council. The group was led by former military ruler, Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar.
The president emphasized his government's irrevocable commitment to ending the vicious cycle of corruption, unemployment and insecurity in the country. He said that his government has been collating the facts and figures of Nigeria's stolen funds and will not stop at recovering such funds, but will also prosecute the offenders.
The National Peace Council while commending the President's anti-corruption crusade, urged him to be guided by the rule of law.
Punch reports that members of the National Peace Council, (formally National Peace Committee) at the meeting were the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; Cardinal John Onaiyekan; President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor; and the Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh.
Others were Justice Rose Ukeje (retd), Prof. Ameze Guobadia, Publisher of
Vanguard Newspapers, Sam Amuka; a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Priscilla Kuye; Senator Ben Obi, Dr. Yunusa Tanko and Dr Arthur-Martin Aginam.
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