Jonathan drops hint…Emergency rule may be extended

President Goodluck Jonathan hinted last night that he may seek for an extension of the state of emergency in three states affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.He said during a media chat that the ongoing military operation in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states was succeeding and there was need to sustain it.“Terrorism is not a […]

President Goodluck Jonathan hinted last night that he may seek for an extension of the state of emergency in three states affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
He said during a media chat that the ongoing military operation in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states was succeeding and there was need to sustain it.
“Terrorism is not a phenomenon that you think within a state of emergency of six months or one year you wipe it out. It has not happened anywhere in the world,” the president said.
A state of emergency was proclaimed in the three states May last year for an initial period of six months, which was extended for another six months in November.
It expires later this month, but there are calls from the affected areas not to extend it on the grounds that the proclamation had not achieved the results desired.
Asked if he would extend the emergency rule proclamation, president said yesterday: “We are consulting with the security and relevant agencies. When we need to extend we will extend it because I believe that we are succeeding and it’s very helpful for the operation to go on.
“Without that the security operatives in those places would be so frustrated. We would prefer to pull them out than to allow them to stay there and be frustrated.”
Jonathan said those against the extension took the position out of frustration that terrorism had not stopped in the affected states.
But he added: “If somebody said that the state of emergency is not successful they are not being realistic.”
He said terrorism “is not getting worse in the country,” because the security agencies had helped to curtail its frequency compared to when it started.
The president said security agencies were capable of curtailing insurgency and that government was working hard to equip and improve their capacity.
“I have just approved the request for recruitment of more personnel and building capacity,” he said.
‘We will find the girls’
Jonathan also pledged to find the over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram gunmen three weeks ago at the Government Secondary School Chibok.
“Wherever these girls are, we will surely get them back,” Jonathan said.
“What we request is the maximum cooperation of the parents of these girls; we are pleading that they should cooperate with us by releasing the identity of these girls.”
Jonathan said since majority of the girls are Christians, there should be no cultural restrictions in giving out their photographs.
He said government had combed all the communities that the girls could possibly be without any trace of them.
Because of this, he said, security operatives had to begin to look beyond those places.
Asked if it was true that there negotiations were going on to get the girls freed, the president said: “You cannot negotiate with somebody you don’t know. Nobody has claimed ownership of this abduction, nobody. Even through the Twitter or the other social media that the Boko Haram normally use to show what they have done.”
Jonathan also said he had sought for help from the United States with “superior” intelligence to fight the Boko Haram insurgency.
He dodged the question on whether he would seek re-election in 2015, saying: “I have always said that this should not be a concern to Nigerians.
“Rather what they should be concerned about is how do we manage the economy, improve the security and guarantee free and fair election?
“Whether Jonathan declares or not should not be an issue. The PDP and the APC are the major parties now. The APC has not even announced its own presidential candidate and you are asking the ruling party to do so.”
‘Names of missing girls’
Meanwhile, a Christian cleric yesterday released names of 180 female names which he said were of the schoolgirls abducted in Borno State three weeks ago.
The list was released by Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye of the Old Time Revival Hour Church in Kaduna, and was published on Sahara Reporters website yesterday.
When Daily Trust contacted Mr. Owojaiye, he confirmed that he gave out the names but declined to say how or where he got them or if those were the total number of girls taken.
“The list of missing girls you see was what I was able to obtain. It may not be all,” he told our reporter by telephone.
Daily Trust could not independently verify the list which Owojaiye said comprises names of 165 Christian girls while the remaining are Muslims.
‘NNPC audit going on’
President Jonathan also said during the media chat that he never said Boko Haram had infiltrated his cabinet.
“I never said that Boko Haram has infiltrated my cabinet. But what I said is that they are even in government which includes the executive, legislature and the judiciary,” he said.
“I used the word ‘government’. You remember that a senator was being investigated. Even now, we ars still investigating some security personnel for involvement.”
On the corruption and alleged missing $20 billion oil money, the president said: “People mention very huge money that are unbelievable. Is it possible for anybody to steal $20 billion and people will not know?
“To answer your question directly the audit (of the NNPC) is still going on, we should give them time to conclude their clinical audit.”

