Nigeria: Breaking News: Jonathan Declares State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

14 May 2013

The Federal Government,Tuesday,  declared a state of emergency in three states - Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states due to rising insecurity and breakdown of law and order in the states.

President Goodluck Jonathan, quoting Section 305 (1) of the 1999 constitution in a nationwide broadcasting, however, failed to remove the governors of the states, saying that they are to continue discharging their constitutional duties.

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