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Speaker 1: Men of the Nigeria Police Force in a Nambra State

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have arrested a soldier with the Nigerian Army Dominic Orrors

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for alleged kidnapping in the state. According to a Nambras

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State Police Command, the suspect confessed he deserted from the

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Nigerian Army or absconded from military duties since November twenty

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twenty four. Adding, four suspected members of the Biafra Secessionist

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Armed Group have been shot dead in a joint operation

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with the operatives of Agony Chamber Local Vigilante Group that

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lasted over fifteen hours at our community in the Arumba

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North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the

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spokesperson of the Enambra State Police Command, s P. Tochakuakenga,

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in a sustained effort to rid Nambra State of criminal elements,

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police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad or Kuzu,

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in collaboration with the Enambra State Vigilante Group av gen Aginekemba,

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acting on credible intelligence, stormed the secessionist terrorist camp at

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Hour Arumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State in

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the early hours of the twenty first of August twenty

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twenty five. During the well coordinated operation that lasted for

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more than fifteen hours, the operative successfully dislodged the insurgents

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rescued a victim who had earlier been kidnapped and held

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hostage in the camp. It was reported that despite the

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payment of a ransom of twenty million miers only by

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the victim’s family, the hoodlums aborted his release until he

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was eventually freed by the joint security team. In the

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fierce gun battle that ensued, four of the criminal elements

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were neutralized. Exhibits recovered at the camp include two pump

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action guns, one fabricated Act forty seven rifle, one K

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two assault rifle, one locally made hunter gun, one radio

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transmission box, three locally made improvised explosive devices IEDs, two

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empty gas cylinders, two wraps of cable wires, three bags

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of fifty kilograms rice, one driver’s license, one national identity card,

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one black Lexis r X three hundred and fifty GEP

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with registration number ACA three hundred and forty Megaampez, three

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Toyota Camri cars with registration number ABC two hundred and

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sixty eight f q E k Y one hundred and

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fifty one CD and FGG seven hundred and six. ME

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also recovered a one black Toyota Camri car, five mobile

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phones in Phoenix X six seven, one six B Techno

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Spark KL four and three analog phones, sleeping materials, one

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desert boot, one big cooler and a roll of tarpaulin.

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The Commissioner of Police CP Kia or Ratugu, while assuring

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who the enamere that the command remains resolute in its

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commitment to ensuring safety and security, has assured that extensive

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operations are ongoing in the area to track down and

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arrest other fleeing suspects as well as destroy other criminal

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camps in the state. Further developments would be communicated in

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due course. S P. Tochokua kenga police public relations officer

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and Ambra State Police Command, stated this in a press

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release on the twenty ninth of August twenty twenty five.

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In a separate press release issued earlier on Tuesday, Tochuku

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said the Anambra State Police Command, in a swift operation

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on the twenty seventh of August twenty twenty five, arrested

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five suspected members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping syndicate.

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Following a report that a victim was abducted on his

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farmland at Aisiagu Orca and later released after ransom was paid.

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Acting on credible intelligence, police operatives attached to the Rapid

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Response squad Or Kuzu stormed the hideout of the suspects

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of Notoko Orca, which led to the arrest of the

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following persons Michael in Wibodo Mail thirty years, as Friday

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Mail twenty nine years, Uchea Collo Mail twenty three years,

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Shindou Gilbert Mail twenty nine years and Dominic Horrors Mail

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thirty eight years, a confessed deserter of the Nigerian Army.

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Exhibits recovered from the suspects include six automatic pump action guns,

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sixty three rounds of live cartridges, one microscope, five machetes,

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one military cap, two police tear gas canisters, handcuffs, a

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robbers rocket launcher, criminal charms, three motorola walkie talkies, one jackknife,

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one power bank and cash samov twenty six thousand nairas.

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Only during interrogation, one of the suspects, Dominic Horrors, confess

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to having deserted the Nigerian Army in November twenty twenty four. Meanwhile,

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necessary inquiries have commenced with the authority to guide police

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action and prosecution of other suspects. The Commissioner of Police, CP.

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Ikiya Aratugu, while commending the operative for the gallantry, urged

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residents to remain law abiding and vigilant and to continue

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to report suspicious activities to the police for prompt action.

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He also assured Hudi Namra of the command’s unwavering commitment

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to combating violent crimes. S p tochukuakenga Police public relations

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officer an Amra State Police Command, stated this on the

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twenty eighth of August twenty twenty Fivedi.

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Speaker 2: Quindi Hinnim Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC says it has directed

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the third party ticketing company to refund the money paid

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by all five hundred and eighty three passengers on board

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the Abuja Kaduna train that derailed at Asham community in

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Kaduna State on Tuesday, saying although no death casualty was recorded,

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but four out of the seven persons that sustained injuries

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were serious, while two of them were discharged immediately at

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the hospital.

