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Speaker 1: Missus Irene obum Lemme, a pregnant woman and the wife

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of Stephen obum Neme and Wosu, who was allegedly shot

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dead on Valentine Day around Amufi Junction along Benin Agbour

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Road in Benin City. The Edo State Capitol has cried

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out to well meaning individuals and civil society organizations to

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help her prevail on President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, the Chief

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of Defense Staff, General Olifemi Olide, and the four Brigade

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of the Nigerian Army to bring the suspected murderer of

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her husband to justice, stating that she has no knowledge

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if the soldier who allegedly committed the murder is actually

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being prosecuted, saying till date, the family has no information

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about the identity of the alleged killer or any legal

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action taken by the military authority to make the killer

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soldier face full wrath of the law, adding that the

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corpse of her husband has been in the mortuaries since

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the incident occurred on February fourteen, twenty two, twenty six,

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because the family believed if the husband is buried, they

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may never get justice and the case may be swept

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under the carpet. The bereaved pregnant woman made the appeal

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in a twenty one minutes video made available to US

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fortnight ago, after we had earlier reported that the family

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of Stephen obum Lemmee and Wosu has accused the Armed

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Forces of Nigeria AFN, led by General Olifemi Oliidae, the

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Nigeria Chief of Defense Staff, of attempted acts to cover

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up a soldier who allegedly murdered the young man Stephen

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obum Neme and Wosu on February fourteenth, twenty twenty six,

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Valentine’s Day along bene en Agbor Road around Amufi Junction

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in Edo State. This according to the family member, who

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pleaded for her names not to be mentioned in the press,

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said her brother was shot dead by the soldier after

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the deceased refused to hand over his car key to

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the soldier as demanded, saying her brother only went out

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with his friend she identified as Godwin Koke to get

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chicken feed when they encountered the soldier at the failed

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portion of the road that is currently under construction, saying

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the Nigerian Army has refused to disclose the names of

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the soldier who allegedly committed the act of murder or

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take appropriate lawful actions against the suspected murderer and in

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a swift reaction. When our reporter contacted the public relations

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officer of four Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Captain Kennedy

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and Yan Muva a phone call on Thursday evening, the

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military authority said it is not true that the soldier

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in question has not been identified, saying the matter has

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been settled. And when our reporter demanded to know how

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the alleged murder case was settled with the family, the

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military authority refused to give details. Also, when our reporter

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contacted the Edo State Command earlier day after President Donald

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Trump of the United States of America, the USA announced

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the killing of Abu Ballal al Meenuki, the second in

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command of the assas Lamic State in Iraq and Syria.

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ISIS in a joint operation with Nigeria soldiers in Borno State.

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A new video of the abducted four hundred and sixteen

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women and children in boco Harum captivity has been released,

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in addition to a gory video earlier released by the

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terrorists wherein they beheaded almost six men who the insurgents

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said tried to escape among the kidnapped victims. This had

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led to public outcry and demonstrations, but according to Punch newspaper,

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protesters are reportedly denied the rights to protest in Ladaguri,

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the Borno State capital, saying the army reportedly deployed tanks

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and heavily armed personnel to filling Polo, the venue of

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the recent planned protests, forcing the demonstrators to withdraw, quoting

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Somla Kaigamma, leader of the protesters, as saying the atmosphere

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created by the military deployment made it impossible for citizens

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to continue with the demonstration. That the development is deeply

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disturbing in a constitutional democracy. It may be recalled that

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we had reported that President Bola Ahmed Tenubu of Nigeria

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may have kept mute since more than forty eight hours.

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A faction of the Boko Haram terrorists showed off four

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hundred and sixteen people, mostly women and children, kidnapped and

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held hostage when the members of the Jumatu Ali’s Sonna

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Literity Walji hard Jast launched a large scale combat actions

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between fourth to the sixth of March twenty twenty six

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against the men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN

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overran the Africa Country Military base at in Gosh, killing

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several soldiers, a figure the Nigeria authority disputed to be

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fourteen after several reports indicated that more than forty soldiers

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were killed during the attack, in addition to more than

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one hundred civilians including Chief Imman of Ngosh alongside the

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community elders killed during the coordinated attacks that lasted days

