House of Reps approves extension of Emergency rule in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

The House of Representatives yesterday, approved the President’s request to extend the state of emergency declared by the Federal Government in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states since May last year for another six months after a three-hour closed door meeting with service chiefs in Abuja.

”Apart from that, the Senate also agreed to do further consultations with all the necessary stakeholders to ensure that everybody could buy into whatever that is needed to be done to secure those states and defeat insurgency there.