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2.  Awa           Abge
3.  Hauwa      Yirma
4.  Asabe        Manu
5.  Mwa          Malam pogu
6.   Patiant       Dzakwa
7.   Saraya        Mal. Stover
8.   Mary           Dauda
9.   Gloria         Mainta
10. Hanatu      Ishaku

11. Gloria         Dama
12. Tabitha     Pogu
13. Maifa          Dama
14. Ruth           Kollo
15. Esther        Usman
16  Awa             James
17  Anthonia     Yahonna
18  Kume           Mutah
19  Aisha           Ezekial
20  Nguba         Buba
21  Kwanta       Simon
22  Kummai     Aboku
23  Esther          Markus
24  Hana            Stephen
25. Rifkatu       Amos
26  Rebecca     Mallum
27. Blessing     Abana
28. Ladi            Wadai
29. Tabitha     Hyelampa
30  Ruth             Ngladar
31  Safiya          Abdu
32  Na’omi        Yahonna
33  Solomi         Titus
34  Rhoda           John
35  Rebecca     Kabu
36. Christy       Yahi
37. Rebecca                Luka
38. Laraba        John
39  Saratu          Markus
40. Mary          Usman
41  Debora        Yahonna
42. Naomi         Zakaria
43  Hanatu         Musa
44. Hauwa       Tella
45. Juliana         Yakubu
46. Suzana       Yakubu
47. Saraya         Paul
48. Jummai     Paul
49. Mary          Sule
50. Jummai     John
51. Yanke          Shittima
52. Muli            Waligam
53. Fatima        Tabji
54. Eli                Joseph
55. Saratu          Emmanuel
56. Deborah     Peter
57. Rahila          Bitrus
58. Luggwa                 Sanda
59. Kauna         Lalai
60. Lydia          Emmar
61. Laraba         Maman
62. Hauwa        Isuwa
63. Confort     Habila
64. Hauwa       Abdu
65. Hauwa       Balti
66. Yana            Joshua
67. Laraba         Paul
68. Saraya         Amos
69. Glory          Yaga
70. Na’omi       Bitrus
71. Godiya       Bitrus
72. Awa            Bitrus
73. Na’omi       Luka
74. Maryamu     Lawan
75. Tabitha     Silas
76. Mary          Yahona
77. Ladi            Joel
78. Rejoice      Sanki
79. Luggwa                 Samuel
80. Comfort     Amos
81. Saraya        Samuel
82. Sicker        Abdul
83. Talata          Daniel
84. Rejoice       Musa
85. Deborah       Abari
86. Salomi        Pogu
87. Mary            Amor
88. Ruth           Joshua
89. Esther           John
90. Esther        Ayuba
91. Maryamu     Yakubu
91. Zara            Ishaku
93. Maryamu     Wavi
94. Lydia          Habila
95.   Laraba        Yahonna
96.   Na’omi       Bitrus
97.   Rahila          Yahanna
98.   Ruth           Lawan
99.   Ladi            Paul
100  Mary         Paul
101. Esther     Joshua
102. Helen    Musa
103. Margret     Watsai
104. Deborah     Jafaru
105. Filo           Dauda
106. Febi          Haruna
107. Ruth          Ishaku
108. Racheal     Nkeki
109. Rifkatu     Soloman
110. Mairama     Yahaya
111. Saratu       Dauda
112.Jinkai         Yama
113.Margret     Shettima
114.Yana          Yidau
115. Grace       Paul
116. Amina     Ali
117. Palmata     Musa
118. Awagana     Musa
119. Pindar     Nuhu
120. Yana          Pogu
121. Saraya                 Musa
122. Hauwa                 Joseph
123. Hauwa                Kwakwi
125. Hauwa                 Musa
126. Maryamu     Musa
127. Maimuna     Usman
128. Rebeca     Joseph
129. Liyatu        Habitu
130. Rifkatu     Yakubu
131. Naomi     Philimon
132. Deborah     Abbas
133. Ladi          Ibrahim
134. Asabe       Ali
135. Maryamu     Bulama
136. Ruth          Amos
137. Mary         Ali
138. Abigail     Bukar
139  Deborah     Amos
140. Saraya                 Yanga
141. Kauna     Luka
142. Christiana     Bitrus
143. Yana          Bukar
144. Hauwa                 Peter
145. Hadiza       Yakubu
146. Lydia         Simon
147. Ruth         Bitrus
148. Mary         Yakubu
149. Lugwa     Mutah
150  Muwa       Daniel
151  Hanatu     Nuhu
152. Monica     Enoch
153. Margret     Yama
154. Docas       Yakubu
155. Rhoda     Peter
156. Rifkatu     Galang
157. Saratu     Ayuba
158. Naomi     Adamu
159. Hauwa                 Ishaya
160. Rahap     Ibrahim
162. Deborah     Soloman
163  Hauwa        Mutah
164. Hauwa                 Takai
165. Serah       Samuel
 166. Aishatu     Musa
167.  Aishatu     Grema
168.  Hauwa                 Nkeki
169.  Hamsatu     Abubakar
170. Mairama     Abubakar
171  Hauwa     Wule
172. Ihyi          Abdu
173. Hasana     Adamu
174. Rakiya                 Kwamtah
175 Halima       Gamba
176. Aisha        Lawan
177. Kabu        Malla
178. Yayi          Abana
179. Falta         Lawan
180. Kwadugu     Manu