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Speaker 1: There is still no peace in sight. After nearly three

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hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a

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state in the United States US between President Vladimir Putin

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of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States

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over the war Russia launched since twenty twenty two in Ukraine,

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which has led to thousands of deaths, mostly Ukrainians, which

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President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, who was not invited for

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the meeting on Friday, in a statement, said that it

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was time to end the war, but Russia must take

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the necessary steps to a genuine peace steal And. While

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commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland

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Karl Navroky on Friday via x social media platform to

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mark Poland Armed Forces Day, which coincided with the day

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Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenski said that

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Ukraine’s independence strengthens Poland’s independence and we must always remember

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that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through

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joint efforts and it saved Europe and The Polish President

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Karl Navoki had said that today we celebrate the one

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hundred fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory at the

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Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, together

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with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army’s westward march,

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safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism

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has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland’s political

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tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of

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domestic despotism, in which the only freeman is the ruler himself.

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But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom,

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Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of

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free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Usha fifteen fourteen,

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Klashido one thousand, six hundred ten and Warsaw nineteen twenty.

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It was probably a sinnature of world attention when Air

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Force one and Russia presidential aircraft officially wheeled down a

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joint and bas Seldendorf as President Donald Trump and President

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Vladimir Putin met face to face for the first time

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since the war in Ukraine started on February twenty fourth,

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twenty twenty two, and the Friday meeting marked the first

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time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on western

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country soil since he launched the war against Ukraine. He

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was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US

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is not a member country of the International Criminal Court

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Ices that issued a warrant of arrest against the Kremlin

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leader since twenty twenty three over alleged war crime in Ukraine.

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It would be recalled that the Russian President Vladimir Putin

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did not attend the twenty twenty five annual Brazil, Russia, India,

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China and South Africa Summit known as Bricks Summit in

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Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant

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for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed

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in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid Yuri Yashikov, President

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Vladimir Putin did not attend the summit due to certain

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difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement, adding in

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that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear

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position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting. Instead,

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the Russian leader joined his Bricks colleagues via video link.

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Futen was declared a war crimes suspect since the ICC

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named him in a March twenty twenty three arrest warrant

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over the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused

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of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children,

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with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob

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them of the Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity.

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The alleged mass abductions, according to observers, may qualify as

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genocide according to the nineteen forty eight United Nations Genocide Convention,

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which identifies forcibly transferring children of the group to another

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group as one of five internationally recognized acts of genocide.

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As a signatory too the Roman Statute that established the

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icc Brazil would have been obliged to arrest Putin if

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he entered the country. Addressing the ICCA warrant in twenty

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twenty three, Brazilian President Lewis In or cho Lula dar

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Silva initially dismissed talk of detaining the Russian president, before

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backtracking and distancing himself from the issue. If Kutin decides

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to go to Brazil, it’s the justice system that will

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take the decision over whether he should be arrested, not

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the government or Congress. Lula stated. Kutin faced similar uncertainty

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two years ago ahead of the annual gathering of Bricks Leaders,

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which was then being hosted by South Africa. The South

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African authorities reportedly came under considerable pressure from their Russian

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colleagues to provide assurances that the Kremlin dictator could travel

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to the August twenty twenty three event without fear of arrest.

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Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president

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would be a declaration of war. South African President Cyril

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Ramaphosis stated then in the build up to the summit,

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the African country was ultimately unable to offer any guarantees,

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forcing Putin to abandon his plans to attend the summit

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in South Africa. Fox News reported that the Russian President

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Vladimir Putin makes a rare public appearance of the monument

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honoring US cooperation during World War II just hours before

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his summit with President Trump on Friday, and after the

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summit in Alaska, local media showed a video of President

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Putin kneeling at every Soviet pilot grave in Alaska as

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both leaders met on the tarmac of the US military

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base airport. A flyover of American military planes passed overhead,

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including fighter jets and what appeared to be a B

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two stealth bomber. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir

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Putin emerged from a nearly three hour meeting on the

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Ukraine War and gave public statements, but left without announcing

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any agreement or cease fire, and they refused to take

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questions from the press. US fighter jets were seen escorting

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Vladimir Putin’s plane out of Alaska after the summit with Trump.

