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Speaker 1: President Bola Hmed Tanubu of Nigeria has declared a state

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of emergency over growing insecurity in the West Africa country

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and as such band open grazing with a call on

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Herder’s Association to tell their members to surrender illegal weapons

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in their possession and as well gave a matching order

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to the Department of State Services d SS to recruit

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more forest guards to chase away terrorists and bandits from

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all forests in Nigeria. President Bola Hmed Tanubu also called

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on members of the National Assembly to review existing laws

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in Nigeria and give rules for the establishment of state Police.

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In his words, President Bola Armed Tanubu, while declaring the

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state of emergency on security matters on Wednesday, said, today,

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in view of the emerging security situation, I have decided

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to declare a nationwide security emergency and order additional recruitment

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into the armed forces. By this declaration, the police and

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the Army are authorized to recruit more personnel. The police

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will recruit an additional twenty thousand offices, bringing the total

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to fifty thousand. Although I had previously approved the nationwide

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upgrade of police training facilities, the police authorities are by

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this statement authorized to use various National Youth Service Corps

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camps as training depots. The offices being withdrawn from VIP

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guard duties should undergo crash training to debrief them and

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deliver more efficient police services when deployed to security challenged

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areas of the country. The DSS also has my authority

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to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained to

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flush out the terrorists and bandits lurking in our forests.

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The agency also has my directive to recruit more men

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to man the forests. There will be no more hiding

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places for agents of evil. My fellow Nigerians, this is

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a national emergency and we are responding by deploying more

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boots on the ground, especially in security challenge. The times

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require all hands on deck. As Nigerians, we should all

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get involved in securing our nation. Let me take this

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moment to commend our security agencies for working together to

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secure the release of the twenty four schoolgirls in keb

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and the thirty eight worshipers in Quira State. We will

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continue to sustain the efforts to rescue the remaining students

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of Catholic School in Niger State and other Nigerians still

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being held hostage. To the leadership and rank and file

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of our armed forces, I commend your courage and your sacrifice.

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This is a challenging moment for our nation and for

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the military institution itself. I charge you to remain resolute

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to restore peace across all theaters of operation and to

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uphold the highest standards of discipline and integrity. There must

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be no compromise, no collusion, and no negligence. The Nigerian

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people are counting on you, and this administration will provide

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the support you need to succeed. In addition, our administration

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will support state governments which have set up security outfits

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to safeguard their people from the terrorists bent on disrupting

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our national peace. I call on the National Assembly to

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begin reviewing our laws to allow states that require state

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police to establish them. States should rethink establishing boarding schools

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in remote areas without adequate security. Mosques and churches should

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constantly seek police and other security protection when they gather

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for prayers, especially in vulnerable areas. Our administration created the

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Livestock Ministry to address the persistent clashes between herders and farmers.

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I call on all herder associations to take advantage of

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it and open grazing and surrender illegal weapons. Ranching is

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now the path forward for sustainable livestock farming and national harmony.

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The Federal government, in collaboration with the States, will work

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with you to solve this problem once and for all.

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I sympathize with the families who have lost their loved

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ones in recent attacks on soft targets in keb Borno, Zamfara, Niger,

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Yobei and Kuira States. I also pay tribute to our

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brave soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice, including Brigadier

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General Muso Uber. Those who want to test our resolves

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should never mistake our restraint for weakness. This administration has

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the courage and determination to keep the country safe and

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ensure our citizens live in peace. I sympathize with the

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families who have lost their loved ones in recent attacks

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on soft targets in keb Borno, Zamfara, Niger, Yobei and

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Kuira States. I also pay tribute to our brave soldiers

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who have made the ultimate sacrifice, including Brigadier General Muso Uber.

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Fellow compatriots. I urge you not to give interfear and

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never succumb to despair. Let’s stand together in purpose and

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s strength to defend our freedom and values. Our administration

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will continue to guarantee peaceful coexistence and preserve our union.

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I urge all Nigerians to remain calm and vigilant, report

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suspicious activities, co operate with security agencies. We are in

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this fight together and together we shall win. May God

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continue to bless Nigeria and keep our armed forces safe.

