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Speaker 1: Young man who identified himself as a four hundred level

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student in the Department of Statistics at the University of

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Joss Unijos in Plato State, has given accounts how he

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was told to go and collect the dead body of

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his sibling on the phone by the attackers who on

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Wednesday were seen in a viral video that mobbed and

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stoned his sibling almost to death at an ever busy

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road near the permanent site of the University of Joss. Accordingly,

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he said, the victim, who happened to be his younger sibling,

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is also a three hundred level student in the Department

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of Geology from the same University of Joss, saying his

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younger sibling only went out around eight or nine on

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Wednesday morning to resolve issue with his bank account at

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terminus area of the Joss city when he came under

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attack after the driver of the commercial tricycle or keke

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he entered abandoned him half way and asked him to

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find way out for his own escape as the rampaging

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mobs took over the road. According to the elder brother

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of the mob victim, who also introduced himself simply as Nando,

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his younger sibling, already sensing danger, called him on the

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phone that the cake driver had abandoned him half way

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before the junction of his house, that he’s currently running

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on the street towards home, adding the victim begged him

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to look for commercial motorcycle or a cardo rider to

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advance towards his direction and wait at their street junction

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to help him home. But while he made attempt to

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do as requested by his younger brother, the security operatives

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in the area prevented him, saying they can’t allow him

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go out because the situation in town was too dangerous,

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he said. While he was looking helpless, he decided to

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put a call across to his younger brother, only for

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the phone’s call to be answered by the attackers, who

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spoke to him in house a language that they have

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killed his brother that he should go to the scene

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to pick his younger brother’s dead body. He said. He

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started crying and a lot of people around started concerning him.

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While the security operatives of the Senior Staff quarters gate

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still prevented him from going out until there is normalcy

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in the area, he said, some sympathizers took him home

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from the point he was to the university staff quarters,

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where his neighbors who came in to also console him,

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started encouraging him not to cry again with the optimism

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that his younger brother is not dead, he said. One

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of his neighbors thereafter asked him to report the issue

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at the police station, which they did and submitted the

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snapped copy of the victim’s student identity card at the

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police station and returned home waiting for feedback from the police.

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He said he was waiting on the police for feedback,

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he decided to log in into his WhatsApp group chats

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and behold, he saw a video of his younger brother

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being interviewed at a hospital bed inside an undisclosed medical

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center and that was how he knew he was still

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alive and his whereabouts. It would be recalled that we

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had reported that it may not be wrong to say

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lack of proper accountability by the Nigeria Police Force, President

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Burnt la Ahmed Tanubu and the Governor of Plato State,

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Caleb Matfoin is largely responsible for the daily killings in

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the troubled Joss city of Plato State. This is probably

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glaring on Wednesday, when a resident reported with a video

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evidence of a disturbing situation wherein a man was seen

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mobbed and stone to death at a very popular and

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ever busy road apparently within the area or near the

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University of Joss permanent site. Group of attackers are seen

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in the video operated for some minutes, if not up

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for an hour, used styx stones among others to hit

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the victim’s head until they were satisfied the man would

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have been dead, while vehicles were seen speeding off and

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moving away from them with no resistance or timely response

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from them Nigerian security operatives, even when the worsening security

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situations and tensions in Plato’s state have become of global concern.

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This the Plato State Command of the Nigeria Police Force

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in a statement on Wednesday only said a disagreement ensued

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between some youths in Nasarawague community of Joss North Local

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Government area on Wednesday and caused minor tensions in the town,

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saying unfortunately, some hoodlums and crisis merchants took advantage of

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the situation to cause fear and panic among traders and

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students within the university community. However, the Command, in collaboration

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with other security agencies, swiftly intervened, arrested the situation, and

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restored calm in the area, but the Nigeria Police Force

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Command apparently kept newt on the now viral video of

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a man being mobbed and stoned to death in a

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brutal and highly provocative manner that can cause the reprisal attack,

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more so as daily killings in the state are attributed

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to religious differences. Although some persons said the victim was

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still alive, but some newspaper reported on Thursday morning that

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three persons, including the victim, were killed in the fresh

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violence that erupted in Plateau State on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Wendedebrik. My brother was like he wanted.

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Speaker 3: To go to terminos because he was like, he’s having

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an issue with his bank. So he said that you’re

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going to terminos so that the one to find an

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issue and come back. So I’m going to terminos and

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like there’s how it is started. Because he left. He

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left come around eight eight to nine ternos, so he

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lets to terminos and he was like the bank was

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not even up on sol because their extension is still

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going on. But he saw that the bank was not

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open to be a ban so as you want to

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turn and started coming back quarters and that’s how the

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thing happened. Those see people who running everywhere. He was

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trying to escape running. He now enter KK. He managed

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to go to a QK. So he entered and like

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the K was living taking not too far from Taminos. Yeah,

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and the KKM and so that omar there are those

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fighting people are running for they’re like all this guy

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stuff nownstopers those those he said like just come down

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and know how just escape. So when my brother came down,

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he saw the situation. Now pick his phone. He called

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me that the more he’s in time, no strengths coming back.

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You got the cable, the cab and didn’t need him

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to our junction. So but it’s not quite far. It’s

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not too far from our junctions here. So he’s just

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running like which is leg so that maybe he reached

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our junction enter and he was like, please, can I

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come to the junction. Maybe if you can see a

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bike something that else will come and carriage or helping out.

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Speaker 2: And I was okay, let me come down to the junction.

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Speaker 3: So when we ender calling and I came out of

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my room, I locked my room or when I was

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trying to go out I reached our senior Stapcotter’s jets.

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Speaker 2: The securities.

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Speaker 3: They couldn’t allow me to go out because of the

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condition of like all the place. Because of the condition

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of the place, it’s not as safe. So they say

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that I would I would not be going out of

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the bottle. I have to stay because even look, they

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gets allow me to go. And I was like, but

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my daughter called me and this O this say.

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Speaker 2: They don’t look here. If he has let me, let

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me call him back.

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Speaker 3: So when I called him and the people that I

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don’t know, the people that attack him, I don’t even know.

