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ABUJA. – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sought a six-month extension of emergency rule in the volatile north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to ensure normalcy is fully restored in the region.
Jonathan — in a letter transmitted to the National Assembly — pleaded with the lawmakers to review the period of state of emergency as the first six months he declared in May ends on November 14.
The Nigerian leader said security forces, which were deployed to the states, have recorded considerable gains in their primary assignment, hoping the crisis-ridden region will be free of insurgents and mindless attacks if the newly-proposed six-month extension was given a consideration.
If approved by parliamentarians, the new emergency rule will take effect on November 14, according to the letter.
The military recently stepped up the fight against the extremists, killing 95 members of the sect in Yobe and Borno states more than a week ago.
On Monday, seven other members of the terror group were killed in another raid of their camp in Bama, located in Borno State.
Boko Haram poses the biggest security threat in the West African country. Thousands of people have been killed since it launched the insurgency in 2009. It seeks to enshrine the Islamic Sharia law into the constitution and declare war against Western education. – Xinhua.
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