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Speaker 1: NRC, in a statement on Tuesday, said, following the derailment

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of the Kaduna band Abuja Kaduna Trains service earlier today

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at Ashen, Kaduna State, the Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC wishes

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to provide an update on the situation. A total of

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six hundred and eighteen persons comprising five hundred and eighty

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three passengers, fifteen NRC crew members, one medical personnel, eight

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cleaners and eleven catering staff were successfully evacuated from the train.

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Out of this number, seven passengers sustained varying degrees of

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injury and were immediately transported by ambulances to hospital facilities

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by medical personnel mobilized to the site. The remaining passengers

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were conveyed safely back to Ridhu and Kubwa stations aboard

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a rescue train dispatched from Ridu for that purpose. All

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have since returned safely to their destinations. In line with

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our commitment to passenger welfare, our third party ticketing company

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has been directed to immediately issue refunds to all passengers

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on board the affected service. Furthermore, the process of investigation

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into the incident has commenced under the supervision of relevant

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authorities and the Federal Ministry of Transportation. Meanwhile, all Abuja

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Kaduna train services AKTS have been temporarily suspended pending recovery

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of the site, further clearance and official announcement of service resumption.

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We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused and thank our esteem

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passengers and the general public for their understanding, the Nigerian

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Railway Corporation NRC stated in a press release signed by

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its Managing Director, Kyode Opeifa. NRC had earlier, in a

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statement on Tuesday, said that the train derailed around eleven

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a m at Asham community in Kaduna State. Videos made

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available online by victims of the train accident indicated that

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some of the train coaches overturned as passengers and crew

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members on board stood at the hilling part of the

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bush waiting for rescue. Close observers said that the latest

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train accident adds to the troubled history of the Kaduna

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Abuja rail line, which has experienced several incidents in recent years,

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including the deadly Bandits attack in March twenty twenty two

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that led to the killing of some of the passengers

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on board the train, with many of them also kidnapped

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and held hostage for months till ransom was paid. The

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latest derailment comes just a week after the Nigerian Railway

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Corporation NRC reported another fault on the same corridor when

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one of the train’s coach wheels developed a hot axle

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near Rigassa station in Kaduna. The NRC explained that the

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fault caused by excessive heat, was quickly managed and the

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train was returned safely to Kaduna. In a statement issued

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on August twenty first, twenty twenty five, the NARC had said,

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the Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed that one of the

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coaches wheel on the Abuja Kaduna Train Service AKTS experienced

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hot axle some kilometers to rig ass A station in Kaduna.

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The incident, which happened on Wednesday evening, is due to

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hot wheels friction as a result of abnormal temperature due

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to excessive heat on the journal housing. However, the situation

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was immediately brought under control and the train marshal to

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Kaduna and to safety. Consequent upon this incident, the train

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service will experience some capacity issues which may affect some

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customers booked on the business class. Passengers who were booked

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on the affected coach for Thursday have all been contacted

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through the details day provided online. We have also made

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alternative arrangements to accommodate them. The management is working to

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ensure the disruption is minimal and that normal service would

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resume before the afternoon services. We assure all our customers

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and passengers of their safety on our train services, as

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we are determined to continue to provide the best travel

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experience on all our train networks. We apologize and regret

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all the inconvenience, NRC stated in a statement signed and

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made available by Chief Public Relations Officer of the Railway Corporation,

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Callistae Honeymadu. Punch newspaper reported on Wednesday that while the

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Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Kyode Arpeyfer, was

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speaking during an appearance on Channels televisions the Morning Brief,

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I’ll pay for assured Nigerians that the ongoing investigation into

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the incident would be thorough and transparent. Beyond apologizing to Nigerians,

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I want to state clearly, as the Managing Director and

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chief Executive, I take full responsibility when it comes to safety.

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There is no room for indifference. Once something like this happens,

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the chief executive must own it and I do, he said.

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The ND said the injuries of four of the Abuja

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Kaduna train passengers were serious. Ill for state. Coming to

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the fatality and the casualties, there was no fatality. We

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thank god that was a near miss, because for this

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kind of accident or incident, you see some level of fatality.