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They hadn’t want to pick the call, and they was

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like there was they picked the call and they don’t

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say hello, and it’s like the next thing they started

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telling me that now that’s what they were telling me.

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And I was sad that they killed my brother, that

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fam I should come and take his call.

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Speaker 2: From there. I was my heart was broke.

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Speaker 3: I just started crying. I was crying. I was crying.

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I was crying. One people who are coming, They were

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sawing me crying every does. Then those managed to take

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me to my post quarters. So when I raised there,

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I was even crying. I was those crying. My neighbors

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people around. They came out and I was like, what

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is going on? And I’ll tell you this is this

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is what is going with my gold. He went out

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to turn us coming back all this kind of stuff,

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and they were like, let me keep quiet. My brother

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is not dead. They believe that he will still come back.

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Let me stop crying. He believed that they believe that

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my brother is maybe someone come respeaking to the hospital

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or something like that, or maybe it’s all fell down

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and they picked it and they were just trying to

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put fear fear in me, and I was like, all right,

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let me go. They just try and consult me and

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they calmed me down. I said, okay, So when I

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stayed for one hour, yeah, let me go to one hour.

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Speaker 2: I was like. I was like, I was really worried.

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Speaker 3: Then one of my landlady, my neighbors came and told

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me called me.

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Speaker 2: Out that let us just go back to the security people.

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I’m going to report to them Dad.

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Speaker 3: Maybe they’ll maybe they can go out and look for

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him or even even there like he’s dead, but.

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Speaker 2: Then maybe they they will Finally, okay, thank god. He left.

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Speaker 3: His dad then took his dad tis. So I carried

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the DA along with me. So we went. We tell

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them that so this is the person that we went

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to Taminos and we don’t know whether you have killed

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him or he’s still alive.

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Speaker 2: When I call it the.

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Speaker 3: Idacat, they slapped the dric. Then I say okay, then

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it does go back to my to my bito. Then

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just go o glats that don’t know what to do

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about it.

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Speaker 2: And then I say okay, so and I went back

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to my my pocast. I was there.

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Speaker 3: I was there one hour four hours around exactly leve

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Is twelve to one. And and also I now look

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into my group chat and also they started posting videos

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post my group cha they know me. So there’s there’s

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also the video online and yours that they posting on

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my my our’s up platform. And I was like when

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I enter, I checked the video and I those I

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played the video and I and I hear my roys boys.

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They were like trying to into the interview team. They

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were asking, okay, what.

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Speaker 2: Is your name?

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Speaker 3: Said is no name is long? And one shop which

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which which which department? He said geoe logic to read

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in the rest of us. Then Doman was like, okay,

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you have a relative or do you stay with anyone around?

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Then say yes. They say it was the name of

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the person. He said, his name is Nando I okay

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and Noman goes right today. She she asked him, okay,

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which which department?

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Speaker 2: She said. He says that this is department four hundred level.

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Speaker 3: No man goes right the routing there again, they just

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post the positive video online.

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Speaker 2: So there’s that.

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Speaker 3: People are those taking me. People started calling me. That’s

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how I know where.

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Speaker 2: In them.

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Speaker 1: It may not be wrong to say lack of proper

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accountability by the Nigeria Police Force, President Butler armed Toubu

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and the Governor of Platter State, Cale Matwang is largely

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responsible for the daily killings in the troubled Joss city

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of Plato State. This is probably glaring on Wednesday when

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a resident reported with the video evidence of a disturbing

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situation wherein a man was seen mobbed and stone to

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death that are very popular and ever busy road, apparently

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within the area or near the University of Joss permanent site.

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Group of attackers are seen in the video operated for

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some minutes, if not up to an hour, used styx

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stones among others to hit the victim’s head until they

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were satisfied the man would have been dead while vehicles

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were seen speeding off and moving away from them with

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no resistance or timely response from the Nigerian security operatives,

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even when the worsening security situations and tensions in Plato

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State have become of global concern. This the Plato State

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Command of the Nigeria Police Force in a statement on Wednesday,

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only said a disagreement ensued between some youths in Nasarawa

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Guang community of Joss North Local Government Area on Wednesday

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and caused minor attentions in the town, saying unfortunately, some

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hoodlums and crisis merchants took advantage of the situation to

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cause fear and panic among traders and students within the

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university community. However, the Command, in collaboration with other security agencies,

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swiftly intervened, arrested the situation and restored calm in the area.

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But the Nigeria Police Force Command apparently kept mute on

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the now viral video of a man being mobbed and

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stoned to death in a brutal and highly provocative manner

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that can cause the reprisal attack more so as daily

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killings in the state are attributed to religious differences. Although

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some persons said the victim was still alive, but some

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newspaper reported on Thursday morning that three persons, including the victim,

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were killed in the fresh violence that erupted in Plato

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State on Wednesday. According to the police press release signed

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and made available by the Plato State Police Police Command

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Public Relations Officer Alfred Alabo, following the relaxation of the

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forty eight hour curfew by the Executive Governor of Plato State,

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the Commissioner of Police C. P. Basiowa advises members of

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the public to comply with the curfew imposition as there

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will be strict enforcement. In the early hours of today,

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a disagreement which ensued between some youths in Nasarawaguan community

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of Josslorth Local Government area caused minor attentions in the town. Unfortunately,

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some hoodlums and crisis merchants took advantage of the situation

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to cause fear and panic among traders and students within

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the university community. However, the Command, in collaboration with other

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security agencies, swiftly intervened, arrested the situation and restored calm

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in the area. Efforts have since been made by the police,

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the state government and the leadership of the school to

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provide buses to convey the students to their preferred locations,

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while massive security deployment has been made by the Command

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to secure other students and school facilities. So far, the

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Command has arrested seven suspects, including one Matthew Musa twenty

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seven years who was arrested in possession of two locally

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made firearms and one Yakubu Abdulahi twenty six years old,

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who was wearing a military uniform with an extra shirt

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and a forged Nigerian Military School identity card. The suspects

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are currently under investigation at the State see ID and

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will be charged to court upon conclusion. The CPE hereby

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warns all criminal elements who intend to use this as

