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Speaker 1: Nigerian Army authority has issued a statement denying threat messages

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issued against members of the public ahead of the plan

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mass protests slated for October twentieth, twenty twenty five, to

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demand for the release and freedom of the detained Biafra

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Republic Agitation leader Marzi Namdi Kanu, just as the organizer

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and chief campaigner, Amiele Saware, the publisher of Sahara Reporters

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news media, met to seek understanding with the former President

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of Nigeria, good Luck of Belet Jonathan, who, according to Saware,

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promised to visit President Bolah Ahmed Tanubu to discuss the

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issue with him. Nigerian Army, in a statement on Friday,

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said the attention of the Nigerian Army ENA has been

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drawn to a misleading publication by Sahara Reporters alleging that

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a Facebook page purportedly operated by military personnel issued veiled

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threats against certain individuals ahead of a planned October twentieth protest.

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The report is not only false, but a deliberate attempt

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to misinform the public and discredit the noble institution of

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the Nigerian Army. For the avoidance of doubt, the Nigerian

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Army has only two official social media handles, namely at

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h q mean Nigerian Army and at Nigerian Army Info,

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which are duly verified on Facebook x formerly Twitter, Instagram

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and YouTube. Any other page or account outside these verified

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handles does not belong to the Nigerian Army and should

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be disregarded in its entirety. It is pertinent to state

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that certain civilians and online content creators now operate pages

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that post military related contents purely for the purpose of

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generating online traffic and monetary gain. Such pages have no

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affiliation whatsoever with the Nigerian Army. The NA therefore dissociates

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itself completely from any post statement or activity emanating from

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these unauthorized sources. The Nigerian Army remains a professional, disciplined,

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and a political institution committed to the defense and unity

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of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the discharge of

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its constitutional responsibilities. The NA continues to uphold the highest

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standards of professionalism, adherence to the rule of law, and

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respect for human rights. The general public and media practitioners

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are hereby enjoined to verify all information concerning the Nigerian

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Army only through its official platforms or the Directorate of

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Army Public Relations before publication or dissemination. The Nigerian Army

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therefore urges Sahara reporters and other media outlets to exercise

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due diligence in verifying the authenticity of their sources to

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avoid the spread of falsehood capable of misleading the public

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and undermining national security. Omiyele Saware, in a statement made

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available through his personal social media accounts on Friday, said

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that earlier today in Abuja, I met with former President

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good Luck Jonathan to discuss the continued incarceration of Mazi

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Namdi Karu. President Jonathan agreed that there is an urgent

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and compelling need to address this matter decisively and justly.

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I thank him sincerely for recognizing the importance of resolving

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Karno’s case in the interest of peace, fairness and national healing.

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Particularly assuring was that he promised to meet Aswaju Bolahmed

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Tanubu to discuss this issue as soon as possible. With this,

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former President Jonathan joins a growing list of Nigerians who

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have called for justice in Namdi Karu’s case, a list

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that already includes ex Vice President Atiku Abubakha, Femi Falana San,

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Senator Schehusani and many others across political and regional divides.

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Marzi Namdi Karu remains in detention today because he took

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up the just cause of confronting the long standing issue

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of marginalization in Nigeria. Like other ethnic and regional activists

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whose politically motivated cases have been withdrawn or dismissed, Namdi

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Karus sh also be released without further delay. I once

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again call on all political, cultural, ethnic and religious leaders

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across Nigeria to join this noble cause. In particular, I

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invite my brothers and sisters from the Southeast, Mister Peter Hoby,

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Charles Chukumasludo, Alex Siotti, Francis in Waiferu, Peter embar Ho,

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puz Odama, Abigeli Azequasili, John Imbarter of ohen Az and

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Digbo worldwide as well as Nigerians of conscience everywhere to

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lend their voices to the call for justice and freedom.

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Nandi Carnu should be set free and I remain firmly

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committed to peacefully mobilizing for justice and freedom in this matter.

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On Thursday, Amiele SAWARE in a statement, challenged the decision

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to set free and grant presidential state pardons to convicted

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individuals by President Bola Ahmed Tenubu without considering the release

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of Marzi Namdi Carno. According to Saware Today, President Bola

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Tanubu extended pardons to a long list of convicted individuals,

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including a cocaine trafficker serving a life sentence, an alleged couplotter,

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Mammon Vatsa, the late Nandiazikiway and Herbert Macaulay, and even

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Ferouk Lawan, the former lawmaker convicted for taking bribes on tape.

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He also pardoned other known fraudsters and corrupt politicians. Yet

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in all of this, Tanubu refuses to even consider the

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release of Marzi Nandi Cardo, who has been unjustly detained

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for years despite multiple court orders mandating his freedom. It

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is a glaring hypocrisy. Criminals and political thieves are forgiven,

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celebrated and rehabilitated, while a man demanding self determination and

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justice remains behind bars and tossed around in courts with

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the pretense that somehow it is about law. Earlier smare

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raised an alarm that the presidency is using DSS to

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contact and threaten politicians from the Southeast, warning him not

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to endorse the Free Free Namdi Carno Now movement or

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participate in Free Namdi Carno Now the planned march to

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Asso Rock Villa. They’ve contacted some names mentioned in my

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postings to gaslight them, claiming the protest was to foment

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chaos and violence. They’re terrified. However, we move forward and

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cannot be stopped already bringing bringing in a mortgagial mini