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I Won’t Break Constitution After My Second Term, Buhari Assured Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that after his second term of another four finish in 2023, he will not break the constitutional provisions by seeking to extend it.
The President, who spoke today, Sunday in Gusau, Zamfara State capital as he arrived to hold his presidential campaign rally, recalled that he had contested for the Presidency four times and that the next week Saturday’s will make it fifth.
“It will be the fifth and the last. A second term is what the constitution allows, and I will not abuse the constitution.”
Buhari who spoke at a meeting with the royal fathers at the Government House, expressed the determination of his administration to defend the country from criminals and insurgents.
“We are determined to defend the nation and its people. We are disappointed with some of the things going on. You are responsible for the security of your neighbourhood. Being close to your people, you know them. You are still relevant. I am sorry this has extended to some of your families.”
The President who referred to the deployment of a large number of security personnel to the state, said that security is also the business of the traditional rulers, not that of the police and other security agencies alone.
“More security is not good news, but we must do something to secure our environment,” he said even as he commended the gallantry of the security agencies in battling kidnapping and banditry.
“You know what we have achieved. You had one (criminal) who styled himself as Buharin Daji, the Buhari of the forests, claiming to be in charge and not I at the centre. He is no more, and by my surviving him, you now know who is stronger.”
He thanked the royal fathers for the support he enjoyed so far and appealed to them to back his re-election.
The Chairman of the council of traditional rulers and Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmed and the Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, praised the efforts of the President in changing the unwanted security situation in the state.
This was even as the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari said: “from the presence of an ammunition depot manned by just 30 men when you took office in 2015, Zamfara State today boasts of the presence of 4,700 combined security personnel who are assisted by 8,500 State Joint Task Force, SJTF members. We also have the 223 Battalion, the 607 Quick Response Battalion and the 1 Brigade in Gusau.”
Meanwhile, the State Council of Traditional Rulers have endorsed President Buhari’s bid for a second term.

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