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‘Why Jonathan Refused To Sack Three Northern Govs Over Boko Haram’

The real reason why the former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the three northern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno without removing the governors and the local government chairmen has now been made public by the former Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Mohammed Adoke.
It would be recalled that in the wake of escalating attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents, former President Jonathan on May 13, 2013, slammed a state of emergency in some selected local government areas of the three states but left the governors and local government officials intact, triggering criticism from his party members.
However, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saw the declaration of the state of emergency as a window by the Presidency to remove the three sitting APC governors, President Jonathan rebuffed them and insisted that it would amount to illegality to remove the affected governors from office as a result of the emergency declaration.
Adoke revealed the development in his new book, ‘Burden of Service: Reminiscences of Nigeria’s former Attorney General’.
According to Adoke, Jonathan’s refusal to deploy the emergency rule declaration to oust the three opposition governors from office was widely criticized by top government functionaries, including ministers and PDP supporters.
The ex-AGF said that he advised Jonathan against the sacking of the three governors since according to him, there is no law in Nigeria that supports such action by the president.
Adoke said: “President Jonathan came under criticism from commentators who felt he should have removed the local government chairman as well as the governors in the affected states.
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