Nigeria is now in a state of emergency - Yakubu Dogara

- Yakubu Dogara noted that instead of aiding civil authority, the Army has now become the authority itself- He stressed that it worrisome that members of the Armed Forces are deployed in over 28 Nigerian states, in peacetime- The speaker gave the assurance that the national assembly would ensure that funds meant for security purposes would be spent judiciouslyThe speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has declared that the country is now in a permanent state of emergency.According to Dogara, it is worrisome that the duties of the police are now being carried out by the Army.The speaker made his comments during an interactive session organized by the lower chamber in conjunction with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) on Monday, July 3rd 2017.