Goodluck Jonathan pipeline on 4 February 2012 in Bayelsa, the Senate President David Mark stated that the security situation in the country was "intolerable". On 14 May 2013, Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern Nigerian states, Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, to curtail the activities of Boko Haram. Although initially offering amnesty, by June 2013 he ordered a 20-year jail term for anyone found to be in support of Boko Haram. On 16 January 2014, it was reported that Jonathan had sacked his military high command in response to their inability to end the Islamist-led insurgency in Northern Nigeria. Jonathan's
Muktar Shagari was pushing to have Shagari appointed Vice-President to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who had taken over after the extended illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Other sources said that Shagari was Obasanjo's back-up choice after Adamu Bello of Adamawa State. Muktar Shagari Barrister Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, CFR (born 26 December 1956) was appointed Nigerian Minister of Water Resources in a June 2001 reshuffle of the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later appointed President of the African Ministerial Council On Water (AMCOW). Shagari held office until January 2007 when he left to compete for Deputy Governor of Sokoto State. He