OsazuwaAkonedo Audio ~ NewsBriefRecall @6pm 28-1

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Speaker 1: I am really shocked by the way some unpatriotic Nigerians

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have gone on social media misrepresenting Isho Speed’s visit to

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Nigeria and using it to project a negative image of

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their very own country while attempting to spoil what was

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a good narrative of a very successful visit. First of all,

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Isho Speed never said or implied that Nigeria is Smelli.

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The young man perhaps achieved his most successful stream during

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his African tour in Nigeria, reaching a milestone of fifty

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million YouTube subscribers whilst in our dearly beloved country. He

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is the first black streamer to achieve that milestone, and

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it occurred in Nigeria, boosted by Nigerian subscribers appreciative of

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his visit. What these few unpatriotic Nigerians who have a

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grudge against their own country fed by a separatist agenda,

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have done is take a screenshot of a particular stream

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where mister Darren Jason Watkins Junior made of face for

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a few seconds, which he often does all over the

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world world. Upon citing something interesting and peculiar using that

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snap shot, they painted a false narrative claiming that Legos

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is Smellian, but Darren Jason Watkins Junior aka is Show

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Speed did not enjoy his time there and found nothing

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interesting or cultural to do. Sadly, their claims have gone

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wildly viral. In fact, as evidenced by his streams and

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media coverage, Isho Speed had perhaps the most eventful moments

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of his speed As Africa tour in Nigeria, which is

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why he chose to spend his twenty first birthday in

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our country. He drew his biggest crowds here and was

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so impressed by that that he testified about it. He

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had gastronomical and cultural experiences, including visiting Freedom Park and

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eating the world famous Nigerian Joloff rice, which he raved about. Thereafter,

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he had a belated Debty December moment by interacting with

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street dances in a carnival like manner and had intermittent

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encounters and conversation with street performers, including a man whose

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physical strength he celebrated after attempting and failing to match

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his iron bending skills. Isho Speed also enjoyed Nigerian cature

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when he got to wear the special Nigerian hat known

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as a Feeler, made in Nigeria, from entirely from maid

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in Nigeria fabric, something that I have been promoting worldwide.

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His decision to blend in culturally with Nigerians through fashion

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made him so excited that he asked street vendors and

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onlookers whether he looked Nigerian. And on his twenty first birthday,

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Isho Speed was surrounded by school children in their school uniforms,

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singing the famous Happy Birthday song to him, almost bringing

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him to tears. At Freedom Park, Isho Speed interacted with

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various Legos street performers who taught the quick learner several

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dance steps particularly suited to the Nigerian music genre of

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afrobeats that has taken the world by storm. Isho Speed

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then visited the Nike Art gasp in LeKi, where the

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management fated him and gifted him a traditional Lukumi yoruber outfit,

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which left him in awe. Mister Watkins next met Afrobead’s

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singers alat Adibile, who surprised him with a birthday cake,

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prompting Isho Speed to shockingly reveal that that was the

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first birthday cake he had ever received. Hard to believe

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his time in Nigeria has become one of the most

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discussed pop culture moments of the year so far, and

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he was surpleased with Nigeria that one of the first things.

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Abu bakh Malami a former Minister of Justice and Attorney

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General of the Federation who was in office from November

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twenty fifteen till May twenty twenty three, when the then

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President Mohammadu Buhari completed his eight years tenure in office,

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under which courts of competent jurisdiction granted several detained Nigerian’s bail,

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but the Buhari government refused to release them and even

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re arrested some of them after they had perfected their

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bail conditions. The then Minister of Justice, Bubakhar Malami, who

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was saddled with the responsibility of protecting citizens’ rights, came

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out openly and apparently justified the violations of court orders

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by the then Buhari led government, and during the administration

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of President Mohammadu Buhari, Abubakar Malami frequently defended the actions

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of the government’s refusal to obey court’s orders of bail

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granted to high profile individuals by asserting that national security

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and public interest superseded individual rights. Some of the high

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profile individuals included Colonel Sambo Duasuki, the former National Security

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Adviser in the era of President good Luck A. Beleet Jonathan,

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who was held for four years from December twenty fifteen

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to December twenty nineteen. Despite being granted bail by at

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least four different Nigerian high courts and the echo As Court,

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he was repeatedly re arrested by the Department of State

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Services the SS immediately after fulfilling bail conditions. Shik Ibrahim

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el Zakaki and his war wife Zina detained from December

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twenty fifteen until they were released in July twenty twenty one.

