President Goodluck Jonathan has extended the state of emergency
imposed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states in the North-East of the country,
following more deadly attacks perpetrated by the Boko Haram insurgents in the
area.
The decision to extend the measure was taken at a meeting of the
National Defence Council (NDC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday.
This would be the third time state of emergency will be
extended; first, in November 2013 and May this year. The state of emergency was first declared May
13, 2013 in the three states after a series of deadly attacks by insurgents.
Jonathan had vowed to take all necessary actions to put an end
to impunity of insurgents and terrorists, as he ordered more troops to be sent
to the North-Eastern states.
The ongoing emergency rule is due to expire November 20.
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Mr Mohammed Adoke, who spoke to State House correspondents after the meeting,
said the president would forward a formal request for the extension to the
National Assembly.
According to him, “we just reviewed the issue of the state of
emergency and the government will be requesting the National Assembly to extend
it.”
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