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at Ngosh community in Guo’s A Local Government area of

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Borno State. This During the attacks, numbers of people were

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also taken hostage by the insurgents, with speculations indicating that

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the hostages are apparently being held at the rugged terrain

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of the Mandara Mountains, which sit wide across the Nigeria

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border with Cameroon. In the released video, one of the

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spokespersons of the Boco Harum group said they decided to

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release a proof of life video of the four hundred

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and sixteen women and children in their captivity following the

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demands made across to them by the Borno South Youths

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Alliance BOSSIA and according to the statement issued by the BOSSIA,

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when they made the video pup. It may not be

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wrong to say one of the major root causes of crimes,

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poverty for health care, suicides, killings, and avoidable deaths today

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in the world is superstitious beliefs mixed with severe psychological manipulation,

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religious and spiritual delusions that often lead to family members

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abandoning their loved ones, especially their parents, for fear of

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being bewitched, doomed, or suffered from the delusional curse or

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spell superstitiously believed had been placed on their parents or

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loved ones. And this act who also lead to the

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accused family members committing suicides or being banished, beaten, or

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even killed by jungle justice. And in line with the

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numerous cases documented globally and locally we have seen where

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individuals have committed murder or caused death due to acute

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spiritual delusions, which in psychiatry, these are often diagnosed as

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cases of religious psychosist schizophrenia or clinical lycanthropy, where the

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perpetrator cannot separate objective reality from spiritual hallucinations. This may

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interest you to know that in August twenty twenty five,

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at Outward Lake in Ohio, United States of America, USA,

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an Amish mother, obviously suffering from a severe spiritual delusion,

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drowned her four year old son in Outwood Lake. Investigators

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revealed that both she and her husband believed God was

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speaking directly to them, demanding ritualistic tasks to prove their worthiness,

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and as such, she explicitly told the police that the

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Lord wanted her to perform the sacrifice. This may not

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also be different from the case of a twenty two

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year old Nigerian and unengineering student named Benjamin Obennam, whose

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life seemed to heavily revolved around his church, who suffered

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a sudden psychiatric break in twenty twenty five after his

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family initially mistook his erratic behaviour for a standard demonic

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attack rather than a medical issue. Allegedly driven by the

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delusion that his mother and sister were witches spiritually plotting

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to destroy him, he as a result of that, attacked

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his family, resulting in the death of his mother, but

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he was later diagnosed with schizophrenia under clinical custody. It

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may be recalled that one of the most famous historical

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cases of spiritual psychosis in the United Kingdom UK was

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the murder of Robert dad in eighteen forty three by

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his son, the English artist Richard Down, stabbed his father

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to death on account of a delusion that his father

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was actually the devil in human form and that he

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had been chosen by God to battle the forces of evil.

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This act made him to spend the remainder of his

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life in psychiatric facilities, and in two thousand and eight,

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a passenger inside the Greyhound bus in Canada vince he

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killed a stranger, Tim McClain. Lee claimed that the voice

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of God told him mc lain was an alien or

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a demon, and that if he did not kill him.

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A family of Stephen Obum Nemee and Wosu has accused

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the Armed Forces of Nigeria, a f N led by

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General Olafemi Oliadae, the Nigeria Chief of Defense Staff, of

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attempted acts to cover up a soldier who allegedly murdered

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a young man Stephen Obum Nemee and Woesu on February fourteenth,

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twenty twenty six, Valentine’s Day along beneen Agboor Road around

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Amufi Junction in Edo State. This according to the family member,

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who pleaded for her names not to be mentioned in

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the press, said her brother was shot dead by the

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soldier after the deceased refused to hand over his car

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key to the soldier as demanded, saying her brother only

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went out with his friend she identified as Godwin Coco

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to get chicken feed when they encountered the soldier at

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the failed portion of the road that is currently under construction,

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saying the Nigerian Army has refused to disclose the names

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of the soldier who allegedly committed the act of murder

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or take appropriate lawful actions against the suspected murderer and

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in a swift reaction, when our reporter contacted the public

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Relations Officer of four Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Captain

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Kennedy and Yan muvaa phone call on Thursday evening, the

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military authority said it is not true that the soldier

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in question has not been identified, saying the matter has

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been settled. And when our reporter demanded to know how