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Lady Quindi Uni. There are concerns that a renewed war

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may broke out between Israel and Hesbelah fighters in Lebanon,

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as Pope Leo the fourteenth prepares to visit Turkya and

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Lebanon beginning this week from the twenty seventh of November

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to the Tewod of December twenty twenty five, which will

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be the first Apostolic journey of the head of Catholic

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Church outside Italy of his pontificate. The possible renewed war

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may occurred following Hesbela stands to retaliate attacks Israel launched

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in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut on Sunday, killing Hesblah

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chief of staff and second in command, Haitham Ali to

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Batabai alongside four other persons, namely Cassam Husain Beijawi, Mustaf

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asadbro Rifat Aahmaed Houssain, Ibrahim Ali Houssain, and funeral is

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being held in their honor in Beiruts at the time

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of filing in this report. On Monday, Israel, while confirming

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the killings, said Tabatabai is a mass murderer. His hands

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are soaked in the blood of many Israelis and Americans,

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and it is not for nothing that the US put

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a bounty of five million dollars on his head. Although

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previous popes had visited Lebanon in the past successfully, but

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the current Pope, Leo the fourteenth, is the first U

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s born citizen to be pontiff or head of the

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Roman Catholic Church and one of the Hesbla official, Mamoud

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k Matti, in a statement on Sunday as he stood

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near the bombed out building in the harid Rake suburb,

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said Israel’s strike croster redline and Hesbela’s leadership would decide

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on whether and how the group would respond. The Hesbelah,

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while confirming to Batabai’s death, said to Batabai the great

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jihadist commander who had worked to confront Israeli enemy until

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the last moment of his blessed life, ascended as a

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martyr in sacrifice for Lebanon and its people. Following a

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treacherous Israeli attack on harrod Rake area in Beirut’s southern suburb,

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Israel carried out the air strike on the southern Beirut

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suburb for the first time since June, killing at least

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five people and wounding twenty eight, according to Lebanon Health Ministry.

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Funeral proceedings for Hatham Ali to Batabai, the Hesberlah commander,

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and others, were held on Monday in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

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Early photographs and videos from the scene showed Hesbelah members

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carrying to Batabai’s coffin draped in yellow and green and

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raising the group’s yellow flags as they marched through the

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Lebanese capitol. Hesberla said the strike lawn almost exactly a

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year after a ceasefire ended that Israel Hesbella war threatened

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an escalation of attacks just days before Popelio the fourteenth

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is scheduled to visit Lebanon on his first foreign trip

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outside Italy. In its statement, the IDF said to Battabay

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commanded most of Hesbella’s units and worked hard to restore

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them to readiness for war with Israel. Israeli Prime Minister

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Netanyahu’s office said earlier Sunday that the Hesbella chief of

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staff was the target of the Israeli strike on Southern

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Bay Route. Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, in

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a statement on Sunday, said, a short while ago in

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the heart of Beirut, the IDF attack the Hesbella chief

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of staff, who had been leading the terrorist organizations build

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up in rearmament. Prime Minister Netanyahu warded the attack upon

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the recommendation of the Defense Minister and the IDF chief

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of staff. Israel Is determined to act to achieve its

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objectives everywhere and at all times. The Israeli Prime Minister

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office also quoted the Prime Minister Benjamin Natanya, who was saying,

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a few hours ago, the IDF eliminated Ali to Batabai,

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the chief of staff of the Hesbalah terrorist organization. Tibatabai

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is a mass murderer. His hands are soaked in the

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blood of many Israelis and Americans, and it is not

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for nothing that the US put a bounty of five

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million dollars on his head. Tabatabai served as a senior

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commander in the Radwan force. This is the force that

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prepared to conquer the Galilee and slaughter many of our citizens. Recently,

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he led Hesbeala’s renewed efforts to rearm. This is, of course,

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after the heavy blows Hesbella suffered in the Pajer operation,

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in the damage to its missile stockpiles, and of course

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in the elimination of Nazreala. I thank the IDF and

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the security forces which carried out a professional, accurate and

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successful operation to day. The policy I am leading is

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absolutely clear. Under my leadership, the State of Israel will

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not allow Hesbelah to rebuild its power, and we will

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not allow it to pose a threat to the State

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of Israel. Again. I expect the government of Lebanon to

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fulfill its commitment to disarm Hesbelah, because only in this

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way can a better future be made possible for every

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citizen in Lebanon, and only in this way can good

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and secure neighborly relations be established between Israel and Lebanon.

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On this occasion, I also want to commend President Trump

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on his decision to outlaw and designate the Muslim Brotherhood

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organization as a terrorist organization. This is an organization that

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endangers stability throughout the Middle East and also beyond the

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Middle East. Therefore, the State of Israel has already outlawed

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part of the organization and we are working to complete

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this action soon. Lebanese President Joseph Hans said in a

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statement issued by his office that Israel’s strike in Beirut

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on Sunday was further proof that it disregards repeated calls

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to seize its attacks on Lebanon and refuses to implement

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international resolutions and all efforts and initiatives aimed at ending

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the escalation and restoring stability not only to Lebanon, but

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to the entire region. Lebanon, which has adhered to the

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cessation of hostilities for nearly a year now and has

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presented initiative after initiative, reiterates its call to the international

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community to assume its responsibility and intervene firmly and seriously

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to stop the attacks on Lebanon and its people, and said.

