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Speaker 1: Peter Obi, the former a Nambro State governor and last

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presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the Nigeria twenty

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twenty three general elections, has insisted that the three brothers

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among the twelve persons that died as a result of

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fire that engulfed the twenty five story building of Great

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Nigeria Insurance House Plaza at Balagoon Market in Lagos Island

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on Christmas Eve, called for help for days with no

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emergency response from the government under the leadership of President

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Bola Ahmed Tenubu, saying the three siblings mister stephen On

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Yekoomer two aged forty, Mister Kasmir Nabukomer two aged thirty

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nine and mister Collins Kenechukuoma two aged thirty seven, for

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days sent distressing police for help while trapped in the building,

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yet there were no emergency services to rescue them. Several

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days passed in the rubble before their bodies were finally recovered,

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Several days of unanswered calls of a system that failed

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them at the moment they needed it most. Peter Obi

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made this statement after attending the burial ceremony of the

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three siblings held at Uzoqua community in Ihiala Local Government

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Area of Anambra State on Wednesday, after Lagos State Government,

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through the Office of the Commissioner for Information and Strategy,

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Glengor Omtoso, in a statement issued on January one, twenty

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twenty six, stated that as soon as the fire alarm

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was received on the day, the government deployed teams of

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first responders to the scene, including the Lagos State Fire

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and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Legos State

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Ambulance Services, security agencies and other emergency and safety units.

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But this statement from the Lagos State government appears not

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to be in line with an eyewitness account. A resident

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who spoke with News Central Television at the scene of

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the fire incident that a phone call was made across

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to a fire service in Lagos State, but the fire

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service demanded thirty million nairas service fee before the fire

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service would respond to the emergency issue this. The resident

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added that if the fire service had responded on time,

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the entire building would have been saved, probably with no

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life lost because the fire was only at a single

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floor when the fire service was called. According to Punch newspaper,

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the three siblings died after being trapped inside the burning

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high rise building in Lagos, an incident that shocked residents

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and reignited concerns over fire safety and emergency response in

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the country. According to family sources, the intensity of the

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inferno made rescue efforts impossible and only ashes were recovered

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for burial. The burial brought grief and sorrow to Ihiala community,

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with residents praying that their souls find rest and that

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their family find strength to pass through this trying time.

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After the burial, emotions ran high as the young wives

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of the deceased, family members, friends, schoolmates, and sympathy vices

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gathered to bid a painful farewell. Some attendees, dressed in

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black and carrying posters of the three siblings, wept openly,

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struggling to come to terms with the tragedy that sent

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shock waves across the community. Punch Online had reported on

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January seventh that the fire started on the fourth floor

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and spread to the sixth before engulfing the remaining floors

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and adjoining structures. A detached section of the plaza, estimated

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at about seven floors high, collapsed during the infernal. Inspector

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General of Police IGP car Yode Eggbetoken for days now

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has refused to speak or deliberately kept mum after a

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well known founder of a private organization, Harrison Gaumershu, who

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have been assisting Nigeria’s security operatives with credible and reliable

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intelligence information that have led to the killing and arrest

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of several kidnappers, in a video statement on Saturday, revealed

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the complicit of the Nigeria Police Force in aiding and

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trying to cover up a roa reasonable suspect behind the

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kidnapping of a couple in the late days of November

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twenty twenty five at Aveley community in the Etseco West

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Local Government area of Edo State, and the reasonable suspect

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happened to be the younger brother of the man who

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was kidnapped alongside his wife, which the kidnappers only set

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free the wife after a sting operational ransom money of

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twenty million nyers was given to the kidnappers. With the

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reasonable suspect fully aware of all arrangements of the top

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secret security plans of Harrison Buamnereshu, but decided to make

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the sensitive security information public even when his elder brother

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is still held captive by the kidnappers. The Reasonable Suspect

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in a TikTok video life streaming, admitted that he was

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actually among the people arrested by soldiers over an issue

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he the Reasonable Suspect, refused to state. The Reasonable Suspect,

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among others, were handed over to the Nigeria Police Force

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for the continuation of investigation and possible prosecution, but according

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to Harrison Guamashue, immediately police noticed he was able to

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recognize the Reasonable Suspect as a family member who was

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aware of his security plans and he was also the

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one that helped deliver the money to the kidnappers in

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the bush. An order within the police authority came and

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the Reasonable Suspect was set free immediately, while others arrested

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alongside the Reasonable Suspect were remanded to prison. That aside,