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the alleged murder case was settled with the family, the

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military authority refused to give details. Also, when our reporter

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contacted the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Forced

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Public Relations Officer asp no Acodium, the police authority said

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the matter is under investigation and there is no way

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such matter can be swept under the carpet. According to

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the bereaved family member, on the fourteenth of February twenty

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twenty six, at about ten a m my brother Stephen

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ovum Neme and Wosu went to get chicken feed with

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his friend Godwin Koko along the Benin Agbor Express Road,

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the failed portion that is under construction at Amufi junction

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in Benin City, Edo State. Specifically, the friends said they

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were discussing and did not see the road demarcation on time,

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and when they cited it and were about to reverse,

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a soldier blocked them and told them to hand over

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the car key, but they told him that they are

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sorry and will turn back. So immediately he started turning

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the car. That got the soldier angry and the soldier

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started following him. My brother the reversed the car and

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joined the other lane and from the side mirror, my

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brother noticed that the soldier was running towards them. At

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this time, there were two on a bike, but one

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left while the soldier that they had the conversation with

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was still following them with the bike man. At this point,

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he started using his belt on the car and even

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shot at the car. Edo’s State Command of the Nigeria

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Police Force NPF has announced the arrest of some serving

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and already dismissed police officers who worked together as a

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criminal gang terrorizing members of the public in Edo State.

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The State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbernica, who made this

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known in a press release made available a few hours ago,

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said the arrest was a major breakthrough against the suspected

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criminal elements pretending to be law enforcement offices to perpetrate

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heinous crimes within the state capitol, Benin City and its environs.

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It may be recalled that there have been outcry by

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residents in Edo State that law enforcement officers are committing

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or participating in criminal activities in the state. Specifically, in

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August twenty twenty five, some of policemen alongside some civilians

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were accused of abducting a resident in Benin City. The

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syndicate was said to have used the silver Toyota Yaris

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to terrorize citizens, seizing their phones and belongings through intimidation

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and armed robbery. In December twenty twenty five, four policemen

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were accused of extorting nine hundred eighty thousand niras from

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a local artisan Goodness on Yeka after assaulting him earlier.

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In September twenty twenty five, the Edo State Police Command

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reportedly recovered and returned three hundred thousand niras extorted from

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a furniture maker by offices attached to the Obermarket Area

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Command in Benin City. May twenty twenty five, six offices,

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including a Chief Superintendent of Police CSB, were summoned to

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Abujo after a viral video showed them demanding either five

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thousand niras or five liters of fuel from motorists for

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lacking electronics Central Motor Registry ECMR proof, a policy that

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had actually been suspended then. Also in August twenty twenty five,

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six offices were disciplined for extorting two million miarers from

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members of the National Association of Sea Dogs near Benine

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City after they reportedly used the point of sale POS

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machine to withdraw the funds unlawfully. According to the press

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statement signed by the Edo State Police Command Public Relations

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Officer Aspeno Acoding, the Edo State Police Command under the

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leadership of the Commissioner of Police HEADO State Command CP

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Monday Agbonica FDC wishes to inform the general public of

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a major breakthrough in the fight against criminal elements disguising

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as law enforcement offices to perpetrate heinous crimes within Benine

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City and its environs. The command had in recent times

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received several complaints from members of the public a liete

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padging harassment, abduction and extortion by individuals posing as police officers.

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These suspects reportedly operate along Teboger axis off Haduawa. President

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Bola Ahmed Tenubu of Nigeria may have kept nude since

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more than forty eight hours a faction of the Boko

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Haram terrorists showed off four hundred and sixteen people, mostly

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women and children, kidnapped and held hostage when the members

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of the Jumatu Ali’s son a literality Waljihad Jazz launched

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a large scale combat actions between fourth to the sixth

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of March twenty twenty six against the men of the

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Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN overran the Africa Country Military

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base of Engosh, killing several soldiers, a figure the Nigeria

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authority disputed to be fourteen after several reports indicated that

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more than forty soldiers were killed during the attack. In

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addition to more than one hundred civilians including Chief Imman

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of Ingosh alongside the community elders killed during the Corps

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ordinated attacks that lasted days of in Gosh community in

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Guoza Local Government area of Borno State. This During the attacks,