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an avenue to cause mayhem within the state that the

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Command will not hesitate to deal with and severely in

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accordance with the law. He further warns that the Command

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will not stand and watch lawless hoodlums turn the state

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into a theatre for violence. He therefore calls on all

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parents traditional religious leaders to warn their children wards congregants

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and followers abide by the curfew restrictions, as the Command

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will show no mercy in ensuring that the law takes

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its full course. To report any suspicious activities within your environment,

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visit the nearest police station or contact our control room

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O three five five. In a statement personally signed on Wednesday,

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President Bola Ahmed Tenubu said, I have postponed my trip

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to eperu Ogan State. My first duty at this moment

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is to stand with the people of Plato. I will

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be in Jos to commiserate with families who have lost

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loved once and to reaffirm that those who seek to

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spread fear will not prevail. We will continue to strengthen

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our security response and ensure that justice is done. From Plato,

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I will proceed to Lagos to observe good Friday and

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then continue with scheduled engagements in Ogan, Lagos and by

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Elsa focused on infrastructure, trade and economic growth. In moments

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of grief, we must stand together. In moments of progress,

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we must keep building. The work continues. Nigeria First Governor

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Caleb Mutwag of Plato’s State also stated in a statement

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on Wednesday that today I visited President Bolah Hmed to

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Nubu to brief him on the Palms Sunday night attack

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in the Anguin Recouver community of Joss North Local Government

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Area and to update him on the proactive measures we

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have taken to address the situation. The incident was deeply unfortunate,

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but we thanked God that the situation has now been

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brought under control. In response to the attack, we swiftly

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implemented several proactive steps, including the imposition of a forty

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eight hour curfew, the reinforcement of the existing ban on

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motorcycle operations within the Greater Jossmaster Plan, and the immediate

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convening of a State Security Council meeting to review and

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strengthen our security framework to prevent further escalation. This morning,

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we relaxed the curfew from seven a m. To three

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pm to allow residents attend to essential activities. Regrettably, some

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miscreants took advantage of this window to engage in looting

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an attempt to disrupt the peace. I am, however, pleased

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to report that our security forces responded promptly in restored

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order without delay. The President expressed his support for the

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decisive measures we have put in place to contain the

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situation and prevent a recurrence of such unfortunate incidents. He

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also offered valuable council on strategies to achieve lasting peace

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in the state and extended his heartfelt condolences to the

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victims and the people of Plato State. Deeply moved by

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the situation, the President has graciously adjusted his schedule to

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undertake an emergency visit to Plato State as a demonstration

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of his concern, solidarity and commitment to the people. He

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has also approved additional measures to be implemented in collaboration

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with security agencies to further stabilize the situation. Punch newspaper

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had reported earlier on Wednesday that tension has again erupted

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in Jos Plato State has fresh attacks by hoodlums on

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motorists and residents were recorded across several parts of the

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city on Wednesday, despite the recent relaxation of the curfew

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by the state government. According to our correspondent, sources said

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a young man walking along the road leading to the

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Unijos Permanent Site was hacked to death by hoodlums who

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descended on him without provocation. The killing further heightened panic

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among residents already on edge over the growing unrest. In

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the Terminus, Bauchie Road and Gangear areas, several motorists had

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their windscreens slashed as mobs attacked passing vehicles and pedestrians.

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Business activities were paralyzed across affected communities, with many shop

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owners refusing to open for fear of being caught in

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the violence. Banks operating in the volatile locations were also

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forced to shut down operations temporarily as staff and customers

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struggled to navigate the escalating tension. Residents listed the most

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affected areas as the Unijos Corridor, Bauchie Road, Farregada, Tina

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Junction and Choby, noting that movement had significantly thinned out

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as many people opted to remain indoors. Some newspaper also

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reported that few hours after the relaxation of the forty

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eight hour curfew imposed by the Plateau State government over

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Sunday’s killing in Anguin Recouver, fresh violence erupted around the

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city center yesterday, heightening tension and uncertainty. In the latest

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orgy of violence, two persons were killed in Guardabew area

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when some rampaging youths attacked traders who had displayed their

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wares early in the morning, while the third person was

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hacked to death along Ferrengada markets near the main campus

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of the University of joss Unijos. In the heat of

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the mayhem, the bells of the Fatima Cathedral church continuously told,

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signaling troubles. Consequently, youth from gadebeu Aparter and Choby barricaded

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the gigantic edifice and chased away hoodlums who attempted to

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attack the church.

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Speaker 4: As the chief of security officer of the state, how

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can you call you correctly saying pressure by the true

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picture of what is her round?

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Speaker 5: Well in their crisis of this nature, you can reduce

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it to one reason is a mixture of multiple reasons,

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and sometimes you can only deduce the actual reasons when

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you’re able to get two groups of people, first the

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victims and then the attackers. Unfortunately, we’ve not been able

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to lay hands on the attackers yet to know their

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identities and their motive. But of course the victims would

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normally speak like you have said. But we are seeing

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this as an act of criminality. Is barbaric. We condemn

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it is an act of terrorism because whatever religion you

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belong to, it does not give you any basis to

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come and do the kind of actions that we’re done

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on Sunday. We’re therefore hoping that going forward will deal

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with this as criminality we need.

