BUHARI DECLARES TWO POWERFUL CHANGES
Speaking on a special interview aired last night on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), he said anybody who tries to slow the pace of investigation and prosecution would be uncovered.
President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed some changes he would effect in some key areas in Nigeria as he prepares to be inaugurated for second term in office amid high expectations from Nigerians.
The President yesterday said he would persuade the police and judiciary to be hard in his second term to address challenges facing the country.
Recall that President Buhari had campaigned on anti-corruption among other issues during his first term campaign period. He also maintained that the anti-corruption fight will be fiercer during the campaign for second term election which he won.
According to Daily Trust, speaking on a special interview aired last night on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), he said anybody who tries to slow the pace of investigation and prosecution would be uncovered.
President will be sworn-in for second on May 29, 2019 at the Eagle Square, Abuja and it is expected that he and his team will hit the ground running in fulfilling the promises he made during the campaign period.
When asked whether he would be ruthless in his second term, he said: “All those who call me Baba go-slow will see whether I’m Baba go-slow or fast. It means that I will persuade the police and judiciary to be hard. “And when I uncover that they are not hard, I will try and trace who is responsible for the slowness in terms of commanders of police from DPOs upward. The IG alone cannot do everything, he has to depend on commissioners and the commissioners have to depend on DPOs.”
On the song by a northern musician, Dauda Rarara, warning corrupt persons to run away, the President said, “They either stay and behave themselves or they better run.” The President reiterated his commitment to make the police and the judiciary much more efficient. “The police are in the frontline, there is no town without a police station. They are supposed to be the frontline for law and order,” he said, even as he asked the force to embrace “absolute community security.”
He also said that he feels very bad “because there is failure of neighbourhood security, because those who are perpetrating these crimes live in the neighbourhood. In this, the community leadership and the police have failed.”
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The President urged Nigerians to expose the criminals in their neighbourhood to help the government move the country forward and attract investors. “You cannot accommodate criminals in your neighbourhood and start blaming government,” he said, adding that no investor will want to be in a community where his workers would be kidnapped.
He said the police were not given uniforms and rifles to impress any body but to secure the people. The president assured Nigerians that he would continue to do his best, adding that he appointed the service chiefs based on records. The president, who scored himself high in the area of security, said his greatest frustration in his first term was the slow pace of investigation and prosecution.
“My frustration is that we cannot move faster in prosecution and punishment of corrupt persons. We made some progress, we recovered a number of fixed assets and money in banks including Europe and America. But under this system you can’t be too much in a hurry.”
“‘Even if you are using whistle blowers, you have to go to the police, the police to go through the rigmarole of full investigation before prosecution. This is my biggest frustration really. The frustration is taking too long. By my own hope, I need to see that those who have frustrated our economy are punished,” he said.
The President who was a former military dictator turned democrat is being careful to follow the rule of law in operating since Nigeria is a democratic nation. Meanwhile, laws have to be obeyed by the people and the defaulters have to be punished accordingly.
So, the emphasise of President Buhari on the law enforcement agencies especially the police is on point. The judiciary is also very instrumental in achieving a lawful society.
