Declaration of State of Emergency now looms in some states in the North, following unrestrained killing of innocent persons by Islamist militants and the new dimension of reprisal attacks which claimed hundreds of lives.
The Senate, yesterday, said it would support the declaration of state of emergency in any state where bombings continued unabatted.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who held a closed-door meeting on Monday with Senate President David Mark; Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher and the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin was said to be considering imposing a state of emergency in Kaduna following the spontaneous reprisal attacks that accompanied the three co-ordinated bomb attacks in Zaria and Kaduna churches.
The president’s move, yesterday, enjoyed the support of the Senators who resolved after a closed-door meeting that lasted several hours to back the president if such a request is brought before them. The Senators who were worried by the massive killings in the country by the Islamist militants have also agreed to meet with President Jonathan on how to combat the security crisis even as the House of Representatives on its part passed a resolution yesterday to invite the President and his security chiefs to throw more light on the security situation in the country.
Meanwhile,KadunaStategovernment yesterday re-imposed a 24-hour curfew in the state when fresh violence broke out as Muslim youths were said to have gone on rampage in a counter-reprisal to attacks by Christians, killing three persons and burning churches.
Also in Damaturu,YobeStategovernment has imposed a 24-hour curfew as battle raged between the military and Islamist militants following the continued violence which began around 5:00pm on Monday.
On the resolution by the Senate, Vanguard gathered that the Senate will select some members among themselves to go with the leadership of the upper chamber on the emergency meeting with the President with a view to forming a synergy with the Federal government in addressing the problem against the backdrop that the violence which has claimed innocent souls has dented the image of the country while economic activities have been crippled.
Source: Vanguard Online
Written by Adewunmi Akinpelu
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