I can't be blackmailed over illicit enrichment, says Buhari

• Published date: 10 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he cannot be accused of illicit enrichment or acquiring inexplicable wealth while in office.

Speaking on Monday night in Damaturu, Yobe State, he said whoever intends to serve Nigeria must be prepared for the worst.

It was at a state banquet organised in his honour after commissioning a number of projects in the state.

President Buhari reaffirmed that nobody could blackmail him for corruption, saying: ''I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.''

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the President restated his vow to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in office and beyond.

He advised Nigerians to remain patriotic, saying: ''As I said more than 30 years ago, we have no other country than Nigeria, we must all stay here and salvage it together.''

Noting that the most critical security challenge inherited by the administration nearly eight years ago was the potent and pervasive threat of terrorism, the President expressed delight that normalcy has returned to affected states in Northeast Nigeria.

He recounted that the threat was particularly pervasive across the Northeast geopolitical zone with Yobe State as one of the most hit by the terrorists.

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