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Speaker 1: President Bulla Ahmed Tenubu of Nigeria has commended the governors

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of Kaduna and Plato States after citizens were massacred by

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terrorists almost simultaneously on Sunday in the two states, with

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the President claiming Governor Caleb Matfwon contained the situation in

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Joss without specifically stating what the governor did, even when

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armed terrorists scene successfully invaded and massacred citizens or brutally

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and indiscriminately shot sporadically and killed numbers of persons at

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gary yar Way Quarters in the Anguin Recouba community of

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Jos North Local Government area of Plato State on Sunday night,

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which was also the Christians last day of the Holy

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week of Lend known as Palm Sunday leading up to

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Easter celebration. Residents said the terrorists raided the community and

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operated for a long period of time that lasted after

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an hour without resistance or any action from government. Some

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even accused men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN

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of allegedly aiding and giving cover to the terrorists to escape. Specifically,

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one of the youth’s leaders in Platau State, who spoke

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with a prominent Nigeria social media personality, Martin’s Vincent tootze K,

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a veridarkman who visited the scene of the crime, said

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Nigeria’s soldiers prevented the youths from going after the terrorists

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and stood in between the gaps, shooting at the youths

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while the terrorists escaped. But in a swift reaction. On Tuesday,

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Nigeria Army authority debunked the claim that the soliders gave

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the terrorists a cover, saying the soldiers arrived the scene

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with four gun trucks after the terrorists have left due

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to long distance and acted professionally without stating what the

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soldiers did professionally before the Sunday massacre. On Friday, in

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one of the burial ceremonies of the people that were

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previously killed by terrorists in Plato State during the Christians

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Holy Week of Lent, Reverend Ezekiel Dachamo, while speaking said,

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in this village, Rimlinria and local government area alone, we

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have received attacks from the Islamic terrorists more than twenty

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four times, and many residents said the Sunday massacre was

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premeditated and the governor and the President apparently failed to

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put proactive measures in place to prevent the attacks that aside.

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Almost at the same time on Sunday, another group of

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terrorists attacked Kahir Village in Kagako Local Government Area of

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Kaduna State, shot sporadically at residence and killed and kidnapped

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several numbers of wedding guests, a crime. According to Punch newspaper,

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a resident said the attack is operated freely and successfully

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up to an hour without resistance, but President Bola Ahmed Tanubu,

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in a press statement on Tuesday, specifically said I commend

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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Platau State for his efforts in

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containing the situation in joss and Governor Uber Sani of

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Kaduna State for supporting the rescue and containment efforts, apparently

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reacting to the worsening security situation in Nigeria. Shortly after

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the president press release was published on Tuesday, Lieutenant General

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to Kuoburra Taie, former Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, posted

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a video in his verified Facebook social media account with

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a statement history Maida, Guri, Nigeria. Year twenty seventeen, for

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the first time in years, the Nigerian Army conducted military

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drills in the Sambi Sir Forest, which previously had been

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a stronghold for Bokoharam. Voice of America VOA was given

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rare access to the exercises. Formations of the Nigerian Army

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performed their twenty seventeen annual drill in Borno State in

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northeast Nigeria. The location in Sambi Sir Forest was no accident.

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The Nigerian Army retick Sambi Sir late twenty sixteen and

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moved its annual exercises there. The event was attended by

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leaders from the military and the Nigerian government. In contrast

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to the commendation of Plateau and could Duna States governors

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it would be recalled. The President, Bola Tanoubu, declared a

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state of emergency in Rivers State on March eighteenth, twenty

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twenty five, and gave six month suspension to the governor. Similarly,

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Fabara and his deputy and the State House of Assembly

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on the grounds that the Fabara administration was failing to

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protect critical infrastructure, specifically regarding the reported vandalization of oil

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pipelines like Trans Niger Pipeline without intervention, even in the

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face of verifiable facts that On February eighteenth, twenty twenty five,

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exactly one month before his suspension, Fabara met with the

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General Officer Commanding GOC of the sixth Division, pledging full

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support for military efforts to curb pipeline vandalism and protect

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national infrastructure, and invested in operational equipment, including donating vehicles, gunboats,

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and an AW one hundred thirty nine helicopter to the

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Nigerian Air Force on March fifth, twenty twenty five to

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enhance their efficiency in patrolling oil facilities. While Fabara also

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publicly charged traditional rulers to actively work for peace in

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the domains and help stem the tide of oil bunkering

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and vandalism. According to American humanitarian and people’s rights activists

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Alex barbea. If you have no right to breathe, what

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right do you have While people are fighting for elections

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and painting banners of Tanubu and everybody’s worrying about a

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P C PD, P l P, you are being killed.

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At what point will the people care about life? Alex

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Barbier made this in reaction to the Sunday massacre at

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Garry Yawey area in Joss while speaking with the locals

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at the scene of the crime, while Reverend Ezekiel Dacamo

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called on President Donald Trump of the United States US

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to send a small unit of U S soldiers alongside

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U S drones to Plateau State, else the people in

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the state would be wiped out by the Islami terrorists.

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Reacting to soldiers giving the terrorists cover to escape, Captain

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Chenonso Polycarpote, the Media Information Officer of Joint Task Force

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Operation Enduring Peace, in a rebuttal on Tuesday, stated in

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quotes that the attention of headquarters Joint Task Force Operation

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Enduring Peace has been drawn to a false comment by

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one of the youth leaders of Angwin Rocouba community circulating

468
00:28:25,119 –> 00:28:29,440
on various social media platforms alleging the troops provided cover

469
00:28:29,519 –> 00:28:32,839
for the perpetrators of palm Sunday unprovoked attack at Angwin

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00:28:32,920 –> 00:28:38,519
Rocouba community in Jos North Local Government Area of Platau State. Ordinarily,

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00:28:38,880 –> 00:28:41,359
the reply to the comment made by the youth leader

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would not have been necessary, especially in this moment of grief.

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But for the purpose of clarity in the benefit of

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well meaning Nigerians, it is expedient to state unequivocally that

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at no point did troops provide any form of cover

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for the terrorists elements who carried out the unfortunate attack

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that claimed the lives of innocent citizen. Rather, troops, on

478
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receiving a distress call on the unfortunate incident, swiftly mobilized

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to the scene, which was far away from where they

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00:29:08,960 –> 00:29:12,759
were deployed, and observed that the attackers had fled. Troops

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00:29:12,799 –> 00:29:16,160
acted professionally to avert what could have spiraled to endless

482
00:29:16,200 –> 00:29:19,279
bloodshed and pursued the fleeing criminals, as can be attested

483
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to by so many survivors who were at the scene

484
00:29:22,039 –> 00:29:26,440
of the attack, specifically, four gun trucks mounted by troops

485
00:29:26,480 –> 00:29:29,559
were dispatched to the incident seen and they acted professionally

486
00:29:29,599 –> 00:29:33,440
on arrival, as confirmed by other security agencies as well

487
00:29:33,480 –> 00:29:37,000
as eye witnesses at the scene of the attack. Nonetheless,

488
00:29:37,359 –> 00:29:41,000
the allegation was promptly investigated and confirmed to be false.