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The Kremlin posted a video on Telegram appearing to show

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at least two USF twenty two fighter jets escorting the

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Russian president’s plane out of Alaska following talks with Donald Trump.

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There’s no deal until there’s a deal, Trump said. The

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White House had said there would be a news conference

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after the closed door meeting, but both men walked off

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stage without taking any questions. Trump hosted the summit at

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a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to

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brok her a peace deal and stop a three year

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war with Ukraine and its ever rising body count. It

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was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks.

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We didn’t get there, but we have a very good

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chance of getting there, Trump said. President Donald Trump added

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va a post that a great and very successful day

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in Alaska. It was determined by all that the best

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way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine

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is to go directly to a peace agreement. President Zelenski

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will be coming to d C the Oval Office on Monday.

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While President Putin and Trump were on the way to

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meet in Alaska, Voladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, in a number

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of press statements made available via his verified ex social

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media account, said he held a staff meeting to discuss

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three key issues the front, particularly the Pokrosk sector. We

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are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a

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foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier.

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We are succeeding. Units of the seventy ninth and eighty

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second Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the

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Domropilia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce

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this and other areas in the Danyesk region. Special attention

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was paid to positions in the Zaporigia region. I thank

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all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian Army continues

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to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more

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favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting

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in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our

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partners about the real situation. We also discuss today the

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development of the contract system in the defense forces and

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the funding of Ukraine’s defense and security forces for twenty

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twenty five twenty twenty six. Under any circumstances, our army

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will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats

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to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a

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contract army. Today, I also expect a report from our

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intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and

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its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed high stakes.

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The key thing is that this meeting should open up

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a real path toward a just peace and the substantive

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discussion between leaders in a trilateral format US Ukraine, the

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United States and the Russian side. It is time to

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end the war and the necessary steps must be taken

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by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready

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as always to work as productively as possible. I held

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a meeting with the government team, the Office and the

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Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss

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our diplomatic work the highest priority areas. In particular, we

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address the funding of Ukraine’s defense forces, auditing the effectiveness

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of coalitions with partners, special formats, the substance of our

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bilateral relations in key global areas, and our work at

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the EU level. I instructed that the foreign policy plan

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be updated for the period through the end of the

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year on Monday. I expect the updated plan to be

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presented with a neighbour like Russia. Only the co operation

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of free nations can effectively protect each of them. We

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value Poland’s support for Ukraine. Ukraine’s independence strengthens Poland’s independence,

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and we must always remember that the Miracle on the

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Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe.

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In the same way, Ukrainians have been defending our state

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in the full scale war for four years by repelling

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the Russian army in Ukraine, Nakiv, in the Sumi, Kharkiv

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and Darniesk regions, as well as in the Black Sea.

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Ukrainians are truly ensuring the opportunity for all Europeans to

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live freely, free of Moscow’s madness. I thank Poland for

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walking along this path shoulder to shoulder with us. Congratulations

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on Polish Armed Forces Day, and best wishes for our

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and your independence to always remain strong. President Karol Navroki

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of Poland had said that today we celebrate the one

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hundred and fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory. At

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the Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army,

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together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Armies westward March,

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safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism

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has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland’s political

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tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of

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domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the

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ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy

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of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an

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alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at

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Warsha fifteen fourteen, Klashino one thousand, six hundred ten and

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Warsaw nineteen twenty. The Polish people know that resisting Russian

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imperialism is not merely an economic matter. It concerns the

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very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless.

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It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended.

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This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the fifteenth century.

