President Goodluck Jonathan has given a fresh mandate to the military to end the insurgent Boko Haram sect within the next three months to enable the federal government execute projects meant for the Northeast geo-political zone which are allegedly stalled by the violence in the region.

Until last month’s declaration of a state of emergency by President Jonathan on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, insurgents had made life difficult to residents of some states in the north.

The new presidential directive, military sources disclosed was part of efforts of the federal government to ensure that the six months emergency regime in the affected states was not extended.

Already, the president has formally proscribed Boko Haram and Ansaru with heavy sanctions on their collaborators and members. An informed source in the security circle told our correspondent that the policy was part of the outcome of the last Security Council meeting held in the State House.

At the meeting on Tuesday were the National Security Adviser, all service chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim, the Inspector-General of Police, the security chiefs, the ministers of state for defence, police and interior. It was presided by President Jonathan who reportedly told the Security Council that he wanted the Boko Haram menace to become a thing of the past within the shortest time possible.

“After listening to the briefs from the military chiefs about the situation in the three states where the state of emergency is in force, President Jonathan expressed his satisfaction with them and told them that he had promised the whole world that the state of emergency declared in those states would be lifted before the six months allowed by the constitution. He then told them, ‘I want an end to the Boko Haram (sect) within the next three months’ and they all promised to do so,” the source disclosed.

According to the source, Admiral Ibrahim assured the president that the rules of engagement were strictly obeyed and that civilian casualties were being avoided by the troops. It was then the idea of the proscription was mooted and adopted in order to discourage people from identifying with the sect.

The minister of state for defence, Erelu Olusola Obada, allegedly lamented how the insurgency had prevented the government from implementing the transformation agenda in the affected states and argued that if the presidential directive was enforced, the government would be able to make impact in the area before the 2015 general election.

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CARRY GO MR PRESIDENT, WE ARE BEHIND YOU THEIR END HAS COME:-)

Y dis yeye girl no put markaroni for dis rice

I so much love the word "Crush" e dey sweet nobe beans. If u never drink that mineral crush before you no go understand

Where has Dame been hiding this man's balls. Their madness has gotten too much. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

thumbs up for MR PRESIDENT! Ah just like dat guy despite he dey f*ck up sometime!! GEJ is working cwiouzly...............

So what is plan B if that doesn't happen , I which you could have a plan like that for Light and other issues, The boundaries are still open, more weapons are coming in, the day they leave , boko haram will start again for reason of no solid plan to permanently dismantle them. Goodluck to me is a joke at all time

I want shekau's head on the floor!!

And hu said oga Jonathan s damft and clueless

Well all these promises everytime, i pray it works this time. Its just a night mare for our dare president, i pity him.

what if e no work?

may God help GEJ to achieved his target b4 2015

Now this is what I call GOOD JOB! Ride on Goodluck Jonathan!

Good job - Nigeria Army

Nice one, their members on nairaland would some come spewing trash, we know all of una, na just 3 months una get left

That is the action you should have taken from the beginning, not planing how you
can negotiate with TERRORIST Boko Haram. Weldon to that action

Shekau must die 1st b4 bokoharam comes to an end. So let it be. Amen.

Anoda dunce directive from Mr DunceNathan Gulderluck after anoda brutal round of boozing.

I charge the military to search for shekau to face charges against lives and properties destroyed as a result of his heinous ambition. God bless Nigeria and her people.

Agbalanze: I want shekau's head on the floor!!

Wetin, you won shop him head

Unguarded statement , GEJ should ask USA after bragging to crush Taliban in 90 days today they are in their 12th year and having negotiations.

Gurriella war is very difficult to winn and has never been crushed in history

Wish them luck though.

now he is trying to develop the north so he could get their support for third term. he is taking the first action at the last. what a jonothern

Will that be possible without arrestin their oga at d top?

All the steps taken by our president starting from declaring amnesty, followed by state of emergency, then proscription were not random decisions.

He followed these steps to avoid heating up the polity and at the same time not give Boko haram sympathizes the advantage of criticism over not exploring non-violent options first.

It was a perfect plan duly executed to the letter.

Today......

Boko Haram members are getting killed.
Others are on the run.
There is relative peace in the North.
GEJ got approval by all Nigerians aside Boko haram sympathizers, in opposition parties and Nairaland.

Finally Goodjo is showing himself as an actionman..They shld crush dem all...

God punish terrorists in Nigeria.
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Last Bullet: I v not heared news of bomb blast in Nigeria for the past 4weeks which SoE was declared in the boko affected states.

ACM10: End boko haram insurgency in 3 months? Jonathan must be having a malaria dream? US with all their military sophistication is unable to defeat terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan in 12 years, how could Nigeria dream of this feat in 3 months?

STFU, before he gave such a directive he must have been briefed and with the recent jail break of all their bomb making factories and weapon warehouse, they are making progress already, so if you know what is good for you, its better you submit your weapon now or you collect a hot borris from our gallant and fearless soldiers, the choice is yours

HAH: Unguarded statement , GEJ should ask USA after bragging to crush Taliban in 90 days today they are in their 12th year and having negotiations.

Gurriella war is very difficult to winn and has never been crushed in history

Wish them luck though.

Obviously you are not familiar with Nigerian ground forces. They simply level the entire area until the people themselves will be giving up the insurgents. Never compare American military to Nigerian. The Yanks have so many rules and constraints and things are documented. Nigerian army trains its soldiers for maximum and even unnecessary destruction. No human rights, no documentation, no trials. In fact as far as I know, the only things that get a Nigerian soldier into trouble are insubordination, indiscipline and friendly fire. As a Yank soldier, you are expected to flush out insurgents using intelligence gathering and selective combat engagement. As a Nigerian soldier, your remit is more liberal as no one will query you for destroying an insurgent, his wife, children, grandma and cows. Mark my words Boko Haram will be history.