News; I'll deal with Biafran agitators- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed that his government would fight again if need be to secure the unity of Nigeria.

He vowed to deal with the agitators for the creation of Biafra State, who he said wanted to disintegrate Nigeria.

Buhari spoke while paying homage to the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, at his palace.

The president said that there was a serious need for Nigerians to work hard to prevent the country from collapse.

Buhari said: “That boy (Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB), who is calling for the separation of Nigeria, he was not born when we fought for the country’s unity during the civil war.”

He said that it was quite unfortunate that over two million people were killed during the civil war, all in an effort to maintain the unity of the country.

He said division is “a situation we cannot allow to repeat itself.”

“I am ready to fight back to defend the country from those agitating for the creation of Biafra State, even if we will get drowned,” the president stated.

Buhari, who said he had undergone discipline from his parents and teachers while growing up as a teenager coupled with the good training he got as a military officer, said that he would never condone indiscipline from people who did not mean well for the country.

The president also said that the ongoing war on corruption was not aimed at witch-hunting anyone or group of people in the country.

He vowed that those that looted public treasury would not go scot-free since the country and the citizens had been treated woefully within the last 16 years.

The president pledged his administration’s readiness to ensure justice among all Nigerians.

He said the public treasury was looted by a few individuals to enrich themselves, adding that the country was left with empty treasury.