President Muhammad Buhari says
houses, companies and other property seized from “corrupt” politicians would be
sold and the money kept in the treasury.
The president said this in Kaduna
during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally on
Friday.
He said fighting corruption in a
democracy is not easy.
He recalled that upon becoming a
military of head in 1984, he arrested all corrupt politicians and detained them
and after investigations, their property stolen were seized.
He however regretted that the
seized property were returned to them after he was overthrown.
Buhari who spoke in Hausa
language said: “Fighting corruption in a democracy is difficult, you know what
I did before (as a military head of state). I arrested the big men and detained
them and I ordered for investigation,” he said.
“Those who were found to have
stolen, we seized their stolen things from them. Only two people were not not
corrupt, the two of them have died – Bilyaminu Usman, education minister and
Mallam Adamu Ciroma, former Central Bank (CBN) governor and minister. They were
not found guilty.
“After my government was
overthrown, the seized property were returned to thieves. I was arrested and
detained and the stolen property was returned to the thieves.
“As God we have it, I am back
again. This has strengthened my faith and by the grace of God, all those who
looted this country, we will follow them one by one and arrest them.
“All the property that have been
seized from them; houses and companies would be sold and the money will be
ploughed back into the treasury. When I was arrested, they returned the
property to them, this time around we will sell the stolen property.”
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Sold to who??? Same set of politicians that has decamped from PdP to ApC??? That Nigerian president is the dumpest ever in history,the people are really suffering and he can't revamp the economy for his 4 years! Not even a sector
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