Yobe gov to Jonathan: Your emergency rule has failed

The Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, on Monday minced no words when he told President Goodluck Jonathan that his declaration of emergency rule in some states in the North East has failed.
Gaidam, who was reacting to the explosion that rocked Government Comprehensive Science Technical College in Potiskum, Yobe State, said he was miffed that despite Jonathan’s declaration of emergency rule, the activities of Boko Haram were festering.
The explosion at the school, during the early morning assembly, the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said, left 47 dead and 79 injured.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Press Affairs and Information, Abdullahi Bego, Gaidam said: “This is the fifth time in about one year when our schools are being brutally attacked and students killed.
“Governor Gaidam deeply regrets that all of these dastardly attacks took place under a climate of Emergency Rule declared in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States by President Goodluck Jonathan.
“In theory, the Emergency Rule Declaration was a signal that more vigorous steps would be taken to protect the lives and property of people in the affected states and deploy the full might of the Federal Government to restore peace and security.
“Unfortunately, this has not been fully the case.
“Instead of forcing insurgents and criminals to flee, the insurgents are forcing innocent people to flee and making life miserable for everyone.”