Buhari: We’ve Resolved Herders, Farmers’ Clashes in Benue

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the challenge posed by herdsmen menace, insisting that the issue of clashes between herdsmen and local farmers in Benue State had been addressed.

Buhari said the federal government was also dealing with the issue of banditry and attacks in Zamfara State, adding that the military had been deployed to tackle the security situation.

The president also reaffirmed his threat to investigate how the previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administrations spent $16 billion in the power sector without any significant outcome, if re-elected.

Speaking during the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, the president vowed that he would continue with the fight against corruption and that his administration will be seeking to recover funds and property invested abroad by corrupt Nigerians.

The president stated that if re-elected as president, he will make sure he recovers more funds stashed abroad by corrupt officials to invest in developing infrastructure.

His administration, he said, had been able fulfill the key promises he made in the areas of fighting corruption, addressing insecurity and economy.

The president vowed that he will continue with the fight against corruption and that his administration will be seeking to recover funds and properties invested abroad by corrupt Nigerians.

The president who lamented the depth of corruption in the country, said that most of the stolen funds are stashed outside the country and used to acquire property.

“They come here and buy property and they invest the money outside Nigeria. We are asking countries of Europe and United States to please help us recover looted public property which we will plough back to fix the infrastructure,” he said.

Buhari also said he would direct further investigation into the allegation that previous administration spent a whooping $16 billion on power sector.