Thursday, April 18, 2024 -President Bola Tinubu has said that heavy punishment awaits anyone who threatens the sovereignty and security of Nigeria.
The President said this when he received the
leadership of Afenifere in the State House Abuja on Wednesday, April 17.
“Those who think they can threaten the
sovereignty of Nigeria will have themselves to blame. They have a price to pay.
And we are not going to relent.
This comes days after Yoruba Nation
agitators, dressed in military camouflage and armed with guns, stormed the Oyo
State Government Secretariat, attempting to hoist the Yoruba Nation flag on the
premises of the Oyo State House of Assembly. The Yoruba Nation promoters are
seeking the breakaway of the Yoruba ethnic group from the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
“I am irrevocably committed to the unity of
Nigeria and constitutional democracy. Constitutional democracy has been
reflected greatly here since we assumed office. What we face now is the
challenge of terrorism. Security of life and property is necessary for
development. I can tell you we are achieving success. We have degraded
terrorism to a level that it can no longer threaten Nigeria’s sovereignty.
Banditry and kidnapping will be defeated. And there is no payment of ransom
whatsoever. We are taking the battle to them. We are getting results more
rapidly than before. We are working hard on intelligence gathering” he said
The President said his administration was
re-engineering Nigeria’s finances and seeking to boost citizens’ purchasing
power and spread prosperity by instituting a credit system where the element of
cash does not impede a significantly enhanced standard of living for all
citizens. He argued that Nigeria must first secure itself economically before
achieving its more sophisticated objectives.
“We are committed to our country’s economic survival. To re-engineer our country’s finances, we must start in earnest,” he explained.
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