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numbers of people were also taken hostage by the insurgents,

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with speculations indicating that the hostages are apparently being held

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at the rugged terrain of the Mandara Mountains, which sit

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wide across the Nigeria border with Cameroon. That aside, one

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of the spokespersons of the Boco Harum group said they

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decided to release a proof of life video of the

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four hundred and sixteen women and children in their captivity

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following the demands made across to them by the Borno

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South Youths Alliance BOSSIA and according to the statement issued

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by the BOSSIA when they made the video public on Friday,

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April tenth, twenty twenty six, the youth’s group called on

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federal government and governments at all level to ensure the

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hostages are released, saying specifically that we have witnessed cases

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in states such as Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kisi, where

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abducted victims regained freedom following interventions by individuals such as

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Sheikh Ahmed Gumi. We therefore expect equal urgency and commitment

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in addressing the plight of the Engosh victims. No region

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or group of citizens should be treated with less priority.

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In the footage, several women and elderly men were interviewed

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by the Boko Haram spokesperson. The kidnapped victims please centered

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on three main points directly addressed to President Bola Tanubu,

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Vice President Kashim Shatima and Governor Babigana Zulam, begging the

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President and Governor to find a way to bring them

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home within the shortest possible time. The captives expressed fear

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that a direct military assault on the camp where they

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are being held could result in the deaths. They echoed

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the bossier apparent sentiment asking the government to use the

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same negotiation channels used in northern states like Zamfara, Katsina,

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keb Sokoto and Kaduna states. While the terrorists claimed Edo

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State House of Assembly Speaker Blessing Sheriff Agbebeku has confirmed

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the killing of Brigadier General Asseini Graemer, the commander of

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the twenty nine Task Forced Brigade in operation had in

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Kai when the Brigadier General and his troops came under

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the co ordinated multiple attacks launched by the Islamic State

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of West Africa Province I swopp at Benishek community in

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Kaga Local Government area of Borno State early morning night

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on Thursday, an attack The Nigeria Defense Headquarters had on

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Thursday denied the Brigadier General was ever killed alongside his soldiers,

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insisting the general was alive. Until Friday morning, the Edo

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State House of Assembly Speaker, who is also one of

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the prominent kinsmen of the high ranking soldier, announced the

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death of the Brigadier General on behalf of the people

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of Owen ethnic group in Edo State. This President, Bola

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Ahmed Tanubu, who probably tried to avoid contradicting the statement

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of denial issued by the NUNS Nigeria Defense Headquarters, mourned

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the deaths and killing of the country soldiers by thus

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simply and apparently logically stating that I extend my condolences

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to the families of our gallant soldiers led by Brigadier

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General Asiniomo Bremer who made the ultimate sacrifice in the

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defense of our country today in Borno State. According to

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the condolence message made available by the Special Adviser on

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Media to the Edo State House of Assembly Speaker and

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a prominent broadcaster in the state owned Edo Broadcasting Service,

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e B. S ivy Adodo Ebergell, the Edo State House

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of Assembly Speaker Blessing Agbebecu said on behalf of the

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entire Assembly and the good people of Owen Nation mourns

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the painful loss of our gallant son, Brigadier General Oo Bremer,

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who paid the ultimate price in service to our dear nation, Nigeria.

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His bravery, sacrifice and unwavering commitment to the peace and

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unity of our country will never be forgotten. He stood

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as a shield for the nation and a symbol of

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courage for generations to come. This tragic loss is not

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only a blow to the Nigerian Army, but a deep

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wound to Owen Land, Heado State and the nation at large.

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We are proud of his service. Even in grief. We

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extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, the Nigerian Armed

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Forces and all who warn this hero. May the Almighty

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grant his sole eternal rest and give us all the

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strength to bear this irreparable loss. Rest on, brave son

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of Owen, Your sacrifice will forever speak. President Bola Ahmed

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to Nubu in a condolence message issued through the Office

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of the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the President,

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Leo Onanuga, said expressed deep sadness over the Armed Forces

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of Nigeria. A f N has insisted that Brigadier General

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Assini Bramer is alive after several reports indicated that the

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commander of the twenty nine nine Task Forced Brigade in