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00:29:41,799 –> 00:29:45,720
The comment by the youth leader is false, misleading, and unfortunate,

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capable of demoralising troops and causing disaffection between the military

491
00:29:50,000 –> 00:29:54,119
and its host community. The public is requested to discountenance

492
00:29:54,200 –> 00:29:58,279
the comment, romain calm, law abiding, and continue to support

493
00:29:58,359 –> 00:30:03,839
troops with credible and actionable information on terrorists’ activities. Troops,

494
00:30:03,880 –> 00:30:08,319
in conjunction with other security agencies, have adopted effective strategies

495
00:30:08,359 –> 00:30:11,759
to unravel and apprehend the perpetrators of the dastardly act.

496
00:30:12,519 –> 00:30:16,480
Troops will continue to deal decisively with criminals while maintaining

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peace in every part of Plato State, Nigeria Presidency. In

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00:30:20,880 –> 00:30:24,039
a statement signed and made available by Bao on Anuga,

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00:30:24,480 –> 00:30:27,880
the Special Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy,

500
00:30:27,920 –> 00:30:32,839
on Tuesday, President Bolatanubu has strongly condemned the barbarican coward

501
00:30:32,880 –> 00:30:37,440
the attacks by gunmen in Anguin Rakuba District, Jos, Plato State.

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00:30:38,240 –> 00:30:41,680
He equally condemned the attacks in Cahir Village in Kagako

503
00:30:41,799 –> 00:30:46,000
Local Government area of Kaduna State, describing the attack on

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00:30:46,039 –> 00:30:48,599
the community in Jos and the killing and abduction of

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wedding guests in Kaduna as an affront of all that

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00:30:51,319 –> 00:30:56,079
Nigeria stands for. President Tanubu assured Nigerians that the barbaric

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acts will not go unpunished. Anyone who will sneak under

508
00:31:00,119 –> 00:31:02,759
the cover of the knight and killed defense as citizens

509
00:31:02,759 –> 00:31:06,160
as done in Jos and Kaher village is a heartless coward.

510
00:31:06,839 –> 00:31:10,480
By attacking soft targets in Jos, their objective is not

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only to cause harm, but also trigger a spiral of

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reprisal attacks and further blood letting. He said he has

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00:31:17,359 –> 00:31:21,480
directed security agencies to intensify all efforts to pursue the

514
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perpetrators and those spreading misinformation that can inflame tensions and

515
00:31:25,640 –> 00:31:30,200
further endanger lives. He cautioned some sections of the media

516
00:31:30,359 –> 00:31:35,599
insinuating the attacks were religiously motivated. President Tanoubu reaffirmed that

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00:31:35,680 –> 00:31:39,559
security agencies are actively addressing the situation and stress that

518
00:31:39,640 –> 00:31:43,680
public cooperation is vital to maintaining peace and protecting lives

519
00:31:43,680 –> 00:31:47,319
and property. He stressed the need for communities to comply

520
00:31:47,480 –> 00:31:53,119
with evacuation, relocation and related advice and processes. He hailed

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00:31:53,160 –> 00:31:56,359
the safe return of two of the Kaduna victims. I

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00:31:56,480 –> 00:32:00,119
urge our security agencies to be more proactive in preventing

523
00:31:59,920 –> 00:32:04,079
these attacks by acting on early warning intelligence. All the

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00:32:04,160 –> 00:32:08,359
remaining abductees from Cahir Village must be rescued immediately, the

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00:32:08,400 –> 00:32:12,759
President said. I commend Governor Caleb Muttwang of Plato’s State

526
00:32:12,839 –> 00:32:15,680
for his efforts in containing the situation in Joss and

527
00:32:15,759 –> 00:32:19,240
Governor Uber Sani of Kaduna State for supporting the rescue

528
00:32:19,279 –> 00:32:23,079
and containment efforts. I assure the people and government of

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00:32:23,119 –> 00:32:26,680
the two states of my support. I commiserate with the

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00:32:26,720 –> 00:32:29,640
families of those killed and pray for the quick recovery

531
00:32:29,640 –> 00:32:34,039
of the injured. Our government is currently acquiring more sophisticated

532
00:32:34,079 –> 00:32:37,839
equipment to enable our security agencies to track and smash

533
00:32:37,880 –> 00:32:43,599
criminals in real time wherever they are. Meanwhile, Vanguard newspaper

534
00:32:43,640 –> 00:32:48,359
reported on Tuesday that the United States Congressman Riley Moore

535
00:32:48,759 –> 00:32:52,759
warned yesterday that continued attacks on Christians in Nigeria could

536
00:32:52,799 –> 00:32:56,759
strain diplomatic relations with the U S. Following reports of

537
00:32:56,799 –> 00:33:00,799
a deadly Palm Sunday killings in Jos, Plato State and

538
00:33:00,880 –> 00:33:05,039
Kaduna State. Recall that no fewer than forty persons were

539
00:33:05,119 –> 00:33:08,359
killed by gunmens suspected to be terrorists on Sunday night

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00:33:08,400 –> 00:33:12,039
at Anga Rakuba community in Jos North Local Government Area

541
00:33:12,119 –> 00:33:15,799
of Plato State and Cahir Village in Kagaco Local Government

542
00:33:15,839 –> 00:33:19,599
Area of Kaduna State. While twenty seven were killed at

543
00:33:19,680 –> 00:33:23,680
Rakuba community in Plato, thirteen wedding guests were mowed down

544
00:33:23,759 –> 00:33:27,880
by the attackers in Kaduna. The police in Plato, however,

545
00:33:28,319 –> 00:33:31,400
said only fourteen persons were killed in the attack that

546
00:33:31,519 –> 00:33:35,480
marred Palm Sunday in the community. Reacting to the killings,

547
00:33:35,519 –> 00:33:38,640
in a post on ex yesterday, More condemned the reported

548
00:33:38,720 –> 00:33:42,400
killing of Christians in Angu and Racuba, describing the incident

549
00:33:42,440 –> 00:33:45,759
as part of a troubling pattern of violence targeting worshippers

550
00:33:45,839 –> 00:33:50,200
during religious observances. The congressman, who was part of a

551
00:33:50,359 –> 00:33:55,400
United States fact finding delegation on alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria,

552
00:33:55,559 –> 00:33:59,400
added that such attacks had become frequent during Christian Holy Days,

553
00:34:00,240 –> 00:34:04,279
urging Nigerian authorities to take decisive action to prevent further

554
00:34:04,359 –> 00:34:08,800
bloodshed this Palm Sunday reports from Nigeria indicate that at

555
00:34:08,840 –> 00:34:11,760
least ten Christians were martyred in the city of Jos.

