Yobe Lauds FG On Extension Of Emergency Rule GAIDAM-YOBE-GOVGOVERNOR Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has lauded the extension of emergency rule in Yobe, Borno and Yobe States by the Federal Government by six months to May 12, 2014. The Governor, however, noted that the extension may not end the over four-year Boko Haram insurgency in the affected states. In a statement Friday signed by of his Special Adviser on Public Affairs and Information, Abdullahi Bego, Gaidam said that the Federal Government must put certain measures in place “to facilitate the deployment and use of all the elements of our military power to deal with the prevailing criminal and violent insurgency.” The Governor said the Federal Government should move beyond nomenclature and actually address the ongoing senseless and violent insurgency as a national emergency. Gaidam highlighted three steps the Federal Government must take to win the war against terror in the country. He said: “One, the Federal Government should as a matter of urgency provide security personnel on the ground in Yobe and other affected states with advanced weaponry and communications apparatus to enable them to track and hunt down all criminals and insurgents operating in the areas. Currently, as the Turaki Dialogue and Reconciliation Committee has highlighted, security agents on the ground do not have the superior weaponry and advanced communications capabilities needed to counter and deal the insurgents the blow that every peace-loving and law-abiding citizen wants. “Second, the Federal Government should urgently review and upgrade the surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the security agents on ground to be able to detect, prevent and bring to justice any criminal or insurgent bent on carrying out attacks or wreaking havoc on innocents. “Third, the Federal Government should as a matter of high priority deploy and maintain regular aerial surveillance and ground patrols along the major highways in Yobe and other affected states to track and nip criminal activities in the bud. Currently, many of the attacks on innocent people in the north-east take place in broad day light on the highways.” He noted that “the logistic support the state government regularly provides to the security agents on ground in the state is taking a heavy toll on its finances and its ability to meet all of its other obligations.”
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 11:48:45 +0000
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