BREAKING NEWS, Political Briefs
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Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, wants President Muhammadu Buhari to pursue and prosecute every person found to have looted the national treasury.
Not only that, the Sultan said Buhari should confiscate their ill-gotten wealth and also send them to jail. “We are 100 per cent in support of your fight against corruption in this country. It is our belief that all those found guilty should not only have their entire assets seized and forfeited to government but also they should face jail sentences. In order to establish a decent state, corruption must be fought to a standstill,” he said.
Abubakar who spoke in a keynote speech at the National Security Summit on Community Partnership Approach to Internal Security and Crime Management, organised by the police and The Sun newspaper in Abuja, on Monday, August 17, said that there was no going back on the anti-graft war.
Drawing an analogy of the polluted source of a spring, which affects the entire water coming from there, he said: “We have a pure spring in our President Muhammadu Buhari today.”
He also cited the culture of leadership in the days of the Caliphate, saying of his ancestors: “On his employees, the ruler must urge his caliphate leaders to estimate their wealth before appointing them, and should watch their conduct at all times. He shall confiscate whatever is in excess of their legitimate income, and if in doubt confiscate half of it,” he said, adding: “Regardless of how many mosques or churches you have built or the charitable works you have carried out, the community will still wish to know the source of your wealth; the respectability you desire will only be conferred when the legitimacy of this source is verified and certified. To ensure that our security agencies become truly a 21st century outfit with the ability to discharge their mandate effectively, we should be able to cater for their operational needs and the welfare of their members, so that when we say they serve and protect they should be able to do that.
The Sultan called on the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to support the anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari government. He said: “Regardless of how well-trained and equipped (you are) you cannot attain your full potentials if corruption and corrupt elements grace the corridors. Those who corrupt our national institutions from the outside must face the same consequences as those who do it from within.”
— Aug 18, 2015 @ 13:00 GMT
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