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But we thank God for this and for those who

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were injured. Four are serious and another two or so

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were discharged immediately and we will follow up on those

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that might still be in the hospital. I don’t know

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as of this moment. We’ll follow up. So we’ll also

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follow up with the remaining six hundred and eighteen people

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on the train because of the post traumatic experience. We

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have the full contacts and we’ll do that. He however,

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said that though the incident should not have happened, the

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NRC would ensure that there was no recurrence. I want

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to assure Nigerians that an incident like this is not expected,

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is not prayed for, should not be happening, but where

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it does, it is to bring out the best in US,

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and I assure Nigerians that just as we are doing

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currently on the Warrior Tack, which he the analyst also mentioned,

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we shut down the Warrior Tack pay route three weeks ago.

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I ordered the shutdown for safety reasons and if you

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see the level of work the men have been doing

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on the track, cutting it off and replacing it, is

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to make sure things like this don’t happen, he added.

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Asked whether there was any suspicion around sabotage regarding the incident,

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Oopeifa said, it would be premature for me to speak

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on that because that will be undermining the authority that

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is meant to do the investigation. But I want to

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assure Nigerians that our tracks are safe from vandals and terrorists.

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This particular track is being monitored by the military. You

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can see that immediately it the derailment happened within five

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ten minutes. The helicopter was their hovering. The Nigerian Air

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Force and the Nigerian Army are all along this corridor

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and I think for the record, we’ve not had any

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issue of banditry terrorism attack along that corridor, but you

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can’t wish anything away. The investigation will tell us what happened,

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and I wouldn’t want to comment because I’m a party

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to the investigation. The nrc chief executive said that n

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SIV would have to declare the site open for reconstruction

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before the corporation would do a safety order to determine

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when services on the route would be reopened. The first

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thing that will happen is that the n SIV will

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determine when the site is open for reconstruction. So from

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the time they tell us that it’s ready for reconstruction,

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I don’t see us spending more than thirty days, so

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it depends on when they declare the site open for reconstruction.

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Opeifa stated. The incident occurred on Tuesday along the Kaduna corridor,

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shortly after the train left Abouja at about eleven a

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m en route to Kaduna. A passenger on board the

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train described the scene as chaotic, with people scrambling to safety.

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Following the incident, the n r c S spended train

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operations on the Abuja Kaduna route till further notice. Arpeifa had,

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while briefing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, hours after the incident,

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said that some technical staff of the corporation, alongside the

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Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau NSIB and other relevant agencies were

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on the ground at the train derailments site carrying out

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an investigation. He also dismissed claims that the trains were

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not in good condition and said the refund of the

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ticket fees had been initiated for all passengers on board.

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In January twenty twenty three, an Abuja Kaduna train derailed

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in the Kugwe area of the Federal Capital Territory FCT,

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a few minutes from its destination Kugwadi.

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Speaker 2: Quindi, Kinnimoji.

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Speaker 1: Apparently angered by the continuous mass killings in Imho State,

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the Commissioner of Police, abuk Ki dan Juma has personally

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led a squad of Joint Security team to forests in

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a Kigwai area of the state in search of the

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leaders and members of the Biafra Liberation Army that comprises

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a black marine often operating between Nigeria and Cameron Borders.

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Biafa resistance fighters always operating within the Southeast States, especially

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co ordinating attacks against Nigeria security infrastructures within the connecting

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forests between a Kigwe in Imho, Umaniochi a Haafia in Abia,

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Afikpo Ishiagu in a Bonni, Ihiyala in Anambra and Orgu

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in Enugu, among other sub groups that are mostly commanded

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by Ifanyachuku or pegu Ocramenta s Aka Major General Gentleyaou,

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who hails from a Ku community in a Kigwei local

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government area that is currently witnessing mass killings in recent days.

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This the Director General of the Department of State Services,

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the ssdg Adeola aluitosen A Joyi, was seen in Imho

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State on Tuesday after a video went viral showing three

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young men suspected to be members of Biafra fighters shot

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dead at a close range by someone suspected and widely

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believed to be Major General Gentlegou, who had accused the

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three young men of armed robbery. Thus, he said, the

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three young men, who maybe in their twenties, abandoned the

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duty posts and used their Biafra service guns to rob

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passengers by collecting their phones after the passenger’s vehicle broke

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down on the road. The video elicited widespread condemnations against

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the BAFRA commander, Major General Gentlegoo, who had vowed in

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some video press releases that he would always take action

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against any member of the BAFRA fighters that involved himself

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in the act of robbery against certain members of the

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public like innocent civilians. According to the IHO State Command

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of the Nigeria Police Force, the Commissioner of Police IMHO

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State Command, c P. Aboki dan JOm has deployed the

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Command’s tactical teams in synergy with other sister security agencies

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and local vigilantes to hunt down the suspected ipob ees

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N miscreants responsible for the senseless attack that claimed the

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lives of five residents in Ajinamuna Heziniki, a Kigwey local

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government area on the twenty second of August twenty twenty five,

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at about twenty two thirty hours. During the attack, Heade

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George Mail, a member of the local Youth Security team,

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together with four villages identified as A Meccaesa, Aguila male,

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Chico Deesa Agulla female, Chile, Chileke male and a GK

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Nawanquo male were fatally shot. The assailants further set ablaze

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the residents of the youth security leader and destroyed five motorcycles.