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Operation Haddenkai was left dead alongside several other Nigerian soldiers

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when the Islamic State of West Africa Province I SWAP

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launched a coordinated multiple attacks on military bases at Pulka,

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backing Ruwer communities in Guosa Local Government area and Nadi

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and Beneshek communities in the Kaga local Government area of

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Borno State between the hours of ten p m On

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Wednesday night and twelve a m. On Thursday early morning night,

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killing several numbers of Nigerian soldiers overransom at the military basis,

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but the Nigeria Military authority claimed that Brigadier General Assini

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Bramer and his troops were able to repel the attackers

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at Benieshek, saying the Brigadier General is alive and not

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dead as widely reported in some media platforms. In addition,

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the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, in a press statement issued a

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few hours ago by Major General Michael Onojer, admitted that

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some numbers of Nigerian soldiers were left dead during the attacks,

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but refused to state the total numbers of soldiers killed

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by the attackers. Accordingly, the army said, regrettably, the encounter

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resulted in the loss of a few brave and gallant

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soldiers who paid the supreme price in the line of duty.

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According to the Nigeria Defense Headquarters in a press release

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that looked apparently self contradicting, questionable and somehow dishonest with facts.

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In continuation of the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s AFN counter

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terrorism efforts, troops of the twenty nine Task Forced Brigade

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in Operation hadden Kai came under a coordinated terrorist attack

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on their location at the brigade headquarters in Benichhet, Borno State.

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The attack occurred at approximately zero thirty hours twelve thirty

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a m. On Thursday, the ninth of April twenty twenty six,

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as insurgents attempted to breach the defensive perimeter of the

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military installation. However, the truth led by the commander twenty

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nine Brigade, Brigadier General Lassani Braemer, responded with exceptional courage, professionalism,

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and superior firepower in a well coordinated counteraction. The insurgents

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were decisively engaged and forced to retreat in disarray, abandoning

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their mission and leaving behind traces of their failed assort.

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This attack is a clear indication of the desperation of

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terrorist elements, who, having suffered significant losses in recent operations,

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continue to resort to futile and ill fated offenses against

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well defended military positions. The swift and decisive response by

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troops underscores the high level of Nigeria. President Boulahmed To

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Nubu has given reasons why he could not visit the

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Anguin recouver community, the scene some citizens were massacred by

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terrorists on Palm Sunday, saying upon arrival in Jos, the

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visit encountered some logistical challenges. While the road distance from

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the airport to Joss township is a approximately forty minutes.

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The runway does not support night flights due to the

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absence of navigational aids. The constraints made it unfeasible to

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drive into town, meet victims for on the spot assessment

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and return to the airport before dusk. Consequently, state and

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federal officials decided to bring representatives of the affected community

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to a hall adjoining the airport so the President could

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meet with them promptly while adhering to flight restrictions swiftly.

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Peter Obey, former governor of a Nambra State and the

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Labour Party presidential candidate in the last general elections in

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Nigeria said during his visit to Benaway State in June

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twenty twenty five, bo La Ahmed Tenubu stopped at the

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government house but did not go to the actual scene

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where innocent Nigerians lost their lives. Similarly, in Jos, his

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engagement ended at the airport instead of at the affected communities.

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At a time when Nigerians are enduring days without power,

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our leaders cannot even stay a face few minutes without it.

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Now is the time to stop incompetent leaders, those lacking

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the capacity and compassion, who prioritize their own comfort over

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the well being of the people and make empty promises.

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On the other hand, Atiku Abubaka, the former Vice President

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of Nigeria and the last general elections presidential candidate of

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the People’s Democratic Party PDP, demanded President Bola Ahmed to

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Nubu act as the commander in chief of the armed

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forces and stated how dozens have continued to be killed

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in Beneway’s state less than seventy two hours, another killings

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in Kaduna’s state and thousands of people seen running away

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at a community in Nasarawa State after the President had

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visited Plato’s state and promised such attack would and occurred again.

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According to Atiku Abubaka, I wish to remind President Bola

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Tanubu to keep to his words that this hang when

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Rekouba attack will not repeat itself. It does appear that

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those words are hollow because barely seventy two hours another

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attack in Beneway’s state claimed over a dozen lives. The

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Commander in Chief should brace up to the challenges of governance.

