Competition For Power And Buhari’s War Against Corruption, Cause Of Violence – Presidency

Garba Shehu

Anti Graft War Not A Joke – Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that the fight for power and President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti graft war are responsible for the violence across Nigeria.

The statement was made available on Monday, when Shehu spoke with reporters at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja.

He revealed that the fight for power has become brutal and has led to violent attacks in the country.

Garba noted that many people, especially the rich and the powerful, had the believe that the anti grafting war was a joke until the President showed no sign of backing down.

Shehu said, “The problem is that the competition for power in the country has become fiercer and fiercer because the stake is very high. I will give you one example. The President has unleashed on the country the war against corruption, the type that had never been seen before. Assets are being recovered from powerful people.

“The President is lucky. He has a judiciary which is transforming itself, which is on the same page with the President in fighting corruption. As I speak to you now, you know that two former state governors are in jail.

“A lot of people thought this war against corruption is a joke, and that the back and forth that has characterized this over time will continue. One of the two cases we are talking about is determined after eleven years of back and forth with lawyers and judges, kicking the ball from this hut to that hut.

“Now, they have descended on the country. A new era and a new aura that is ensuring the conclusion of these cases – a lot of these hash attacks against the President, are coming from people who had become used to lifestyle they can no longer sustain.“