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Buhari condemns political violence in Rivers State

Muhammadu Buhari, a former presidential candidate from the opposition party, speaks at a forum on electoral reforms in Nigeria's capital territory Abuja April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS)
 In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said: “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 Electoral 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 empathized with the desire of Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote in national elections.

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He said that he will therefore do all within his power to fulfill 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.

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He said 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 creating more jobs for young Nigerians, and 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.

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He 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.

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