Nyako fault Jonathan’s request for extension of emergency rule in N-East

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has again opposed the move by President Goodluck Jonathan to further extend the state of emergency currently in force in his state and two others in the North-East.

Nyako’s opposition followed Jonathan’s request to the National Assembly to grant him power to further elongate emergency rule for six more months. Jonathan’s request, dated May 2, 2014, was read to members yesterday.

Reacting to the request, Nyako described the action as ill-advised and a wrong step in quelling rising insurgency in the North-East.

According to the governor, who made his position known through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmed Sajoh, there is no need for the imposition of emergency rule in the state, as it has not mitigated the level of attacks by terrorists.

The governor pointed out that there had been even more attacks in the state since the declaration of emergency rule by President Jonathan last year than when there was no emergency in the area.

He said: “We still hold our position that there was no need to declare a state of emergency in Adamawa in the first place, because the level of attacks in the state has even increased with the imposition of emergency rule.