No Amnesty again , Jona don confuse oo. Wahala dey oooooooooo

superior1: No Amnesty again , Jona don confuse oo

looool! Why amnesty in di first place?

hahahahhahahahahaa,,,,...... Dat sounds great. Mr president acted wisely bt he acted late....... Why cn't him act befor. Or it seems dt the president don loos one of its own dat is while he acts like dis..... His actions should be questioned. Why then did he wanted to give amenety.... To blood suckers. Mr president should be questioned.. Tht means if a state should wast lives and propety as much as and just for a yr and 8 mths tht means de state should bee given amenety and also state of emegency.

QQ

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!!!!!

Goooooooood!!!!!! It's long overdue... I don port go "JO-NA-THAN yee giripapa-giripapa"!

babyosisi:
Biko baba God let them make my brother the military administrator of one BH state,let my family hammer small too

poor *bit.ch* we talk moveing the lion of africa foward. Your spewing your selfish intrest.
*coward*

udemzy_udex:

Go and stop him naa

Let him ask google

Pukkah: Although this seems like a good move, it's imperative to ask some questions:

1. Why were the Governors spared?

2. What is the government going to do differently apart from deployment of more troops, searches and lock downs? I don't think these are entirely new.

3. The government should be mindful of the fact that declaration of a state of emergency is not a fail-safe option without addressing the fundamental issues. For example, peace has continued to elude Plateau state since OBJ days in spite of the fact that he declared an emergency rule. This is because no government has addressed the fundamental issues between the Fulanis and the indigenes.

4. What's the take of the government on the emerging ruthless group in Nasarawa? It appears like the Ombatse cult should not be treated with kid gloves and allowed to become another Boko Haram or Mend.

5. I make bold to say that though this government action may appear to be the right thing but it would not bring about a lasting peace. If it stops Boko Haram today, another group would spring up tomorrow. Some of the groups may even move to or re-surface in other states.

Why? Because the fundamental issues have not been addressed.

6. I think one of the fundamental issues is the basis of Nigerians living together. From comments of citizens, Nigerians are tired of the Nigerian arrangement and yearn for a proper federal structure or a referendum or a Conference to discuss the basis or terms of living together in this diverse, multi-religious and multi-ethnic 'geographical space' put together by Lord Lugard.

7. Until a government is bold or purposeful enough to achieve this, whatever peace you see is 'forced', 'bought', or that of the graveyard.

Well-said. The part in bold is the crux of the matter. No doubt GEJ, at crucial moments, needs the support of all Nigerians when the security of every citizen is under threat. Nonetheless, I join you to express pessimism about this development because, glaringly, we all know that the fundamental players, i.e sponsors enabling terrorism to flourish, are not being hunted down, shut down and killed aggressively and decisively as is the case elsewhere when a "cut-the-head-of-the-Snake" dedication has delivered enduring peace.

Deploy military might to States under emergency rule, and against foot soldiers, while deliberately avoiding the sponsors you tell us you know, will simply never deliver lasting solutions because the "head of the Snake" is free to replace foot soldiers in his determination to continuously sponsor terror against innocent Nigerians until he gets his way or is taken out.

GEJ is the worst President Nigeria can hope for in this situation since he is callously devoted to his 2015 agenda to the extent he can view Nigerians as cannon-fodders to be sacrificed in the war of deceit him and his Party affiliates are engaged in.

Anyone who is against my opinion should show me, factually and without insults or emotion, a single effort GEJ has put in to deal with even one prominent sponsor of terrorism. Instructive that Ndume, perhaps the most prominent alleged sponsor of terror, and as an aberration against what 99% of Nations worldwide would allow , remains on bail and travelling freely back and forth. Nigerians, open your eyes or you will keep dying as pawns in the game of very wicked and callous men who view you all as expendable and "unimportant".

Seriously long overdue. Go on Mr. President, God is with you o

mikeansy: The President did the sensible thing to leave the democratically elected structure of Government in the states intact

not sure if the President has the power to single-handedly remove Governors

forget all those nonesense OBJ used to do!