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Light all who cherish freedom and peace to join my

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fellow polls on August fifteenth in celebrating the halting of

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despotism and the defense of liberty. WI co contestants in

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the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor

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of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Ahmed

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Tenubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent

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travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned pressing issues

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of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically,

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Peter Obi said, the situation we find ourselves in is

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deeply worrisome. Our president, who has not found it worthy

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to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in

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traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse,

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often departing several days even before the events he’s invited to.

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The Presidency had in a statement on Wednesday, said that

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President Bola Tanubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August fourteenth

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for a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The

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President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before

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proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tanubu will attend the

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ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in

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the city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two

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with the theme co Create Innovative Solutions with Africa. TICAD

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nine will focus on Africa’s economic transformation and improvements in

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the business environment and institutions through private investment and innovation.

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It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society

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for human security, peace and STAB. In addition to attending

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cleanery sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian

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President will hold by lateral meetings and meet the chief

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executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria.

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Initiated in nineteen ninety three by the Japanese government and

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co hosted by the United Nations UNDP, the African Union Commission,

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and the World Bank. TICAD is a triennial conference held

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alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took place

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in August twenty twenty two in Tunisia. The forum fosters

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high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.

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At the end of the TICAD nine, President Tanubu will

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leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil,

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on a two day state visit from Sunday, August twenty

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fourth to Monday August twenty fifth. This follows an invitation

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by the Brazilian President Luis Aetio lu La da Silva.

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While in Brazil, President Danubu will hold a bilateral meeting

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with his host and attender business forum with Brazilian investors.

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His delegation, comprising key ministers and senior officials, will explore

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opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memoranda of

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understanding maus with the Brazilian government. Bao on Anuga, special

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Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, stated on

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August thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Peter Hoby, the Labor Party

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presidential candidate in the last concluded general elections in the

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West Africa country, in a statement on Thursday, said again,

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our president moves as the nation bleeds amid the deplorable

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state of our nation in all ramifications. We have a

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virtually indifferent president who has continued to display insensitivity to

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our situation. How can anyone explain that a president who

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came from Brazil recently and met with the President is

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returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of

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challenges at home unresolved. The latest itinery of the president

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shows he will depart Abouja on Thursday, August fourteenth for

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a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The President

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will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding

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to Japan. In Japan, President Danubu will attend the ninth

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in the

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city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two. The

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itinery is silent on the president’s return date to his

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visibly troubled nation. The situation we find ourselves in is

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deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy

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to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in

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traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitationer excuse, often

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departing several days even before the events he’s invited to.

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In his last trip, for instance, he had a one

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week six state visit to Saint Lucio before attending the

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Brick’s Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer,

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though the role was dressed up as partner to the invitation,

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which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries

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who attended only arrived a day or two at most

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for the event. Nigeria’s insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human

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suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among

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the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the

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hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the

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full attention of mister President, and his travels should be

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more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on

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the ground and taking decisive action to alleviate the people’s suffering,

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rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no

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tangible value to our nation’s woes, and where the trip

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is necessary at all, it could be attended in just

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a few days, rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences

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from a country that requires twenty four seven attention. What

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our nation needs now is security of lives and properties,

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economic stability, and ensuring that our people have food on

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their table. Our presidents plan trip of twelve days departing

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to day if necessary, should have been at most of

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five day trip as the event he was invited to

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in Japan commences on the twentieth. Nigeria to Day demands

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competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with

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the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required.

