President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to serve God and Nigerians until the expiration of his tenure on May 29.

The Nigerian leader also said nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying he does not have one square inch outside Nigeria.

He stated this at a State banquet on Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.

“One thing that I am grateful to God for is that nobody can blackmail me. I do not have one-square inch outside Nigeria and I intend to stay in Nigeria when I retire from public office,” a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina quoted Buhari as saying.

“So, I thank God that Nigerians understood me, and I made a promise that I will serve God and Nigerians.”

The President advised Nigerians to remain patriotic, saying “As I said more than 30 years ago, we have no other country than Nigeria, we must all stay here and salvage it together.”

Noting that the most critical security challenge inherited by the administration nearly eight years ago was the potent and pervasive threat of terrorism, the President expressed delight that normalcy has returned to affected States in Northeast Nigeria.

He recounted that the threat was particularly pervasive across the North East geopolitical zone with Yobe State as one of the most hit by the terrorists.

He, therefore, declared that he has fulfilled the commitment made to Nigerians in his May 29, 2015 inaugural address to frontally and courageously tackle Boko Haram terrorists and stabilize the country.

“In the North East, God has helped us to clear Boko Haram, the economy has picked up and some people are asking me about the achievements of my promise to fight corruption.

“Well, under this system fighting corruption is not easy. When I was in the military, as Head of State, I locked up some people because the Constitution says you must declare your assets and people who couldn’t explain the differences in their assets, I locked them up,” he added.