Jonathan to replace Borno Governor with Military Administration

Governor Kashim Shettima is to be suspended from office early this
week and replaced by a Military Administrator as part of plans by
the Federal Government to launch a decisive military offensive
against Boko Haram insurgents, Sunday Trust learnt from
authoritative sources in Abuja at the weekend.
Members of the Borno State House of Assembly are also to
proceed on suspension to enable the Military Administrator to
exercise full executive and legislative powers. President Goodluck
Jonathan is expected to announce the sudden move on Wednesday
when he swears in 11 new ministers, including Lt General Aliyu
Mohamed Gusau, who is expected to take over as Defence
Minister.
Sources told Sunday Trust that the Presidency has already
identified a retired Army General that it intends to appoint as the
Military Administrator of Borno State. According to the sources,
the Presidency believes that placing a soldier in charge of the state
government will send a signal to the recalcitrant insurgents and also
give impetus to the highly stepped up military effort that it is
planning in the wake of deadly attacks on several Borno
communities by the insurgents in recent weeks.
It was not immediately clear if the presidency’s planned move is
meant to punish Governor Kashim Shettima, who had a sharp
exchange with it last week over handling of the war against Boko
Haram. Emerging from a private meeting with the president,
Shettima told reporters that the insurgents were often better armed
and better motivated than the army in the ongoing war. Jonathan’s
senior special assistant for public affairs, Doyin Okupe, replied the
next day, saying Shettima’s claim was not true, that the governor is
too inexperienced to know about weapons and that the military is
winning the war against Boko Haram. Shettima, however, visited
the State House again last Thursday and had another private
meeting with Jonathan, where observers thought they had resolved
their differences. Sources said Jonathan invited Shettima to the
meeting after last Wednesday’s renewed Boko Haram attack on
Bama town.
Source: http://sundaytrust.com.ng/index.php/top-stories/16123-
military-governor-to-replace-shettima

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