Members of the house of Representatives, have agreed with President Goodluck Jonathan to extend the Emergency Rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe after a 3 hour closed door session with service chiefs.
Also, the service chiefs made it clear that no election can hold in the three troubled states as Nigeria was at war.
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal who presided at Thursday's plenary before putting the issue to a voice vote said,"we agreed yesterday,Wednesday, to vote on the extension of emergency rule and after an exhaustive meeting with the service chiefs on their operations so far we agreed to vote on it.
When he eventually put it to a voice, a thunderous ay carried the day.
Chairman of House Committee on Media, Rep Zakari Mohammed confirmed the new development to journalists after plenary.
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