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Mister President must, as a matter of urgency, commence towards

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of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for

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jetting out of the country every month. These visits will

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enable him to see, listen, and learn more about what

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Nigerians are going through. Though Nigerians know that our huge

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problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see one

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hundred percent effort and tireless commitment to solving them. Most importantly,

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our President must know that he’s not a tourist but

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the chief executive of a troubled nation, so he must

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have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict traveling schedule

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to show that he has a troubled country to quickly

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return to Gingi Ingim. Federal Government of Nigeria under the

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leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner

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of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the

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one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police

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Force may have wrongly instituted against a Nibom air passenger,

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Comfort Emanson, who was seen in viral videos retaliating and

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defending herself physically after a group of Ibam air personnel

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and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her

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to action. The FG position on the issue was made

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known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kamo in

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a press release the Minister signed and made available few

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minutes ago. Although Festus Kmo reversed his self and acknowledged

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that the issue was a case of confrontation between the

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twenty six years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines,

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who in The new press release admitted that the staff

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of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport Authority team acted wrongly,

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but the minister did not state how the attacked passenger

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would be compensated, most especially when her chest sexual organs

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were seemed to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom

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Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with

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obvious intention to expose the passenger’s nakedness. The action of

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the Federal government may ease the tension among millions of

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people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force our aiding

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and a vetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to

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attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is

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also identified as Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement

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of Ibom Air management, who in their first press relief

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diast made statement that seems to have some level of

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deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win

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undue public sentiments manipulate the Nigeria Police forced to help

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them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate

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caught to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically,

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Ibom Air stated in her first press released that shortly

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after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited

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for every other passenger on board the plane to disembark,

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and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the plane hostesses,

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Juliana Edward. The IBOM Air management described as purser, stepped

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on her forcibly, tore off her wig, removed her glasses

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and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear

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to assault her. She slapped her several times, and when

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the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped

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her too. She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire

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extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could

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have damaged and grounded the aircraft. Soon after the IBOM

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Air management released the statement on Monday, her video surfaced

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on the Internet that probably invalidated the statement of the

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IBOM Air management and stood out as an acceptable evidence

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that the management of IBOMB eer people who may be

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rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling

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lies as a way of managing crisis and handling difficult

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customers relations, has seen in the viral video that surfaced

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the internet after the apparent falsehood of Ibom Air Management.

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The attacked passenger was seen politely telling the air hostess

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Juliana Edward to leave the doorway so that she can

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disembark from the plane. The senior aggressor in this matter,

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the air Hostess Juliana Edward, refused to yield to the

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appeal of the passenger, and IBOM Air Management in their

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first press release, confirmed that the air hostess Juliana Edward

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deliberately blocked the doorway to prevent the passenger from disembarking

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the aircraft, and in the viral video, the attached wighair

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on the head of the air hostess was still seen

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on her head and intact while the passenger was telling

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her to leave the doorway so that she can pass. Obviously,

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this is in contrary to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted

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and stated in black and white by the Ibom Air

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management that the air hostess attached wig hair was destroyed

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by the passenger without provocation. Also, the attached wig hair

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on the passenger head and the jacket she was putting

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on were still intact as at the time she was

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telling the apparent aggressor the air hostess to leave the

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door and another viral video later showed both the air

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hostess and the passenger dragging at the point of the

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plane divider cotton and at this time, as seen in

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the video, both the passenger and air hostess wig hair

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were pulled off, including the passenger jacket she was putting

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on to cover her body completely. The natural hair on

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their heads could now be seen as they continued to

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drag each other at the plane doorway, and IBOM Air management,

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in trying to seemly win undue public sentiments, raised up

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a dead issue of a minor quarrel the passenger had

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with the air hostess and co passenger over the passenger

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alleged initial refusal to switch off her phone during the

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plane take off at Uyo Airport. The IBOM Air management

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in the press release confirmed that the minor quarrel the

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passenger had with the air hostess and co passenger over

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switching off phone at Uyo Airport was already a dead

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issue and the action of the passenger never led to

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threat of aviation safety or violation of aviation safety procedures. Hence,

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the passenger was not the plane at Uyo Airport, but

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we don’t know why the management of Ibom Air decided

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to advertise and bring up the minor quarrel as a

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way to seemly win public sentiments to cover up the

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true picture of a separate event that occurred between the

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passenger and the air hostess when the plane landed at

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Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria Police Force in the five

