President
Goodluck Jonathan has asked the Senate to extend the State of Emergency
currently in place in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, by a further six months
to enable security agencies end the insurgency.
The
request was contained in a letter read by Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu who presided over plenary today in Abuja.
President
Jonathan explained that though substantial progress has been made in the last
one year, the security situation in the affected states has necessitated his
decision to extend.
The current State of
Emergency is due to elapse on Thursday May 15.
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