556
00:34:12,519 –> 00:34:16,559
Radical Islamic terrorists opened fire on the Christians before hacking

557
00:34:16,599 –> 00:34:20,800
them to pieces with machetes. This is signing and unacceptable,

558
00:34:21,119 –> 00:34:24,599
but it’s not surprising. This tragedy follows a pattern of

559
00:34:24,679 –> 00:34:29,719
radical Islamic terrorists massacring Christians on Holy Days. In fact,

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00:34:30,119 –> 00:34:33,920
terrorists have attacked Christians in Nigeria on every single Holy

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Day in recent memory, except for last Christmas, when President

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Trump sent twelve Tomahawk cruise missiles to stop them. He

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added more called on the federal government led by President

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Bola to Nubu to urgently strengthen security measures ahead of

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upcoming religious events. Abuja knows this pattern and they must

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massively ramp up security for the Tradeuam and Easter. If

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they don’t take this threat seriously and mobilized to defend

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00:35:01,440 –> 00:35:04,880
our brothers and sisters in Christ, blood of these martyrs

569
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will be on their hands and there will be significant

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consequences for Nigeria’s relationship with the United States, he warned. Meanwhile,

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the attackers of the Plateau community, said to be in

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00:35:16,559 –> 00:35:20,639
large numbers, stormed the densely populated community at about seven

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thirty p m on Palm Sunday and opened a sporadic

574
00:35:23,880 –> 00:35:28,639
fire on residents, throwing the area into panic. Punch newspaper

575
00:35:28,760 –> 00:35:32,559
also reported that at least thirteen persons have been killed

576
00:35:32,840 –> 00:35:36,280
and several others abducted after suspected bandits attacked a wedding

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00:35:36,320 –> 00:35:40,960
ceremony in Cahir Village, Kagaco local Government area of Kaduna State.

578
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The incident, which occurred late Sunday night at about eleven

579
00:35:45,199 –> 00:35:49,599
forty seven pm, has triggered fresh fears over rising insecurity

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00:35:49,679 –> 00:35:54,039
in rural communities across the state. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen,

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who arrived in large numbers and were armed with sophisticated weapons,

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stormed the wedding venue and open fire indiscriminately on guests.

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A resident of the area, Chehu Bala, said the incident

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plunged the community into chaos as guests campered for safety.

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00:36:11,000 –> 00:36:15,039
They came in large numbers and started shooting sporadically. People

586
00:36:15,079 –> 00:36:18,840
were running in different directions. Many were hit by bullets,

587
00:36:19,039 –> 00:36:23,400
Bala said. He added that several victims sustained gunshot injuries

588
00:36:23,400 –> 00:36:26,559
and were rushed to the General Hospital in Kagago, while

589
00:36:26,599 –> 00:36:29,920
those in critical condition were referred to facilities in Kaduna

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00:36:30,000 –> 00:36:34,199
for advanced medical attention. Bala further noted that the exact

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00:36:34,280 –> 00:36:37,840
number of abducted persons could not be immediately ascertained due

592
00:36:37,880 –> 00:36:41,800
to the confusion that trailed the attack. A community leader

593
00:36:42,079 –> 00:36:45,960
who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the assailants operated

594
00:36:46,000 –> 00:36:49,760
for nearly one hour without any resistance from security forces.

595
00:36:50,519 –> 00:36:53,400
They attacked the wedding and later moved around the village,

596
00:36:53,719 –> 00:36:57,519
looting shops and carting away food items, provisions and even

597
00:36:57,559 –> 00:37:02,440
medical supplies, the source said. According to him, many residents

598
00:37:02,440 –> 00:37:05,719
fled into nearby bushes as the sound of gunshots echoed

599
00:37:05,800 –> 00:37:09,280
throughout the community. It was gathered that the victims have

600
00:37:09,400 –> 00:37:12,920
since been buried, while efforts to establish contact with the

601
00:37:12,960 –> 00:37:16,800
abductors have not yielded results. He gave the names of

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00:37:16,840 –> 00:37:20,199
some of those killed as Baker Dan Jumma, Williams Luka,

603
00:37:20,559 –> 00:37:27,719
Peter Williams, Joseph Yukubu, Victor Peter, John Danasabe, Angolu, Marcus Micano,

604
00:37:27,840 –> 00:37:33,360
Araby Douglas, John Adu, Yakubu, Zafania, al Haji, Joseph Kada

605
00:37:33,480 –> 00:37:35,840
and Francis and Guadoya.

606
00:37:36,559 –> 00:37:45,679
Speaker 6: Ukabu just murdered over ten people innocent Christians on palm Sunday, Tanoba.

607
00:37:45,760 –> 00:37:49,760
Where are you as your people are slaughter in the night,

608
00:37:50,760 –> 00:37:53,519
as you sit in a so rock, you do absolutely nothing.

609
00:37:54,000 –> 00:37:57,119
You allow your people to be killed again and again

610
00:37:57,400 –> 00:38:00,800
and again and again. When will it start? When will

611
00:38:00,800 –> 00:38:04,159
you hear the cries of nagerias of Christians? You can

612
00:38:04,239 –> 00:38:08,079
no longer than that gen aside. You’re a big slaughter.

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00:38:09,480 –> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 2: And you say there’s no issue.

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00:38:12,400 –> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 7: You will regret what.

615
00:38:13,280 –> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 5: You are doing.

