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Speaker 1: Nigeria’s superstar actress who has been in the news since

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she got married to a man many said was old

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enough to be her grandfather, Regina Daniels, on Sunday early

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morning night revealed that she was married to the Nigeria

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Senator representing Delta North, Prince Sheidu n Woko aka ned

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en Woko as a miner at the age of seventeen.

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Her statement that allegedly accused the serving Senator ned en

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Woko of a parent serious crime of child abuse, raping

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of minor, child molestation and forced child marriage. Because Nigeria

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constitution stipulates eighteen years of age for someone to be

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considered old enough to be able to consent to marriage

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or sexual activities, and any sexual activity with a minor,

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the older person is presumed, according to the Nigeria Constitution,

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as a criminal suspect who took advantage of the minor

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and liable for child abuse and other related crimes. Although

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Senator ned en Woko is a Muslim by religion, a

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careful study of the night Nigeria laws indicated that Islamic

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law is only binding on Muslim and Muslim and not

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Muslim and Christian or people from other religions. We are

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also aware that both of them are from Delta State

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in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria that is

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predominantly Christians, that practices eighteen years as a statutory and

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customary age requirement for someone to be considered old enough

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to give his or her voluntary consent for marriage and

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other forms of sexual activities. This last month October, there

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was a heated debate at the Nigeria Red Chamber of

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the National Assembly where the senators bemoan the high rates

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of child abuse and defilement of miners in Nigeria and

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recommended a stiffer punishment of life imprisonment for offenders. Specifically,

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according to the Daily Post newspaper publication on October twenty first,

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twenty twenty five, the Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District,

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Adams Oshio Money, said, defilement of a minor should be

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different from that of rape. For a miner. This is

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a kid that is not capable of consenting or otherwise

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and whose life can be destroyed almost permanently. Those involved

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in defilement should suffer great punishment. I propose twenty years

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imprisonment for whoever is found culpable for this crime without

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any option of fine, because I have seen cases of

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boys and girls under five and ten years old being

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defiled by adults, he said. The proposal was however, defeated

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by the majority in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.

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Following the defeat of the bill, Senator Mohammada Damu Alliero

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Keby Central proposed stiffer punishment of life imprisonment for any

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man or woman found wanting in the Act. I want

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to propose that the punishment for defilement for miners be

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life imprisonment, whether it’s a man or woman found culpable.

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According to Regina Daniels, before she became the wife of

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Senator ned en Woco, she was not into drugs or

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a drug addict. She alleged that it was Senator ned

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en Woko who influenced and forced her into the habits

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of taking drugs in order for she to be able

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to satisfy the senator’s sexual desire or meet up with

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his sexual pleasure. Verbatim, Regina Daniels said, dearest ex husband,

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thanks for breaking the crown you put on my head.

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No one knew as like we did, and I trusted

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you with all of me, even with my sex statee

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which I pray never sees the light of day. Foolish

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me when I married serving Nigeria Senator Prince she Nei

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dou en Woko, well known as Nedo en Woko, has

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listed and narrated some of the things he has done

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for the family of his absconded fourth wife, Regina Daniels,

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particularly stating that his mother in law, Regina Daniel’s mother Rita,

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received one hundred and twenty five million nyers from him

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in the past two years alone, apparently challenging the mother

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in law earlier media statement that none of the senator’s

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children looked like a child of a billionaire and that

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she on her own spent her hard earned money to

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support the senator’s election, in addition to the fifty thousand

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dollars Regina Daniels gave to the sixty five years old

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Muslim husband from the southern part of Nigeria. Outside that

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Senator ned en Woco apparently tried to explain why his

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brother in law, Sami was arrested and detained after his wife,

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Regina Daniels, ran away from her matrimonial home and decided

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to end the marriage with the serving Nigeria senator on

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the ground of domestic violence, intimidation and oppression that made

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her looks like nothing in the house of the senator,

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who she swiftly replied yesterday that ned en Woco never

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married her legally and she was apparently still a minor

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at age seventeen when the Nigeria serving senator allegedly forced

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her into early marriage. Details of Regina Daniels’s statements and

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the legal implications will be reported and published in our

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next news report for proper clarification and understanding so that

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appropriate government bodies like the Nigeria Police Force will be

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held accountable to take decisive action for the protection of

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girl child against sexual abuse, modestation, raping of minor and

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child marriage. According to the serving Senator ned En Woco,

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who attached two videos to his statements of Sami Regina

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Daniel’s brother having misunderstanding with some of his domestic staff

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and the policemen at his house, these videos show Sami

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Regina’s brother repeatedly coming to my home and harassing my

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children and domestic staff, especially whenever I was not around.

