Buhari Says: "I will Deal with Whosoever is the Sponsor of Violence in River State".

Press statement from the
presidency…
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President Buhari Tuesday in Malabo
condemned recent political violence in
Rivers State, saying that the killing of
people over political differences was
primitive, barbaric and unacceptable.
“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,” the
President said at an interactive
meeting with Nigerians resident
in Equatorial Guinea.
President Buhari said that the
Independent National Elector*l
Commission will be encouraged to
explore the possibility of Nigerians
abroad voting in the 2019 general
elections. Noting that some African
countries have started allowing
their citizens resident abroad to
vote in national elections, the
President said that he fully
empathised with the desire of
Nigerians in the diaspora to vote in
national elections.
President Buhari pledged that he
will therefore do all within his
powers to fulfil that desire.
“I want all Nigerians to know that
I respect them and their right to
choose their leaders,” he said
The President also said that
establishing a new national airline
was not currently on the Federal
Government’s list of priorities.
President Buhari declared that his
administration’s main area of focus
now was reducing the level of
poverty in the country. The
President said that developing the
infrastructure needed to boost
production in all sectors of the
economy and create more jobs for
young Nigerians, as well as other
actions that will directly improve
the living conditions of ordinary
Nigerians will continue to be
prioritized by his administration.
President Buhari was responding to
complaints by members of the
Nigerian community about the
absence of direct flights between
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.
The President assured them that his
administration’s war against
corruption will remain “fearless,
relentless and merciless”.
“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.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
March 15, 2015