Despite oppositions from Northern leaders, President Goodluck Jonathan has requested the Senate to approve another six months extension of the ongoing emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States.
The president’s letter is the third of such request. The last two ones were approved by the Senate - but it is yet to be seen whether the red chamber will approve GEJ’s request after the one year expiration of the subsisting period on May 19.
This is even as Secretary of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North), has
opposed the request. He said that even though the military needs more hi-tech equipment to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, it would be wrong to extend the emergency rule. Continue...
