A public affairs analyst, Tunde Badamosi, says the declaration of emergency rule in three northern states was a last resort for President Goodluck Jonathan. 
Mr. Badamosi who was on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, maintained that the President’s action became inevitable having reached out to them for dialogue but the sect members responded by declaring war.
He said the President was under pressure at some point and had to soft pedal a bit, allow some deliberations to go on, but at the end of the day the bombings didn’t stop. This, he says, prompted the President to step up the military efforts.
