There was shock and disbelief by a cross section of Deltans who bare their minds to Fresh Angle on President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States.
Fresh Angle can report that the shock is based on the President’s decision to allow the existing political leadership in the affected states remain in power despite his declaration of state-of-emergency in a brief national broadcast.
National Co-ordinator, Forum for Justice and Human Rights’ Defence, FJHD, Barr. Oghenejabor Ikimi in an electronic mail in response to a question forwarded to his mobile phone by Fresh Angle on the development share his thoughts this way, “I make bold to say that the above pretentious move by Mr. President fall short of all the attributes of a state of emergency in the real sense of its constitutional meaning. I think Mr. President is either playing to the gallery or in fact playing politics with the state of insecurity in the above states as shown in his address to the Nation. What I deduced from his said address was that as President he merely ordered the deployment of more soldiers to the affected states.”
A Legal Practitioner based in Ekpan, Uvwie local government area, Delta State, Barr. Lucky Egboyi summed up his thoughts in a text message in response to a question put forward to his mobile phone thus “it is wrong for the President to do that. I think he is playing politics with the constitution, because there is no provision for partial declaration of emergency in the constitution. A true declaration of emergency must bring down existing political structure/leadership.”
An Educationist who does not want his name in Print declared “can you imagine that? I’ve been waiting for somebody to explain to me.”
While an oil worker stated that there is no way the President’s declaration will work with the present political structure, an Itsekiri technocrat who sent a text on condition of anonymity put its thought this way, “ only God knows where GEJ is manufacturing all these from. Perhaps it is wrong terminology.”
It remains to be seen how the National Assembly, prominent rights activist, key opposition political parties, members of the dreaded Boko Haram and other major stakeholders will react to the President’s declaration as the days unfold.
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