OBJ did nonsense by removing the Governor(s)? Anyway, you've already stated that you weren't sure of what you said.

The President does not single-handedly remove the Governor as the National Assembly still has to approve the declaration of a state of emergency.

nuclearboy: While this is good news on the surface, I fear it will force the BH animals to move to other areas. This will in turn trigger wider SOEs and gradually, the entire country may be turned into a theatre of urban warfare.

Being Yoruba myself, many here will feel this is opposition noise but God knows I wish the success and peace of Nigeria no matter who leads. I would have suggested he did the same thing but without declaring SOE i.e. move as much power as you feel is needed into those places and make those evil haramists feel what federal power can be like without making it official and thus forcing them (as is the case now) to go back to the drawing tables (we all know they DARE NOT face the full weight of the Army). If they now start moving into other states, he will be forced to play their game and follow them around, declaring states of emergency all over till people start mocking him in that regard.

People hate OBJ (we SW most of all) but he understood many of these things more - I dont blame GEJ anyway, cos he wasn't trained in such. However his defense advisers should be tied to drums and whipped cos this allows BH dictate the theatre of war as they desire

Good point there bro.

@Gbawe.
Couldn't agree with you more. The sponsor needs to be arrested ie Buhari and his SW muslim brother in arms Tinubu.

THANK GOD i love oga joo decision this time around kill them all phyno?

fkaz: What kind of state of emergency is this? When he still ask the chief security officer of the state i.e the governors to remain their. JTF are their in borno, yobe, and others state, with the state governors before
Now taking charge, What happen?

This guy is just fooling nigerians, he want to act as if he is incharge.

the Governors will remain there ceremonially(without power) while the soldiers would take control of the state.

Akpan107: the Governors will remain there ceremonially(without power) while the soldiers would take control of the state.

Which kain ceremonially, is there any ceremony that can still hold in those states?

Mogidi: @Gbawe.
Couldn't agree with you more. The sponsor needs to be arrested ie Buhari and his SW muslim brother in arms Tinubu.

Are you not ashamed? You are mentioning Politicians not in any government role yet your own C-in-C has confessed impotently that Boko Haram has infiltrated every level of his Government, with no one seeing any action whatsoever against these 'infiltrators', while his VP, Namadi Sambo, has been publicly linked with a Boko Haram gun runner.

No less than the Nation security advisor (Azazi) revealed to Nigeria that "Boko Haram is PDP". How long will people like you continue this nauseating self-deceit all for the sake of sectional bias that will, sooner or later, ensure you may personally be affected by the mad dance between GEJ and his bloodthirsty brothers in the nest of killers (PDP)?

SOE with the governors still in office?
This clueless man called GEJ just keeps pushing the bar lower and lower. How did this man attain a doctorate?
Next thing he will set up committees to sort out the rift between governors and military administrators.
What sort of SOE is this? He is just breeding more confusion and anarchy in the land.
Even the bible tells us how God deals with lukewarm folks. We need to spew this man out of Aso Rock in 2015. He is neither hot nor cold.
All his balls is reserved for fighting the likes of Amaechi. That is the only time when his tactical ingenuity comes alive.
A president must not know it all and this one seems to know jack but what are his advisers doing? This sort of SOE portents confusion of all sorts.

Let the army of soldiers comb the nooks & crannies of these states, even the borders and arrest/ eliminate all the militant Boko shitz in there. If I'm in Jona shoes, noffin can stop me from running d 2nd term...except if I fail 2 be re-elected.

[quote author=kaorama] Your beloved GEJ obeyed the conditions given to him by the governors forum to the letter.The governors of these states will still receive their FG allocations & the political structures of these states were not tampered with.

babyosisi:
Biko baba God let them make my brother the military administrator of one BH state,let my family hammer small too

nne, pity me naa. I have been laughing at all ur comments since u asked for d meaning of SOE to this post. Everybody around me thinks am going insane, have mercy upon me. A bukwa m nwanne gi

The state of emergency will run till the insurgency and terror operations in the affected states is ended.