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Were refused bail after federal court declared the attention illegal

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in twenty sixteen and ordered their release by January twenty seventeen,

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but the government under which Abubakar Malami was a Justice Minister,

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did not comply until they were eventually acquitted of all

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charges by a Kaduna State High Court in twenty twenty one.

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Also Omiele Saware, an activist and a journalist who is

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the founder of Sahara Reporters News Media, remained in DSS

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custody for several months in twenty nineteen, despite fulfilling bail

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conditions set by Justice Hijaeyomurajuku, he was re arrested within

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the court room just twenty four hours after a temporary release.

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Nandi Ikanu, the convicted and jailed Indigenous People of Biafra

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IPOB leader, was refused bail during his initial trial in

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twenty fifteen. President Buhari then publicly stated during a media

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chat that Karanu, among others, would not be allowed to

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go on bail due to the nature of their alleged crimes,

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despite court rulings. In addition, was Navy Captain Dadar La Binjo,

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who was detained by the Nigeria military from September twenty

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eighteen until at least late twenty nineteen, despite a Federal

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High Court order for his release. And during these periods

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Abubakar Malami provided several justifications for these detentions. Most notably

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during his twenty nineteen ministerial screening, Malami stated that the

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Office of the AGF is meant to protect the public

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interest and where the individual interest conflicts with the public interest,

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the interest of one hundred eighty million Nigerians must naturally prevail.

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He cited the Supreme Court case of Asari Dokubo versus

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Federal Republic of Nigeria, arguing it established that national security

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could supersede personal liberty in specific contexts and when Dusuki

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and s’war were finally released in December twenty nine, Nigeria

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military authority has confirmed the death of five soldiers and

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one police officer in an ambush launched by terrorists on

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Monday at Giddenwagny area of Zamfara State. The incident may

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be a reminder of incessant cases of high rates of

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Nigeria losing its soldiers and other security operatives in ambush,

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especially as observed as a worsening situation in the year

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twenty twenty five, with the ambush of army barracks and

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killing of the men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria

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AFN by terrorists in large number began as early as

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January twenty twenty five. It may be recalled that in

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January twenty twenty five, terrorists launched an attack on the

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one hundred forty nine battalion in Malam Forturi, Borno State,

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leading to the killing of over twenty military personnel, including

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a battalion commander and senior offices within the first quarter.

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A careful review of news reports showed that more than

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one hundred Nigeria soldiers were reportedly killed in the first

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quarter of twenty five by terrorists, mostly in ambush. In

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June twenty twenty five, terrorists attacks on three army bases

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in central and northwestern Nigeria resulted in the killing of

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at least seventeen soldiers, and in September twenty twenty five,

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a major ambush on the Barga Meidaguri Road was reported

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where at least forty soldiers were killed and sixty five

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went missing, while in October twenty twenty five, at least

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four soldiers were killed in a Boco Haram ambush in

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Borno State, while another encounter in Campche resulted in one

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soldier killed. And by November twenty twenty five, the Nigerian

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Army confirmed the death of Brigadier General Musa Uber and

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two other soldiers following an ambush by is WAP terrorists

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near Wajeroco town in Borno State, which some local media

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reported that several soldiers were killed during the ambush. Even

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some of the local media stated that those who escaped

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the ambush, like the Brigadier General, were traced and killed

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by the terrorists, apparently after hours of no rescue or

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prompt reinforcement by the Nigeria military authority. According to Captain

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David Adawasi, the Media Information Officer of Operation Fansan Yama,

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the five soldiers and the police officer were killed while

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the troops were returning from a successful operation and responding

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to a distress call of terrorists attack in a community

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in Zamfara State. In his words, Captain David ad Orsi said,

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troops of Operation Fansan Yama opf Y joined Tasks Forced Northwest,

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have demonstrated exceptional bravery, professionalism and resilience following a terrorist

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ambush along the Bingi keken Wadge Gussar Road in Zamfara

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State on the nineteenth of January twenty twenty six. The

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ambush followed a series of successful offensive operations conducted from

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seventeen to the nineteenth of January twenty twenty six, when

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troops of Sector two opf Y, in conjunction with the

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opf w BY Mobile Strike Team and DEA Tactical Support Team,

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carried out co ordinated raids, ambushes and fighting patrols across Burna,

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Bagaji and Anchor areas of Zamfara State. During these operations,

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three suspects Ico Quaquatawa, Ibrahim Dan Mussulu and Macau Lambergoma

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were arrested, while four terrorists were neutralized and others fled

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into the forest. Items were covered, including one p KT

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machine gun, five AK fort bringing ni in the Mortgagiza