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count charges filed against the passenger at the Akeja Magistrate

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Court in Lagos State, did not state or even mention

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the event that occurred at Uyo Airport before the plane

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took off. Announcing them withdrawal day early morning, the Nigeria

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Minister of Aviation, Festus Kmo said and in quotes that

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one in the last forty eight hours, I have been

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in consultation with critical stakeholders in the aviation sector and

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those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviors

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of certain individuals at our airports of recent two. Though regrettable,

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we think valuable lessons have been learned by all sides

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to these incidents, and airport security protocol especially have been

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well highlighted for the traveling public. If nothing at all,

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the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public awareness about

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appropriate conduct within the aviation space. Three. As highlighted in

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my previous statements on the last two incidents, clear wrongs

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were committed by both the offending passengers and staff of

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the airlines involved. From all the evidence available to us

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in those available to the public, it is clear that

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all the actors involved cannot continue to highlight the injury

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or injustice done to them without acknowledging their own equal culpability. Five. Therefore,

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after reviewing the entire incidents, including appeals made by well

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meaning individuals and remorse shown by the actors, the following

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decisions have been reached. A. In the case of the

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unruly passenger comfort Emnson on the Ibom Airline on Sunday,

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the tenth of August twenty twenty five, I have conferred

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with Ibom Airline to withdraw the complaint against her. Today,

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when the police took her statement in presence of her lawyer,

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she exhibited great remorse for her conduct. B. Subsequent to

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the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant, the CP

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of Airport Command and the Police Prosecutor will immediately take

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the remaining steps to facilitate her release from Kirikiri Prisons.

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Within this week. C I have also conferred with the

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leadership of the Airline Operators of Nigeria AON and have

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appealed to them to lift the lifetime flying ban imposed

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on her, to which they agreed. The details of the

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resolution will be made public by the AON subsequently d

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In the case of quam Ie, the NC Double A

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is to reduce his flag ban to a one month period.

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FAAAN will also work with the music star with a

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view to engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport

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security protocol going forward. E having publicly demonstrated penitence. The

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NC Double A is also to withdraw its criminal complaints

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against quam one earlier lodged with the police f In

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the case of Captain Olerantiagoye and the co pilot First

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Officer Ivan Oliver of Valujet, the NC Double A is

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to restore their licenses after the same period of one

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month ban after undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal. The details

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will be announced by the NC Double A. Six. I

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have directed all relevant aviation agencies, in collaboration with other

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complementary agencies outside aviation, to immediately begin a retreat next

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week to properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel

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on how to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and

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how to escalate potentially explosive situations. The retreat will be

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fully covered by the press with the opportunity to ask

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all the relevant questions. The airlines will also have their

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own session when the conduct and attitude of their staff

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towards members of the travelling public will be in full focus. Eight.

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These above decisions were taken by government and the airline

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operators purely on compassionate grounds, as Government will never pander

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to base sentiments, politically motivated views or warped legal opinions

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when clear encroachment of our laws are involved. Nine. We

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are also sending a clear message that we take safety

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and security in the aviation sector very seriously and we

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have decided to draw a line after these clements. Nigeria

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Police Force, in the five count charges filed against the

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female passenger of IBOM are stated that count one that

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you comfort Bob on the ten day of August twenty

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twenty five, at about fourteen thirty hours while on board

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IBAM aircraft number s nb x P parked of Matala

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Mohammad Airport, Terminal two m m A two per Keja

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in the Alkeja Magisterial District, did behave in an unruly

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and disorderly manner by shouting on top of your voice,

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abusing and assaulting the flight crew, and refusing to disembark

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from the aircraft after landing, and thereby committed an offense

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contrary two Section four one unpunishable under Section four two

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of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria f a A N

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by Law two thousand and five, count two, that you

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can fort Bob on the same date, time and place

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in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Juliana Edward

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by slapping and hitting her cheeks with your right hand,

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and thereby commeted an offense contrary to Section one hundred