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00:38:15,239 –> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 8: Yes, I’m the youth leader of the rum Platua. I’m

617
00:38:21,000 –> 00:38:24,440
that plat Youth Council. I coordinate the No down Zone

618
00:38:25,039 –> 00:38:29,440
from Angloruguba Direct. I was training a Gooruba group in Avoruba.

619
00:38:30,079 –> 00:38:36,760
Unfortunate incidents happened yesterday around several tight government just came

620
00:38:38,559 –> 00:38:43,119
started shooting on people. Some are using marchad and the

621
00:38:43,280 –> 00:38:45,559
unfortunate aspect of it is that most of.

622
00:38:45,519 –> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 2: Them are wearing half come.

623
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Speaker 8: There’s any clues and a veil this house a veil

624
00:38:51,719 –> 00:38:54,360
on their neck and they were speaking house and this

625
00:38:54,519 –> 00:39:00,239
flanny language, going down, spraying bullet on people and other

626
00:39:00,280 –> 00:39:03,199
people are using march head when they’re going down. In

627
00:39:03,280 –> 00:39:07,320
less than ten minutes, they will now see army car

628
00:39:07,320 –> 00:39:11,400
like two, he looks. Thus came two bikers three, three

629
00:39:11,440 –> 00:39:13,199
and one and give them cover.

630
00:39:13,679 –> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 9: I was there.

631
00:39:14,480 –> 00:39:18,199
Speaker 2: I think one of the army nearly shot me on

632
00:39:18,239 –> 00:39:21,400
the leg. He missed and sprayed.

633
00:39:21,119 –> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 8: On the ground.

634
00:39:22,400 –> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 7: Then the army, Nigelian Army, the Nigela Army are sorry, Please,

635
00:39:26,039 –> 00:39:27,920
I will have to take you back in literally. Yes,

636
00:39:28,320 –> 00:39:32,400
you said your witness that when they came down, some

637
00:39:32,480 –> 00:39:34,599
of them were shooting, some of them were using machetity

638
00:39:34,639 –> 00:39:40,280
on people. Yes, army came with your van, Yes, and

639
00:39:40,400 –> 00:39:42,679
gave them cover. What do you mean by giving them cover?

640
00:39:42,880 –> 00:39:47,559
Speaker 2: Yes, army, he looks. Two. He lost King Nigelian Army,

641
00:39:47,639 –> 00:39:48,480
Nijera army.

642
00:39:49,440 –> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 8: When you came out a mass in order to follow

643
00:39:53,480 –> 00:39:59,239
the attackers on realizing that the attackers because three two

644
00:39:59,320 –> 00:40:04,320
weeks back, NDA came in started shooting and arresting people

645
00:40:04,360 –> 00:40:07,519
because of drug issue. And then when this one started,

646
00:40:08,079 –> 00:40:11,599
the boys thought that it was the same operation and

647
00:40:11,840 –> 00:40:15,440
not really. When we came close without their lives. That

648
00:40:15,559 –> 00:40:19,400
the setting of these people, they’re not India. They were

649
00:40:19,440 –> 00:40:26,280
now gadady you trying to go on move and follow

650
00:40:26,360 –> 00:40:30,480
these people in less than ten minutes, Amika, he looks

651
00:40:30,519 –> 00:40:34,519
too came and blocked the youth and started praying too,

652
00:40:34,599 –> 00:40:38,400
lets off. I think we tacked so many things. We

653
00:40:38,519 –> 00:40:40,199
have facts on ground.

654
00:40:41,159 –> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 4: My name is tier Johnson. I was coming from Google

655
00:40:44,800 –> 00:40:49,840
Steates from Carver. That is my residency place, family place.

656
00:40:50,000 –> 00:40:54,000
So I went and visit them. I will stay and

657
00:40:54,159 –> 00:40:59,199
gumby on my way coming, I’m go to vehicles from

658
00:40:59,800 –> 00:41:02,079
from mar about you.

659
00:41:02,920 –> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 2: When we reached about you jounction day.

660
00:41:06,199 –> 00:41:13,679
Speaker 4: We continue thus a kometer and those meters some forwards.

661
00:41:13,920 –> 00:41:17,440
Then some people came to attack us. That they said,

662
00:41:18,239 –> 00:41:23,360
wherete the Christian inside bay? I said, those people were

663
00:41:23,599 –> 00:41:29,039
looking for back so they look look at me that Christian.

664
00:41:29,480 –> 00:41:34,880
This man from glass she took us who leave through

665
00:41:35,000 –> 00:41:40,760
a knife. They hunt then and now rous they now

666
00:41:40,800 –> 00:41:44,840
pulled me out bake because I side that back or driver.

667
00:41:45,440 –> 00:41:50,000
The puller pulled me out the listing, I said, butlers

668
00:41:50,079 –> 00:41:52,400
Seria marchets different things.

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00:41:52,400 –> 00:41:57,599
Speaker 2: They house the batten or said not BD made Harry

670
00:41:57,679 –> 00:42:03,280
stole big stalled hitching. I be real easy, but.

671
00:42:03,840 –> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 4: They hated hated me everywhere and rembly. We thought that

672
00:42:07,360 –> 00:42:11,000
I’m dead. Then they left me. We left small time

673
00:42:11,039 –> 00:42:13,800
as able to wake up. I see then they I

674
00:42:13,960 –> 00:42:19,079
disappeared and I started running, started running. They say that

675
00:42:19,159 –> 00:42:22,480
I started running. They followed me against ANNs the thought

676
00:42:22,760 –> 00:42:26,159
they do, and they talked to and my dad. Second time,

677
00:42:26,519 –> 00:42:30,559
the left, so I sleep there for more than one hour.

678
00:42:31,679 –> 00:42:36,960
Later on I now rescue operational police and the police

679
00:42:38,440 –> 00:42:43,400
came to rescue where I left.

680
00:42:44,199 –> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 10: If you can’t go anything, I know if I said

681
00:42:46,840 –> 00:42:50,199
you stand, don’t say I am encouraging violence, but to

682
00:42:50,280 –> 00:42:51,079
protect yourself.

