Two weeks after visiting the Boko Haram insurgency-ridden Maiduguri, Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan will again visit the state to campaign for next month’s election.

His previous visit was to the soldiers serving in the state in commemoration with the Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

The President had severely been criticised in recent times for not visiting the crisis-torn North-East.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that the President would unfold plans to tackle the Boko Haram militant sect during his campaign in the state.

Meanwhile, the governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Friday appealed to his supporters and all citizens of the state not to show any form of disrespect to the President and his entourage during the campaign visit.

Shettima made the call in a statement by his media aide, Mallam Isa Gusau.

The governor said the call became necessary because of recent attacks carried out on the President in Bauchi and Katsina States during which irate youths reportedly went wild against the President’s convoy.

He described the acts as disrespectful, show of intolerance and extremely bad politics.

He said, “From what I have read or heard in the media so far, there has not been any issue of such in any APC-controlled states visited by the President and Borno should not be an exception.

“We have political differences and our differences are legitimate and based on the principles of our political parties and what we stand for.

“But we must remember that His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as citizens of this country, we have an obligation to respect his office and his person.

“Our millions of citizens who support the APC in Borno State and our Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and anyone that supports me or any of our National and State Assembly candidates in the state should shun any act of violence, intolerance and unlawful political behaviour before, during and after the President’s visit and should remain law-abiding citizens of Borno State as our laws, norms and values demand.”

Also, in a related development, the Minister of State for Power, Hon. Mohammed Wakil, has described the attack on the convoy on the present during his campaign trips to parts of the North as misguided and misconceived.
Source: punching.com

APC want to faint!
President Jonathan has defeated all their plans!

People who have been abandoned are being begged to smile. Shame on Jonathan.

this is a big shame to the presidency. GEJ never went to Borno to sympathise with the community ravaged by boko haram, he turned deaf he ar to the kifnapped gurls at chibok. NOw, he has the temerity to ho their to campaign, there is god ooooo.

The people he could not visit all these while. This is the reason why he quickly went there earlier.

What is he going to tell them by the way?

Just wondering.

All bokos should travel to china this morning.
We need don't sh^t.


Am looking foward to who is gonna stop him

All hail GEJ TEAM

...And by the time these people express their feelings towards GEJ in their own way, they (TANoids, PDPians) will accuse APC.

Femmyfamous4u:
this is a big shame to the presidency. GEJ never went to Borno to sympathise with the community ravaged by boko haram, he turned deaf he ar to the kifnapped gurls at chibok. NOw, he has the temerity to ho their to campaign, there is god ooooo.

you are right he went there because hr knew he will go campaign

Now he is expecting smiles from Nigerians under his leadership - they have lost their home, farms, businesses, parents, brothers, sisters, friends, entire community, etc.

If they vent their anger ans displeasure now the Zoologist and his touts will cry foul.

Borno please the best means is your vote vote. No violence - Keep hope alive, Buhari will do things differently.

I hope the APC e-rats are literate enough to read what Shettima said. Now two of your leaders have told you categorically to respect the Office & Person of the President. Even if you talk down on & diss your parents, the President deserves respect. If you are not happy with his governance then get your PVC & do it at the polls just the way I would do. I'm voting him out!

Oga Jona,shebi na now morning dey break abi wey old woman dey cry for make up?