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Bloomberg
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to step up the fight against the extremists and proponents of secession in his first speech after returning from three months of sick leave in London. Nigeria’s national unity is “not negotiable,†Buhari, 74, said Monday in a nationally televised address. “Terrorists and criminals must be fought and destroyed relentlessly so that the majority of us can live in peace and safety.â€
Buhari was supposed to inform the National Assembly in writing later on Monday that he’s resuming work as president, his spokesman Femi Adesina, said. He flew back to the capital, Abuja, on Saturday, after treatment for an undisclosed illness. He had temporarily handed over power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo.
He’s returned at a time when Africa’s biggest oil producer faces a host of threats.
The economy contracted last year for the first time since 1991 amid low revenue from crude exports, a conflict with the extremist militant group Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands of people and threatened parts of the northeast with famine, and secessionist agitation by ethnic Igbos and tensions between them and the northern Hausa people are intensifying.