Criticisms from corrupt Nigerians won’t stop anti-graft war –-Presidency

The Presidency says that President Muhammadu Buhari will not be deterred in his administration’s fight against corruption by the criticism of those “whose illicit ways of accumulating money have been stopped.”

This was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, which quoted the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, as making the comment during a Radio Nigeria programme in Kaduna.

“Let me say one thing. Those whose illicit ways of accumulating money have been stopped will criticise this government but all that will not derail the unfaltering commitment of the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to the war against corruption,” he said.

According Shehu, Buhari has not forgotten that Nigerians voted for him massively in the 2015 presidential election because of his promise to fight corruption.

He said, “The President is aware that this was one of the main reasons why Nigerians in their millions put their trust in him; the main reason they voted him into power in 2015. To keep that trust of ordinary Nigerians who voted him into the office, he has vowed to give corruption a good fight. He will not let them down.”

Shehu however added, “Corruption has been fighting back vehemently, finding accomplices in various forms and guises. Nevertheless, the Buhari administration will not relent. Nothing will return our country to those sad, old days of wanton thievery that have plunged us into the economic mess from which Nigeria is currently recovering.

“The war against corruption in Nigeria is one of those clashes between good and evil, where good is determined to triumph.”

Garba further refuted claims that members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and appointees of the President were being spared in the anti-graft war of the Buhari’s administration.

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