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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Jonathan Tells UN; Emergency Rule May not last six months

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday,told the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon that with the extent to which troops deployed to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States have gone in successfully tackling the Boko Haram insurgents, the state of emergency he declared in these states may not last up to six months as stipulated by the constitution.
In a meeting with the Secretary General on the sideline of the Africa Union conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Jonathan said the military operation in the troubled states was going very well and the military have strictly adhered to the rules of engagement.
He explained that the successes recorded by the military is exemplified by the lack of collateral civilian casualties, noting that the operation has helped in creating a better relationship between the civilian population and members of the armed forces.
The president told the Secretary General that government would do everything possible to ensure that  the civilian population is not put through hardship, adding that the rules of engagement given to the military deployed in the area is strictly adhered to by the military.
He said governments’s decision to release women and children members of the Boko Haram was in the spirit of the rules of engagement of the operation.
Earlier in his remarks, the Secretary General of the United Nations sympathized with the government and people of Nigeria over the activities of Boko Haram, saying that Terrorism is a global phenomenon that must be confronted by the international community.
He reiterated his call on the Nigerian military engaged in operations in the affected states where state of emergency has been declared to be prudent and cautious in protecting the civilian population in the areas of operation.

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