Following the call for a full scale state of emergency declaration which will replace the Governors of the affected states in the North-east with sole administrator by the an Ijew National Leder, dwin Clark, the Governors of Adamawa and Yobe state, Murtala Nyako and Ibrahim Gaidam, on Sunday expressed their displeasure over such a call by Clark.
The three North Eastern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno have been under emergency rule declared by President Goodluck Jonathan since May 2013 with the democratic structures in the state remaining despite the emergency rule. But Mr. Clark has asked President Jonathan to heed his advice and appoint the sole administrators with immediate effect.
As a result of the called by Clark, Messrs Nyako and Gaidam issued a joint press statement through their respective spokesmen, Ahmad Sajoh and Abdullahi Bego, blasted him for liken the security situation in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States with the situation in Ekiti state when an emergency rule was declared in that state during a previous administration.”
