President Jonathan paid a surprise visit to Maiduguri

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid a surprise visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, one of the three North-Eastern states worst hit by Boko Haram insurgency.

Jonathan embarked on the trip shortly after laying a wreath at the National Arcade, Abuja in commemoration of the   Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

There had been clamour for him to visit the   zone since April 14 when over 200 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok by the sect.

Critics also chided the President   for continuing his presidential campaign without visiting or not making a direct comment on the January 3 killings in Baga and Doron Baga in Borno State by Boko Haram.

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