1025: nigeria as a whole needs this state of emergency because no where is safe and no state is governable.
the truth about it all is that pdp as a party needs this state of emergency with their rulers all in jail.
what nigeria is suffering today is the internal crisis of the party that has degenerated into a national war.
all of a sudden, jonathan is turning to the general he rejected before.
why didn't he wait till boko haram kill all of us before declaring state of emergency? why didn't he form another committee on top of the committees in place? was he not blaming obj for using force in odi and co? a confused zoologist ruling over men.
nigerian military has been turned into a toy that they can only be useful at burial ceremonies and yoruba owambe.
if our military is not politicised, why are they waiting till now to show pdp and their sponsors the back doors?
if things continue like this, we will soon have a military that will be using batons instead of guns. we will soon see our military men controlling traffics while our yellow fever men will go to war.
it is a shame. Nigeria has never worked, is not working and will never work. the blood of innocent igbos will surely hunt all behind their deaths.
the igbos cannot be president, they cannot do their trading businesses and nobody is ready to let them go. that which happened to pharoah will surely happen to all those refusing the igbos exit.

babyosisi: What does state of emergency mean
What is going to happen that hasn't happened prior
Nobody knows?

lee007: Jonathan is the dumbest President ever, very ignorant Nigerians are hailing this decision, the basis of the declaration of state of emergency is already defeated if the governors are kept in power... THRE IS NO STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH THE GOVENORS IN OFFICE!!!

Nigerians are so easy to govern because of our short memory, if you follow the decisions GEJ has taken on boko-haram, you will see that it is filled with blunders and political undertones rather than the interest of the security of the nation.
He once declared them as ghosts, offered amnesty and even set up committee....suddenly they are to be 'smoked' out by this dead on arrival state of emergency? Common? this was just a way to dissolve the governors forum, even my grandmother know that!

STOP CELEBRATING MEDIOCRITY NIGERIANS!

The Military has been in Maiduguri for close to three years still the menace is spreading and spreading fast...Boko-haram is like fire, you need to deal with it from source not just the flames....some key individuals are the source and the members are just flames there is little you can do to flames if the source of ignition is still active!

This Aba made state of emergency is going after the flames and leaving the 'source' in power. IT WON'T WORK!!!

Jonah Grow some Balls and stop playing balls with the lives of millions of Nigerians......I dey Vex!!!

Eziachi: Too little, too late. A total medication after death. He has spent the last 3 years telling us week by week who among his political opponents were the sponsors without any evidence or arrest/prosecution , He once fixed a date the insurgency will end to June last year, while dinning in far away Brazil looking for investors in the land that is burning. Not paying a visit to the area to re-assure public for a good 2 years, saying that its too dangerous to go or sometimes with excuses like "the Maiduguri airport isn't functioning".

Telling us Boko Haram was all about him being southern born president, demonising those that could have helped him no matter their political differences, thereby milking the divide and rule by making himself a victim. Allowing the opposition governors to steal the PR campaign under his feet by visiting the area first, before him.

A year ago, Boko Haram were only attacking from the back of a motor bike riders, last week they were attacking, mounting machine guns on the back a motor truck. A statement of telling us they are much bold they are now.

The biggest mistake was Jonathan and his govt mixing up Boko Haram activities with the riot that followed his 2011 rigged presidential poll, instead of treating the two for what they are, he thereby wasted lots of time chasing shadows, then Boko Haram used this wasted period to improve, developed, recruit, expanded and emboldened and now the gene is out of the bottle, very difficult to put back.

The unchecked activities of JTF in this area is already a state of emergency. Most of the victims from both Boko Haram and the govt forces are the masses and you cannot fight their guys without the help of the ears and nose of the public for good and reliable information and intelligent. But their total lack of human right against the same masses, has made it more impossible that the public oprobably trust Boko Haram people than they trust security forces.

No amount of emergency or marshall law will solve this cancer. Terrorist groups like and love confrontation, because that is what they live for. They must be clapping their hand now with glee. Kill one, then two of his brothers will join to replace him. The one killed believed he is going to heaven to marry virgins and they kill also hoping for the same reward.
How can you bring a suicidal person to his senses with a threat of death?

If Jonathan has some balls, let him call a referendum into the Nigerian question, then everybody, from the unknown sponsors, beneficiaries, politicians from all divide will sit up and listen and do something. A state of emergency, where all the status quo remain the same, so what has changed from before?
Too little, too late. More than anything now, he really need some measure of good luck now.

Ogojohn: Jonathan is confused. Mumbo jombo.

babyosisi:

Thank you
Eziokwu?
Fantastic!
Shoot at sight eh kwa
So their useless governors and their 5 wives will pack out from govt house?
Allah Sarikin

barroymails: Well done, Mr. President, on the declaration of this partial state of emergency in three states. Responsible Nigerians had, however, expected full state of emergency in all the affected states. I am unable to understand how the governors and all other political office holders in the affected states could continue to perform their constitutional responsibilities in an emergency regime. All the political office holders ought to give way for the military to return the affected war zones to the path of peace. It appears that Mr. President acted out of fear as he most probably did not want to be criticized by the garrulous opposition leaders and the sponsors/promoters of Boko Haram. Poor him!

alnaijiri: State of Emergency in the North is a codeword for restricting democracy and autonomy of the Muslim North and subjugate Muslims under this Xtian Crusader government. We know this is what the South wants. Maybe they're bankrolling BH and other "Islamic" groups all along to get what they want.

barroymails: Well done, Mr. President, on the declaration of this partial state of emergency in three states. Responsible Nigerians had, however, expected full state of emergency in all the affected states. I am unable to understand how the governors and all other political office holders in the affected states could continue to perform their constitutional responsibilities in an emergency regime. All the political office holders ought to give way for the military to return the affected war zones to the path of peace. It appears that Mr. President acted out of fear as he most probably did not want to be criticized by the garrulous opposition leaders and the sponsors/promoters of Boko Haram. Poor him!

nemadfs@yahoo.c:
this is not an emergency rule cos all the political structures who are the rootof the problems in that region are still intact and in place, i see dis as a tootless statement, i dey watch watin go happen after dis statement sha

Mogidi: @1025
As a Nigerian have you ever bothered reading the Nigerian constitution? Is there any part of the constitution that grant the president the power to remove governors even in a SOE? Please take a look at the constitution and see how stupid your comments are.

Mogidi: @1025
As a Nigerian have you ever bothered reading the Nigerian constitution? Is there any part of the constitution that grant the president the power to remove governors even in a SOE? Please take a look at the constitution and see how stupid your comments are.

oluole: All crab. You declared a state emergency and left all the political structures in place. I think Mr. President does not have what it takes to handle these blood sucking demons

LT SHANGY:
please brother, kindly go and study ur nation's 1999 coustitution as amended or quit making a fool of yourself; Thanks. IGNORANCE is definitely a disease!

CFCfan:
Yeah, the amended 1999 Constitution makes no provision for the suspension of all democratic structures in a State, during a state of emergency

oluole: All crab. You declared a state emergency and left all the political structures in place. I think Mr. President does not have what it takes to handle these blood sucking demons