Terror Financiers Will Pay Dearly – President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has vowed that no mercy will be shown to Nigerians who enable terror and killings across Nigeria. He recently gave the warning in his national address delivered on the occasion of the country’s 27th consecutive Democracy Day celebration, his fourth as President since 2023.

Issuing an ultimatum to bandits, kidnappers and sponsors of terrorism, the president ordered everyone behind the crimes to surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian state.

BAT added that his government has successfully neutralised over 13,000 terrorists in the past year alone.

His words, “To bandits, kidnappers, and sponsors of terror: Surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian State.

These windows of surrender will not remain open forever. No mercy will be shown to those who trade in the blood of Nigerians.

We have moved from training with our allies, the United States, France and other European countries, to precision targeting.

In Arege, Borno State, we degraded ISWAP’s command centre.

Terror-related deaths are down by 81 per cent since 2015.

Over 13,000 terrorists have been neutralised in the past year.

Over 124,000 fighters and dependents have laid down their arms since 2023 through Operation Safe Corridor.

Though this year’s mood is dampened by the abduction of our children in Oyo and Borno, we remain hopeful for their safe return. Democracy without security is a mirage.

That is why this administration declared a security emergency and approved the recruitment of more than 50,000 new police officers and thousands of military recruits.

Our 2026 budget commits N5.41tn, our largest ever, to defence and security. Our administration is ever ready to do much more to secure our people.

At a time like this, let us not assign blame or point fingers. Crime has no ethnicity.

We must stand united and be assured that the enemies of our nation shall soon be history.

We will triumph over terror and continue to build a more prosperous nation.

By 2023, the sector was characterised by chronic generation shortfalls, an unreliable gas supply, and transmission infrastructure so fragile that it could not evacuate available power. Distribution companies were burdened by massive losses and a metering deficit of over four million.

The result was a sector that generated less than the 13,500 megawatts installed capacity, a sector that transmitted less than it generated, distributed less than it transmitted, and collected revenue far below what it needed to sustain itself.”

To address the problems besetting the sector, I signed the Electricity Act, which grants states authority to generate, transmit, and distribute power.

The Presidential Power Sector Task Force is working hard to reduce the metering deficit. It has also been authorised to raise N4tn bond to settle verified legacy debts.

The Rural Electrification Agency, supported by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has deployed off-grid and mini-grid power to underserved communities, universities, markets, and hospitals.

Electricity is a democratic dividend we owe every Nigerian. We intend to deliver it.”

WOW.