President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to keep his assets declaration form safe as corrupt Nigerians would come after him at the expiration of his second term in 2023.
Buhari stated this on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja when he received fresh assets declaration form alongside Vice President Yemi Osinbajo from CCB Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isa.
The President said, “I am very pleased that you are here, I assure you I will quickly fill this form and dispatch it back to you so that at the end of 2023, I believe there are a lot of people that will like to take it back on me.
“So please, make sure you keep it safely because there are people who believed they shouldn’t be questioned which they are being questioned and some of them are already in trouble.
“I expect them to fight back and this is one of the instruments. So I hope you will keep it.”
In his earlier remarks, the CCB Chairman said, “We first have to start by expressing our sincere gratitude to Mr President for finding us worthy of being appointed to head this very important and sensitive agency as a pioneer anti corruption institution.
“Mr President we are very much grateful for this honour done to us and we want to assure you that we will do our work with every sense of honesty.
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“Secondly we want to congratulate you for winning the 2019 genera elections and for the inauguration that is forthcoming on 29, May.
“Mr President, as part of the constitutional requirements, there is need for every public officer – President, Vice, Minister, members of the National Assembly to swear in his assets declaration and liabilities in compliance with paragraph 11 sub 1 of the part 1 of fifth schedule to the constitution.
“Mr President it is in view of this we found it pertinence to present ourselves and also present to forms to Mr President and the Vice President for end of tenure and beginning of new tenure in office. The forms are readily here with us for presentation.”
The Herald can report that the CCB chairman’s team included Barr. Murtala Kankia and Dr. Emmanuel Attah.
Also at the briefing were Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.