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His visits were often aggressive and disruptive. This is someone

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I sponsored through his last two years at the University

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of Ipoma. I bought his musical instruments, rented and furnished

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a flat for him in Abouja, in addition to the

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house I bought for Regina in a saber before our marriage,

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for the use of all of them. I also routinely

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provided allowances to all members of the family, including her

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mother Rita Daniel. Indeed, in the last two years, I

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have a record of transferring one hundred and twenty five

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million nayrahs to her alone. When Regina started her rehabilitation,

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there was a clear instruction by the doctors to strictly

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restrict people, especially her enablers, from having access to her.

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The therapy was arranged after I noticed troubling changes in

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her behavior linked to her dependence on certain illegal substances,

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including going for forty eight hours without sleeping and eating

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every two hours. Unfortunately, Sammy, Destiny, some of their siblings,

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together with a few of their friends, notably Sonya Uchay

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Montana among others, constantly defied those instructions. They would come

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into the house uninvited, sometimes forcing their way in, and

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would bring her the same drugs she was being treated

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for instead of helping her recover, they encouraged her addiction

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and completely frustrated the efforts of the doctors. Indigenous People

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of Biafra IPOB has said that the detained Biafra Republic

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Agitation leader Marzi Namdikru has not forfeited his rights to

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defend himself before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja,

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after the Judge, Justice James Omatosho ruled on Friday and

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stated that Namdi Carnu rights to enter defense has been

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forfeited and thereafter fixed November twenty, twenty twenty five for

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judgment as Namdikrnu was seen to have staged a defensive

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confrontation with aggressive loud voice, challenging the court that the

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federal government allegations against him has no legal basis or

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any aspect of the Nigeria law that backs such allegations.

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This barrister, a lawyer Gimccor, the organizing lawyer for the

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detained Biafra Republic Agitation leader, had on Wednesday said in

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a written and video statement posted on his ex social

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media account that Namdi Kru is competent enough to defend himself,

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especially given the Polaeit elements in the case which he

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understands better than any lawyer. In a press release issued

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and made available on Friday, ipob In the statement signed

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by Emma Powerful said it strongly condemns the new round

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of fake news being pushed by certain Nigerian media outlets.

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The false claim that Marzi Nandykru has forfeited his right

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to defense in the ongoing trial before Justice James kolawol

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Amaitasho of the Federal High Court Abouja is a desperate

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lineman to mislead the public and cover up an illegal process.

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Let the truth be clear, Marzi Nandykru has not forfeited anything.

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What is happening in court is not a fair trial

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but a political show. Up till today, neither Justice Omaitasho

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nor Chief Adding Boyegbera Momolo San, the government’s lead prosecutor,

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has been able to point to any valid existing law

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that Marzi Nandykru supposedly broke. Their silence speaks volumes. It

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is a quiet confession that this entire case has no

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legal foundation. The core question remains simple. Can anyone be

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prosecuted or convicted without a living law that clearly defines

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the offense and prescribes a punishment. The answer is written

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in section thirty six twelve of Nigeria’s nineteen ninety nine Constitution.

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A person shall not be convicted of a criminal offense

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unless that offense is defined and the penalty therefore is

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prescribed in a written law. This means you cannot charge

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or convict anyone unless the law exists in black and white.

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No judge or lawyer can twist that. The Supreme Court

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has said the same thing many times in al Co

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versus fag Bemi nineteen sixty one, AG Federation versus Abubaka

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two thousand and seven and NNPC versus Fawehinmi nineteen ninety eight.

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Where there is no law, there can be no trial,

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no conviction and no justice. But instead of ob saying

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this clear rule, Justice Omatosho keeps trying to force Marzi

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Namdi Kru to open his defense, as if pretending that

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a valid case will make it real. This is wrong.

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It’s an assuse of power and a clear violation of

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fair hearing. You cannot force a man to defend himself

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against a ghost charge. So we ask again under which

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law is Marzi Namdykru being tried what act of the

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National Assembly defines his supposed defense and bringing in mortgages,

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our ma