Suspend Borno, Yobe And Adamawa Governors Now- Bamaiyi Urges Jonathan

Nigeria's former Chief of Army Staff, Gen.
Ishaya Bamaiyi, has urged President Gooduck
Jonathan to suspend the governors of
Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states, as a matter of
urgency, for their failure to curtail the activities
of Boko Haram insurgents in their respective
domains.
Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Zuru,
in the Zuru Local Government Area of his home
state, Kebbi, the retired army general insisted
that the governors’ continued stay in office
would be counter-productive to military efforts
aimed at dislodging the terrorists, and averred
that, in view of the prevailing circumstances,
the President should sack them, and allow the
military to take full control of the three states.
On the constitutional implications of the
emergency rule, Bamaiyi explained that the
moment an emergency rule is imposed in an
area, the nation has already deviated from its
normal constitutional rule, insisting that there is
no constitutional provision that says a governor
should remain in office under emergency rule.
“This is just like the case of an Army officer who
fell down at the battle front, and you continue
to leave him there. Therefore, whatever you
want to do, try to be just and fair, the Almighty
God who has given you the mandate to rule will
always be there to protect you,” he reasoned.
The former Army chief, who described the state
of insecurity in the country as highly
unfortunate, also blamed politicians for the
escalation of violence, while advocating that
stringent measures are needed to put an end to
the carnage.
“It is very unfortunate that governors, who
serve as chief security officers of their states,
resolve to travel abroad and spend weeks
without knowing the security situations in their
home states,” he lamented.
Proffering a solution to the insecurity
challenges, Bamaiyi said: “We should go back to
the grassroots, and find out those who are the
actual people perpetrating this violence, because
they are human beings, not spirits.”