President Muhammadu Buhari has boasted that he doesn’t have any property outside Nigeria.
This was as he said Nigerians must remain in their fatherland to “salvage it together.”
“Nobody can blackmail me. I do not have one square inch outside Nigeria, and I intend to stay in Nigeria when I retire from public office,” Buhari said at a state banquet organised in his honour in Damaturu, Yobe state capital.
The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Tuesday titled, “Buhari: Nobody can blackmail me on illicit enrichment, and he vows to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in office.”
According to Buhari, citizens who hope to fight corruption and serve their country must prepare for the worst.
He also claimed to have fulfilled his commitment to Nigerians in his May 29, 2015, inaugural address, namely, tackling Boko Haram terrorists frontally and courageously and stabilising the country.
“In the North East, God has helped us to clear Boko Haram, the economy has picked up, and some people are asking me about the achievements of my promise to fight corruption.
“Well, under this system, fighting corruption is not easy. When I was in the military, as Head of State, I locked up some people because the Constitution says you must declare your assets, and people who couldn’t explain the differences in their assets, I locked them up.
“In the end, I was also locked up. So, if you want to serve this country, you must be prepared for the worst. But one thing for which I am grateful to God is that nobody can blackmail me. I do not have one square inch outside Nigeria, and I intend to stay in Nigeria when I retire from public office,” the president said.