{"id":8695,"date":"2013-08-20T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/chief-of-air-staff-defends-state-of-emergency-in-adamawa\/"},"modified":"2013-08-20T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T14:40:08","slug":"chief-of-air-staff-defends-state-of-emergency-in-adamawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/chief-of-air-staff-defends-state-of-emergency-in-adamawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief of Air Staff defends state of emergency in Adamawa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Umar Dankano, Yola<\/p>\n

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, has described the state of emergency slammed on Adamawa state as justifiable and has no political conations, as according to him \u201cthe emergency rule has saved the State from being annexed by insurgents\u201d.\u00a0Badeh made the disclosure in Yola while fielding questions from journalists, shortly after commissioning Air Lodge, 12×1 Bedroom Flats for non-commissioned officers and 6×3 Bedroom flats for officers yesterday.<\/p>\n

Badeh said sequel to the imposition of the emergency rule on the state, it was on the verge of being completely taken over by insurgents as several local governments in the state had been routed by insurgents.
The Air Force chief said all the insinuations being bandied by some elements in the state that there was an ulterior motive behind the imposition of the emergency rule in the state were lies by those who do not want peace to prevail in the state or those who wanted to hide their shortcomings.\u00a0\u201cBefore the emergency rule was declared on the state, many local governments had been routed by these insurgents.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo we have to wait till the state capital is taken over by these insurgents before we act?\u201d
\u201cI heard some people denying that there exist Boko Haram insurgents here in Adamawa. It\u2019s lie.
\u201cWe went to Farang forest, their hideouts and if anybody is telling you that there is nothing in Adamawa, he goofed.
\u201cMadagali, Mubi, Ganye, Mayo Belwa, Hong, Song were at various times being viciously attacked by the Boko Haram elements.
\u201cThey are moving and we don\u2019t want them to come to the state capital\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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