Boko Haram: Despite Recent Attacks, Emergency Rule’s Yielding Results – Presidency

The recent attacks and killings by Boko Haram
in some northern parts of the country has not
taken anything away from the success of the
emergency rule declared in Borno, Adamawa
and Yobe states, the Presidency said on
Tuesday. Speaking on a Federal Radio Corporation of
Nigeria (FRCN) Network programme on
Tuesday monitored in Abuja, the Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity to the
President, Dr. Reuben Abati, said that normalcy
is fast returning to the areas and the terrorists are being uprooted and dislocated from their
enclaves. Said he, “The first point to note is that before
the declaration of state of emergency the
situation in the affected states was really bad,
socio-economic activities had practically
ceased. There was anxiety in the communities
and other affected parts of the country. On a regular basis, there were either cases of
detonation of bombs or harassment of
people. There was a state of fear. “But since the declaration of state of
emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan, a
lot has been achieved. It was a very good
tactical and strategic move, as well as a very
good demonstration of leadership,
determination and focus by this present administration.”