Nigeria: State of Emergency - Residents Gloom in the Face of Hardship, Rise in Crime

Proclamation of State of Emergency Rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, a few weeks ago, by President Jonathan has not only put the residents in the states on red alert, but also culminated into what could be described as living in misery within the states. SADIQ ABUBAKAR Maiduguri and Mohammed Ismail Yola write.

Complaints from the residents in some of the wards indicated that the JTF has adopted a new method of daily harassment and molestation of residents in the slightest delay or move by the residents to either reach their homes or go out in search of their daily food.

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