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!!!

The irony is that you are actually the ignorant one for claiming that there is no state of emergency because the "elected governors are still in situ". You are wrong. The constitution does not empower the president to remove a sitting governor via a state of emergency. You cannot use the events of Plateau state under OBJ as a binding precedent. OBJ acted illegally and unconstitutionally then.

Don't be one of the "very ignorant Nigerians" who did not bother to read section 305 of the constitution before coming online to rant.

305. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the President may by instrument published in the Official -Gazette} of the Government of the Federation issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in the Federation or any part thereof.

(2) The President shall immediately after the publication, transmit copies of the Official -Gazette of the Government of the Federation containing the proclamation including the details of the emergency to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each of whom shall forthwith convene or arrange for a meeting of the House of which he is President or Speaker, as the case may be, to consider the situation and decide whether or not to pass a resolution approving the Proclamation.

(3) The President shall have power to issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency only when -

(a) the Federation is at war;

(b) the Federation is in imminent danger of invasion or involvement in a state of war;

(c) there is actual breakdown of public order and public safety in the Federation or any part thereof to such extent as to require extraordinary measures to restore peace and security;

(d) there is a clear and present danger of an actual breakdown of public order and public safety in the Federation or any part thereof requiring extraordinary measures to avert such danger;

(e) there is an occurrence or imminent danger, or the occurrence of any disaster or natural calamity, affecting the community or a section of the community in the Federation;

(f) there is any other public danger which clearly constitutes a threat to the existence of the Federation; or

(g) the President receives a request to do so in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of this section.

(4) The Governor of a State may, with the sanction of a resolution supported by two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly, request the President to issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in the State when there is in existence within the State any of the situations specified in subsection (3) (c), (d) and (e) of this section and such situation does not extend beyond the boundaries of the State.

(5) The President shall not issue a Proclamation of a state of emergency in any case to which the provisions of subsection (4) of this section apply unless the Governor of the State fails within a reasonable time to make a request to the President to issue such Proclamation.

(6) A Proclamation issued by the President under this section shall cease to have effect -

(a) if it is revoked by the President by instrument published in the Official Gazette of the Government of the Federation;

(b) if it affects the Federation or any part thereof and within two days when the National Assembly is in session, or within ten days when the National Assembly is not in session, after its publication, there is no resolution supported by two-thirds majority of all the members of each House of the National Assembly approving the Proclamation;

(c) after a period of six months has elapsed since it has been in force:

Provided that the National Assembly may, before the expiration of the period of six months aforesaid, extend the period for the Proclamation of the state of emergency to remain in force from time to time for a further period of six months by resolution passed in like manner; or

(d) at any time after the approval referred to in paragraph (b) or the extension referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection, when each House of the National Assembly revokes the Proclamation by a simple majority of all the members of each House.

van bonattel:

Which kain ceremonially, is there any ceremony that can still hold in those states?

Lwkmd!
Anyway, this SOE is incomplete as far as those Governors there. But wat is on ground now will be beta dan before.

Its beta we run to UN to dissolve dis union now , cos after all dese measures, a war might erupt, u know say dose northerners get as dem dey take tnz. Every event is an occassion for counter coup for them

Well! Let's see wat happens, I pray 4 Gods intervention...

GEJ just made official what has been in existence in the north east for the past two years. Those JTF guys are the meanest and most unfriendly set of human beings I have ever met. Those guys shoot first and ask questions later. Inspite of their actions, boko haram insurgency is still waxing stronger in the north east. GEJ should try another tactic cos this one ain't gonna work.

Emma-wear-jeans has been declared in three states Very soon Esther-go wear-bumshort if my president no tackle d mata from d source of d problem

LONG LIVE JONATHAN
LONG LIVE IGBO PEOPLE
LONG LIVE BIAFRA

daywatcher: you are the president...do what you think is the best

YES! ALL WE NEED IS RESULT!

Thank you Jonathan, i would have prepare the state of emergency for the whole north