NEWS: Buhari Promises To Intensify Corruption Fight

The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a certificate of return to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

The certificate was presented to the President by the Returning Officer of the election, who is also the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja. 

 At the venue, Yakubu invited the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who in turn invited the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to sign and collect the Certificate of Return. 

INEC had on Wednesday declared President Buhari winner of the 2019 presidential election. 

On his part, Buhari assured Nigerians that they would soon see “a country moving to the `Next Level’ as the APC-led administration consolidates on its achievements”.

He also pledged to continue to engage all parties as his administration would be operating an open government for the general progress of the country. 

He vowed to continue the fight against corruption, saying accumulation of public wealth would not be tolerated. The president, who thanked God for the electoral victory, also reiterated his call on all APC supporters not to gloat or humiliate the opposition, saying “victory is enough reward for your efforts”. 

Buhari’s re-election collective victory for Nigerians, says Moghalu Personalities at the event included APC State Governors, Cabinet Ministers, Security Chiefs, Heads of Para-Military agencies, Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi. Others were the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’I, presidential aides and political appointees as well as the chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

 The event was graced by the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and family members of both the President and the Vice-President.