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President Bola Ahmed to Nubu, through the Office of the

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Special Adviser to the President on Information and strategy. BeO

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on Anuga on April third, twenty twenty six, in a statement,

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said President Tanubu’s itinery for Thursday included two main engagements

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receiving the Chadian President Mahamat Idris dabi Igno and preceived

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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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Jos 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 Jos. 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 a

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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 keke 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 acado rider to advance

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towards his direction and wait at their street junction to

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help him home. But while he made attempt to do

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as requested by his younger brother, the security operatives in

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the air prevented him, saying they can’t allow him go

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out because the situation in town was too dangerous, he said.

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While he was looking helpless, he decided to put a

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call across to his younger brother, only for the phone’s

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call to be answered by the attackers, who spoke to

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him in house a language that they have killed his

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brother that he should go to the scene to pick

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his younger brother’s dead body. He said, he started crying

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and a lot of people around started concerning him, while

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the security operatives at the Senior staff quarters gate still

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prevented him from going out until there is normalcy in

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the area. He said. Some sympathizers took him home from

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the point he was to the university staff quarters, where

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his neighbors who came in to also console him, started

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encouraging him not to cry again with the optimism that

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

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his neighbors thereafter asked him to report the issue at

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the police station, which they did and submitted the snapped

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

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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 alive.

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It may not be wrong to say lack of proper

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accountability by the Nigeria Police Force, President Bola armed Tanubu

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and the Governor of Plato State, Caleb Matfong 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 a video evidence of a disturbing

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situation wherein a man was seen mobbed and stone to

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death at a 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, as 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 him 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

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Wednesday only said a disagreement ensued between some youths in

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Nasarawa Guan community of Joss North Local Government area on

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Wednesday and caused minor tensions in the town, saying 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. But the Nigeria Police Force Command apparently

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kept newt on the now viole video of a man

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being mobbed and stoned to death in a brutal and

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highly provocative manner that can cause the reprisal attack, more

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so as daily killings in the state are attributed to

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religious differences. Although some persons said the victim was still alive,

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but some newspaper reported on Thursday morning that three persons,

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including the victim, were killed in the fresh violence that

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erupted in Plato State on Wednesday. According to the police

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press release signed and made available by the Plato State

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00:30:29,400 –> 00:30:34,799
Police Command Public Relations Officer Alfred Alabo, following the relaxation

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of the forty eight hour curfew by the Executive Governor

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of Plato State, the Commissioner of Police C. P. Bassiowa

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advises members of the public to comply with the curfew

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imposition as there will be strict enforcement. In the early

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hours of today, a disagreement which ensued between some muths

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in Nasarawikuan community of Josslorth Local Government Area caused mine

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attentions in the town. Unfortunately, some hoodlums and crisis merchants

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took advantage of the situation to cause fear and panic

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commund traders and students within the university community. President Bulla

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Ahmed Tenubu of Nigeria has commended the governors of Kaduna

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and Plato States after citizens were massacred by terrorists almost

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simultaneously on Sunday in the two states, with the President

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claiming Governor Caleb Mattwan contained the situation in Joss without

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specifically stating what the governor did, even when armed terrorists

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scene successfully invaded and massacred citizens or brutally and indiscriminately

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00:31:35,799 –> 00:31:39,400
shot sporadically and killed numbers of persons at gary yar

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Way quarters in the Anguin Racouba community of Joss North

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Local Government Area of Plato State on Sunday night, which

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was also the Christians last day of the Holy week

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of Lend known as Palm Sunday leading up to Easter celebration.

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Residents said the terrorists raided the community and operated for

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a long period of time that lasted after an hour

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without resistance or any action from government. Some even accused

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men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN of allegedly

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

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

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with a prominent Nigeria social media personality, Martin’s vincentotze 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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00:33:02,160 –> 00:33:06,640
Holy Week of Lent. Reverend Ezekiel Dakamo, while speaking said,

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in this village, riming Ream 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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00:33:37,839 –> 00:33:42,160
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 Tenubu,

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in a press statement on Tuesday, specifically said I commend

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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plato State for his efforts in

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containing the situation in Joss and Governor whom poslast walk

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on Nedlee bringin you brings in a Morggic outware