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and seventy one a b unpunishable under Section one hundred

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and seventy two of the Criminal Law of Legos, State

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of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count three, that you comfort Bob

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on the same date and place at about fourteen fifty

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hours in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Joppam

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Sagon by hitting her face with your slippers, and thereby

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committed an o’flin’s contrary to section one hundred and seventy

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one a b unpunishable under section one hundred and seventy

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two of the Criminal Law of Lagos, State of Nigeria,

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twenty fifteen, count four, that you comfort Bob on the

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00:30:51,680 –> 00:30:56,039
same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district,

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00:30:56,359 –> 00:31:00,359
did wilfully damage the aircraft divide a cotton value two thousand,

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00:31:00,759 –> 00:31:04,640
five hundred U S dollars two thousand, five hundred dollars

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00:31:04,799 –> 00:31:09,319
belonging too Ibom Airline, and thereby committed an offense contrary

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to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of the

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Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count five,

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that you comfort Bob on the same date, time and

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place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did wilfully damaged one

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00:31:27,640 –> 00:31:30,440
raided whig by dragging and tearing the whig valued one

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hundred and ten thousand naira one hundred and ten thousand

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niras belonging to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense

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contrary to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of

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the Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen.

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00:31:47,319 –> 00:31:50,079
The Ibom Air management, in a press release issued on

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Monday entitled Incident involving an unruly Passenger on August tenth,

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00:31:55,000 –> 00:31:58,839
twenty twenty five, said and in quotes that Iboma Air

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confirms that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an

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00:32:02,759 –> 00:32:07,160
incident occurred on board hour Uyo Langos flight involving a passenger,

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Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the

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safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff

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00:32:16,759 –> 00:32:20,839
from Muyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard aviation

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00:32:21,079 –> 00:32:25,559
safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone. She blundly

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00:32:25,599 –> 00:32:29,200
refused to comply until the pilot in command made an announcement,

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after which a fellow passenger seated beside her took the

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00:32:32,599 –> 00:32:36,319
phone and switched it off. This action prompted a verbal

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00:32:36,400 –> 00:32:40,720
tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually calmed and the

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00:32:40,799 –> 00:32:45,880
flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited

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for all other passengers to disembark and then proceeded to

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confront the purser who had earlier instructed her. She walked

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00:32:53,160 –> 00:32:57,200
up to the unsuspecting purser stepped on her forcibly tore

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00:32:57,279 –> 00:33:00,200
off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it the

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four and used her footwear to assault her. She slapped

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00:33:04,039 –> 00:33:06,880
her several times, and when the other cabin crew member

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tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She then attempted

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00:33:11,039 –> 00:33:14,440
to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon,

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an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft.

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By this time, the pilot in command had alerted airport security.

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Before security could arrive, the purser, as seen on the

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00:33:26,440 –> 00:33:30,119
viral video on the Internet, prevented the passenger from leaving

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00:33:30,160 –> 00:33:34,440
the aircraft until security arrived. The arrival of Hibom Air

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00:33:34,519 –> 00:33:38,279
security personnel did not deter the passenger, as she attacked

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00:33:38,319 –> 00:33:41,839
him as well, lashing out violently at the security personnel.

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She was then restrained and removed from the aircraft by force.

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Even after disembarking, she continued to assault Hibom Air security

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00:33:51,000 –> 00:33:55,640
personnel and even slapped the ground supervisor. The passenger was

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00:33:55,680 –> 00:33:59,119
removed from the ramp and taken into custody by FAAM

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00:33:59,319 –> 00:34:02,680
Security an handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for

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00:34:02,759 –> 00:34:07,039
further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted a report on

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the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and placed

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00:34:11,400 –> 00:34:14,440
a travel restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be

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permitted to fly on any of our aircraft. Ibom Air

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00:34:18,239 –> 00:34:22,119
reiterates its zero tolerance policy towards any form of unruly

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00:34:22,239 –> 00:34:26,119
or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew

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or equipment. Such behavior will be met with the strongest

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possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from our services.