683
00:42:52,000 –> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 9: Violence is the only way. I’m telling you. If you

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00:42:58,400 –> 00:43:01,599
can’t get knife, if you can’t get on, that’s gone.

685
00:43:01,920 –> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 10: If you can’t get that, listened to protect your land,

686
00:43:04,599 –> 00:43:08,400
protect your land. Don’t listen to the governments that will

687
00:43:08,440 –> 00:43:12,320
come and help you. Every not anybody you see that’s

688
00:43:12,320 –> 00:43:17,079
not from here, anybody not lose thiciaus before they get

689
00:43:17,119 –> 00:43:18,559
you down, that damn down.

690
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Speaker 8: Listen to me.

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Speaker 10: If you difine went side the governments, Josh, love me

692
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the first time in the uproof Love Me the second time,

693
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Love Me the third time, love the first time, love me, decease, lebody, decease.

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We don’t lose counts, love you to their starts. You

695
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don’t patch fifteen. Yes, whether they keep people for jos

696
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even be fare start to the guests, hence they don’t

697
00:43:46,880 –> 00:43:47,719
they keep people for jos?

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00:43:48,039 –> 00:43:48,199
Speaker 9: Yes?

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00:43:48,519 –> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 10: The question who asks the government is when does this start?

700
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Speaker 6: If you have no right to breathe, what right do

701
00:43:54,639 –> 00:44:03,199
you have while people are fighting for elections and taking

702
00:44:03,320 –> 00:44:06,760
vans of Tanuku and everybody’s worrying you on APC, DP

703
00:44:07,239 –> 00:44:12,159
ABD you are being killed? At what point will the

704
00:44:12,280 –> 00:44:15,840
people care about life? Islam says that I should be

705
00:44:15,920 –> 00:44:19,639
arrested by DSS. They say, how can this person come

706
00:44:19,679 –> 00:44:23,239
here and speak? How can this person be allowed into Nigeria?

707
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Can I tell you the only reason I’m here is

708
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because you guys are being killed. Yeah, and right now,

709
00:44:28,360 –> 00:44:31,280
the Nigerian Christians do not have a voice. You are

710
00:44:31,400 –> 00:44:35,280
being silenced and you are expected to comply with injustice.

711
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Speaker 2: But the Lord does not.

712
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Speaker 6: Only reserve justice for heaven. Justice is not only reserved

713
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for when Jesus comes back. Yes, Justice has called Christians

714
00:44:45,239 –> 00:44:49,960
to establish justice on this earth, justice here and now. Yes,

715
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not in five years, not in twenty years.

716
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Speaker 7: If you have no right to live, what.

717
00:45:01,639 –> 00:45:04,760
Speaker 6: And how long will we tolerate this? My heart is

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with you, That’s why I’m here. Yes, if there is

719
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no killing, if there was no injustice, I wouldn’t be

720
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speaking now. It pains me and it’s shameful that I

721
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even have to speak, and they want me to be silent.

722
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Speaker 7: They want me to not talk about what is happening.

723
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Speaker 6: I would rather die than be silent.

724
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Speaker 2: Yes, moray.

725
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Speaker 1: I.

726
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Speaker 2: It’s disgusting.

727
00:45:31,760 –> 00:45:33,760
Speaker 11: And when I was there last night, they were roughly

728
00:45:33,760 –> 00:45:35,800
eleven or twelve bodies, and by the time we come

729
00:45:35,840 –> 00:45:38,239
here today, it’s own at triple the thirty people that

730
00:45:38,320 –> 00:45:42,000
were killed, and it’s pure evil, and nobody’s coming to

731
00:45:42,039 –> 00:45:45,880
defend that. Nobody’s speaking out about how many perhabsolutely evil

732
00:45:46,000 –> 00:45:48,519
was done by terrorists. They only care about if someone’s

733
00:45:48,519 –> 00:45:50,719
speaking the truth, if someone’s posting pictures and someone’s there,

734
00:45:51,360 –> 00:45:54,280
and it’s just I don’t know how this can continue

735
00:45:54,320 –> 00:45:55,119
to be tolerated.

736
00:45:55,760 –> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 8: It’s evil.

737
00:45:56,599 –> 00:45:58,920
Speaker 2: I can’t even breathe in that room because the bodies

738
00:45:59,000 –> 00:45:59,440
coops is.

739
00:45:59,440 –> 00:45:59,800
Speaker 1: The es.

740
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Speaker 11: Verb we’re just getting for where where these people were killed?

741
00:46:04,559 –> 00:46:06,519
Speaker 2: Yeah, we u you had to walk on their might.

742
00:46:06,719 –> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 8: They’re assuring as the site exactly, and people are just

743
00:46:10,079 –> 00:46:13,039
telling us what’s happening all day. You said something called

744
00:46:13,039 –> 00:46:15,519
I was pro proud the distance from the police station

745
00:46:15,840 –> 00:46:16,719
the pauses people.

746
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Speaker 2: Were killed, Yeah, said twenty.

747
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Speaker 11: I mean from here today, So how can the attack

748
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happen for an hour and thirty minutes however long they’re.

749
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Speaker 2: Killing, killing, shooting, shooting, killing people machete.

750
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Speaker 11: Then the police are not where to be found.

751
00:46:29,159 –> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 2: And they’re all there today now in the unit, they.

752
00:46:32,360 –> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 6: Have their tank, they’re all dressed there like they’re ready to.

753
00:46:34,800 –> 00:46:36,280
Speaker 2: Go after the killing happens.

754
00:46:36,960 –> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 12: I’m sending them message to drop please at Miss, just

755
00:46:46,079 –> 00:46:53,079
give us fractional American and with their drugs to come

756
00:46:53,159 –> 00:46:57,159
to Platice, if not the many of us who continue

757
00:46:57,159 –> 00:47:03,239
to be living mosif Kah with Alex Barb, that is,

758
00:47:04,519 –> 00:47:09,400
he saw everything that was happening, and the world well

759
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known breagain.

760
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Speaker 5: You the knees in the mart magics awhere, OSAs breakin

761
00:47:18,519 –> 00:47:20,840
you the knees in the margics awhere