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Harrison Guamashue, in an exclusive interview with TVC television station

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made available to the public by the broadcast media on

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Sunday night, indicated that the Nigeria Police Force had all

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the opportunities and chances to rescue the remaining kidnapped victims,

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but the police deliberately refused to go into the bush,

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with the police saying that the kind of intelligence information

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he had provided is an archaic style of intelligence gathering. This,

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according to Harrison Guamashue, forced him to show the police

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video evidences of how his style of intelligence has aided

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successful offensive operation against kidnappers, But all his explanations went

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on dearias, even when for days the tracking devices he

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added to the special money he mixed with the original

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money given to the kidnappers as ransom was still showing

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the exact location of the kidnappers and other useful information

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that could have enabled the police mobilize and rescue the

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remaining kidnap victims. According to the Reasonable Suspect, Harrison Guamoshue

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was actually contacted to help capture the kidnappers. This statement

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probably indicated that he ought not to be surprised that

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some original money was removed from the bag by Harrison Guamishu,

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except he can explain better how he expected Harrison Guamashaue

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to capture the kidnappers without acting intelligently. Harrison Guamashue had

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said that the Reasonable Suspect came with the money with

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a lot of young people who were with him in

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the hotel. According to Harrison Guamashue, he visited the hotel.

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The reasonable suspect was Harrison Guamershue, the founder of a

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registered private organization assisting the Nigeria security operatives with credible

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and reliable intelligence information that have led to the killing

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and arrest of several kidnappers in the West Africa country,

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especially in the South South geopolitical zone of Edo and

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Delta States. In a video statement issued via his verified

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social media account a few hours ago, has said that

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the family member and a brother of the kidnapped couple

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who worked with him and his team to deliver the

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prepared sting operational twenty million naira’s ransom to the kidnappers

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has been arrested alongside his gang members with guns. But

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according to Harrison Gwamershue, immediately the Nigeria Police Force noticed

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that he could vividly recognize the suspect as a brother

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to the kidnapped couple, the Nigeria Police Force quickly released

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the suspect and charged other members of his gang arrested

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in Aucheta Court. Even when the kidnapping involving the suspects

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brother and wife is generating more reactions are after the

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wife was set free by the kidnappers while the husband,

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who is the suspect’s brother, is still held in captivity

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till date by the kidnappers since both were kidnapped in

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their home at Avili Village in the Exico West Local

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Government area of Edo State in late days of November

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twenty twenty five. According to Harrison Guamershu, before the ransom

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money was delivered to the kidnappers inside the bush, the

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kidnappers made a phone call to the arrested and quickly

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set free suspect to give him the exact location to

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drop the money. He was surprised to hear one of

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the kidnap victims, the husband still with the kidnappers, begging

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his brother, who is currently seen as the suspect behind

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the kidnapping, to forgive him if he has done anything

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wrong to him. The pleading shocked him, but Harrison said

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he decided to act as if he never heard anything.

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Harrison Guamashu added that the suspect he was the family

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member that raised the alarm that the ransom money wasn’t complete,

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that that was the reason the kidnappers only released the

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wife and refused to set free the husband, Stating clearly

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that everyone who participated in taking the money to the kidnappers,

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affirmed that the kidnappers never counted the money, that even

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if the kidnappers had counted the money, he prepared the

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money specially by only scattering the tracking devices on the

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dummy NIRA notes that looked like original NYRA notes in

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a manner that made the whole money complete. The family

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member who delivered the ransom to the kidnappers and some

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of his gangs were arrested with guns in Auchi by soldiers.

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The soldiers handed them over to Auchi AIA Command. Auchi

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AIA Command transferred and to Anti Cultism Unit SCID Benine

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and along the side an order came that the boys

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should be released. Other people with him were charged to

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court and sent to prison. Same boy was with us

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in Auchi and knows our plans. I told the police

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my story, my statement is with the police. They did nothing. Continuing,

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Harrison Guamnashu stated verbatim. Thus, good afternoon. My name is

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Harrison Guamershu. While I was in custody in State sid

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Bernin at the CP’s office. CP was in that meeting.

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The Chief of Staff to the Governor was in that meeting.

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The CSO to the governor. Chief security officer to the

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governor was in that meeting. The Commissioner for Security and

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Public Safety was in that meeting. The head of investigative

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team was in that meeting. The family members were in

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that meeting. The wife of the man kidnapped was in

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that meeting. His brother was in