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We commend the bravery and professionalism of our crew in

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00:34:39,159 –> 00:34:44,039
handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances, as well as

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00:34:44,079 –> 00:34:48,280
the swift support from airport’s security and the Nigeria Police.

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Safety remains our highest priority. We urge all passengers to

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00:34:52,639 –> 00:34:56,039
comply with crew instructions at all times for the safety,

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00:34:56,320 –> 00:35:00,800
security and comfort of everyone on board. Had reported that

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the Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Kamo says the Ministry has

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directed for the aviation staff who released the video footage

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00:35:09,159 –> 00:35:13,320
containing the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson

541
00:35:13,400 –> 00:35:16,280
or Bob Scene in an indecent appearance with her chest

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00:35:16,320 –> 00:35:20,119
sexual organs exposed. After the passenger shirt was torn by

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00:35:20,159 –> 00:35:24,119
an Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen in

544
00:35:24,159 –> 00:35:27,159
the viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the

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00:35:27,199 –> 00:35:31,000
aircraft following an act of confrontation between the passenger and

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00:35:31,039 –> 00:35:35,239
Ibom Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the

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00:35:35,320 –> 00:35:38,199
right of way of the passenger and prevented the passenger

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00:35:38,239 –> 00:35:41,760
from disembarking from the plane, and after countless warning to

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00:35:41,800 –> 00:35:44,920
the airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger went

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00:35:44,960 –> 00:35:48,119
physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,

551
00:35:48,199 –> 00:35:51,360
which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the

552
00:35:51,400 –> 00:35:55,199
alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which Ibom Airlines

553
00:35:55,280 –> 00:35:58,559
valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as stated in

554
00:35:58,639 –> 00:36:01,800
count five of the five count charges the police filed

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00:36:01,840 –> 00:36:05,480
against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.

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We had reported that a careful study of the viral

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00:36:09,000 –> 00:36:13,960
video involving the Ibom Airline personnel, Legos Airport security operatives

558
00:36:14,000 –> 00:36:17,679
and an aggrieved passenger comfort emnson on board the airline

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00:36:17,760 –> 00:36:21,760
plane on Sunday indicated that while the enraged passenger was

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00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:25,400
being dragged off the plane by three men who held

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00:36:25,440 –> 00:36:28,320
her two hands and legs, suspending her a little bit

562
00:36:28,440 –> 00:36:31,880
on the air. A lady putting on Ibom air corporate clothes,

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00:36:31,920 –> 00:36:34,400
who was behind the camera lens, could be seen in

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00:36:34,480 –> 00:36:37,199
the video to have approached the passenger at the door

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00:36:37,280 –> 00:36:40,119
point of the plane while the passenger was about to

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00:36:40,119 –> 00:36:43,400
be taking out, apparently dipped her hand towards the waist

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00:36:43,400 –> 00:36:46,920
part of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers,

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00:36:47,360 –> 00:36:50,679
grabbed and pulled the passenger’s shirt towards her head, and

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00:36:50,800 –> 00:36:53,400
in the process, the passenger shirt got tore and the

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00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:58,039
passenger’s chest, sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed.

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00:36:58,360 –> 00:37:01,599
The action of the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate,

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as the airline female staff was not part of those

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00:37:04,880 –> 00:37:08,119
dragging the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female

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00:37:08,199 –> 00:37:12,400
passenger’s body was exposed, the Ibom Airlines female staff never

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00:37:12,559 –> 00:37:16,119
joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger

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00:37:16,199 –> 00:37:19,320
off the plane. This indicated that the motive of the

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00:37:19,360 –> 00:37:22,440
female staff of Ibom Airline was solely to remove the

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passenger shirt and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridiculesdi

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bringing you brni in emolgsdi bringinni in Amolgic win