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Upon receipt of the distress report, Police operatives swiftly mobilized

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to the scene and evacuated the victims to General Hospital,

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a Kigwe, where doctors confirmed them dead on arrival. Their

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remains have been deposited at the hospital mortuary, while one

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survivor is currently receiving medical treatment. The Commissioner of Police

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CP Aboki dan Juma, who is personally leading an intense

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operation in a kigwey alongside other security agencies, condemned the

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heinous act and assured that no stone will be left

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unturned in bringing the perpetrators to justice. He stressed that

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those behind the attack will be made to face the

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full weight of the law. The CP also prayed for

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the repose of the souls of the deceased victims, which

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the injured survivor a speedy recovery, and prayed that God

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grants the affected families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

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The inhost state Police Command urges residents to remain calm

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as security has been reinforced in a Kigwe and its environs.

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Members of the public are further encouraged to support the

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police with credible and timely information that can aid ongoing

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investigations by reporting to the nearest police station or Vira

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eight three four seven seven three six d s PO

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Koye Henry, the Police Command spokesperson stated. In a statement

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issued on Monday, Governor Hope Uzodimmer of im Host States

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said the DSS d G was in the state to

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deepen the co operation among security agencies in the state.

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In his words, Governor Hope Uzodimer said, I received the

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Director General of the Department of State Services DSS, Mister

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Adeola Aleuatosnajoi, who paid a courtesy visit. His visit reflects

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the strong and long standing collaboration between our administration and

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the nation’s security institutions. Our dear State has continued to

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enjoy a cordial relationship with the DSS and other security agencies,

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a partnership that has significantly contributed to peace and stability

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within our communities. I assured Mister a Jae of our

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commitment to deepening this cooperation as we worked towards building

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a robust, inclusive security architecture. Engagements like this remain crucial.

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We are determined to strengthen our synergy with all stakeholders

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to ensure the safety of our citizens and the continued

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progress of our state. Meanwhile, reports indicated that Major General

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Gentle Yao kinsmen from a coup community have distanced themselves

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from the activities of the Biafra fighter. The report, circulated

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on social media few days ago indicated that the people

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of Aku Autonomous Community in a Kigwe Local Government area

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of Imhost State have publicly dissociated themselves from the criminal

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activities linked to a fany opeg bl Or Crementales, popularly

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known as Gentle Devil Yahoo. In a statement issued under

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the banner of the acup A Kigwe Restoration Movement, the

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community condemned what they described as years of terrorism, kidnapping,

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organ harvesting, arson and other heinous crimes that have plagued

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the region for over four years. The group stress that

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Gentle Devil Yahoo’s actions do not represent the people of

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akup or the wider southeast, dismissing claims that he is

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fighting for the actualization of Biafra. Instead, they described him

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as a devil in human form, feeding on human flesh

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and bringing untold pain and suffering. Residents noted that many

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families have fled their homes since twenty twenty one, living

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in helplessness as a result of repeated attacks. They insisted

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that the time has come for urgent intervention from the federal,

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state and local governments, as well as non governmental organizations

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and philanthropists. Among the pressing needs identified by the communitia

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road construction. They appealed for the opening of access roads,

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noting that the absence of motorable routes has made it

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nearly impossible for security agencies to respond to crises. They

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listed key road networks requiring construction, including a hube Aku

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Yumowaibu Road, a Kua Mosuahube Road and a Ku Lomarra Road.

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Rehabilitation of public infrastructure, the rebuilding of local markets such

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as in Quo Urea and Yulo nkw Uaku markets. Education

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and health, the reconstruction of Aku Secondary School, Community School,

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Central Primary School and the restoration of a Coup Health Center.

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Provision of essential utilities, the installation of electricity, which they

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said the community has never enjoyed, as well as access

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to clean water. The convener of the Aku Restoration Movement,

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mister Yugo Chuku Godwin Ike, who signed the statement on

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behalf of the people, emphasized that addressing these long neglected

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infrastructure projects would not only improve the quality of life,

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but also help restore peace and security in the troubled area.

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We urge all stakeholders to support us in this critical

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effort to end in security and bring lasting peace to

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our land. The statement read m h

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Speaker 2: Cosas I can’t leg bring gatty you the knees in

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a mont digits outwhere costas can’t leg bringin it you

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the knees in a mont digits outwhere