No plan to declare state of emergency – Presidency

The Presidency on Saturday night said it has no plan to declare state of emergency in five northern states as being speculated by a section of the media.
According to Presidential Media Adviser, Dr. Reuben Abati, no decision has been taken yet on the states that have witnessed escalation of violence as a result of attacks by members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday summoned an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.
The meeting, attended by all the Service Chiefs, discussed fresh attacks in Bama, Borno State and Nasarawa State that left dozens of policemen dead.
Dismissing the report of a planned declaration of emergency rule in Nasarawa, Borno, Yobe, Benue and Plateau States, Abati said: “No such decision has been taken and people should stop speculating.
“The Federal Government is studying the situations in the affected states and would take a decision that would be in the overall interest of the security of not just the people of the states affected but the country.”