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| President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo credit - Daily Trust |
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the current anti- corruption war as tough and gruelling said that the corruption fighting back vigorously.
President Muhammadu Buhari said this on Wednesday during a meeting with the U.S Secretary of state, John kerry.
The meeting was organized on margins of conference on climate change, COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco.
He said corrupt people had accumulated a
formidable arsenal of illicit wealth, which they were now deploying against his administration on
diverse fronts.
"But it is a war we are determined to win, and which we will win. People of goodwill are behind us. Countries like America and many others are with us, and we will surely win," he said
The president also told Mr. Kerry that
a presidential committee had been launched
"under Gen T.Y Danjuma, a man of high
integrity."
On the unrest in the Niger Delta area which is manifesting in the sabotage of critical oil and power installations, Buhari said the engagement process was proceeding apace, adding that it was rather difficult bringing the main protagonists of the insurgency under one umbrella.
Mr. Kerry commends President Buhari and describe him as a strong international partner in the fight against terrorism. Although the Barrack Obama administration will exit in January he said he wishes to continue engaging with Nigeria.
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