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Vatican News in a statement, had announced Pope Leo the

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fourteenth visit to Lebanon, as follows turky A. On Monday,

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the Holy Sea released the schedule for the Pope’s journey,

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which will begin in Turkya on the twenty seventh of November.

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Upon his arrival in the capital, anchorer the Holy Father

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will meet with the nation’s president, Recept Taiyipadowan, before addressing

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Turkish authorities, representatives of civil society, and members of the

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diplomatic corps. At the end of the day, the Pope

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will travel by plane from anchor A to Istanbul, Turka’s

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largest city. During his first full day in turky A, Friday,

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the twenty eighth of November, Pope Leo will meet with bishops, priests, deacons,

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consecrated persons, and pastoral workers at Istanbul’s Cathedral of the

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Holy Spirit. Later in the morning, he will visit the

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nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. After

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a short helicopter flight to Nysa modern Iznik, the Holy

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Father will participate in an ecumenical prayer service near the

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archaeological excavations of the ancient basilica of Saint Neophyto’s. Returning

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that same day to Istanbul, the Pope will meet with

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bishops in the Apostolic delegation. On Saturday, the twenty ninth

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of November, Pope Leo will begin his day with a

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visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, the famous Blue Mosque,

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before meeting privately with leaders of the local churches and

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Christian communities at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Marafrem. In

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the afternoon, he will take part in a doxology at

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the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, the seat of the

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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Following the service, Pope Leo the

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fourteenth will meet with Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEWY, with the two

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leaders signing a joint declaration in the Patriarchal Palace. The

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day will conclude with Holy Mass celebrated in Istanbul’s Volkswagen Arena.

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The Holy Father’s schedule for Sunday, the thirtieth of November,

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the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, begins with a

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prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral. Later that morning,

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Pope Leo will attend a divine liturgy at the Patriarchal

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Church of Saint George following an ecumenical blessing. At the

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conclusion of the liturgy, the Pope will have lunch with

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Ecumenical Patriarch Lebanon in the afternoon. After a farewell ceremony

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at Istanbul’s Attatok Airport, Pope Leo the f fourteenth would

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begin the second leg of his apostolic journey by flying

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to Beirut, Lebanon. Upon his arrival, the Pope will meet

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with whold separate meetings with the President of the Republic,

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the President of the National Assembly, and the Prime Minister

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of Lebanon. He will then give his customary address to

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Lebanese authorities, representatives of civil society, and members of the

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diplomatic corps. Pope Leo has a busy day on Monday,

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the first of December, beginning with a visit to the

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tomb of Saint Charbel Macliffe at the Monastery of Saint

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Maroon in Anaire. From there, he travels to the Shrine

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of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harisa, where he will

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meet with bishops, priests, consecrated persons and pastoral workers. The

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morning concludes with a private meeting with Catholic patriarchs in

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the Apostolic Nunschaesshire. In the afternoon, Pope Leo will hold

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an ecumenical and inter religious meeting in Martyr’s Square in Beirut.

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Later in the square in front of the Maronite Patriot

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of Antioch in biker Ke, Pope Leo will meet with

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young people of Lebanon. The final day of the Pope’s

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apostolic journey, Tuesday, the second of December, will see the

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Holy Father visiting staff members and patients of the De

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la Croix Hospital in jal ed Dibb. Pope Leo will

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then have the opportunity for silent prayer at the site

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of the Beirut port explosion, which occurred in twenty twenty.

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The Holy Father will then celebrate Holy Mass at the

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Beirut Waterfront, the final major event of the journey to Lebanon.

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Pope Leo is scheduled to depart from Beirut Tuesday afternoon,

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with a scheduled arrival at Rome’s Fumachino International Airport shortly

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after four p m. Hesbollar, in a statement of confirmation

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on Monday, said, with utmost pride and honor, Hesbella announces

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to the people of the resistance and to our Lebanese

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people the martyrdom of the Great Jahadi Commander Haitham Ali

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al Tabtabai said Abu Ali, who ascended as a martyr

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in sacrif for Lebanon and its people following a treacherous

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Israeli attack on harrod Rake area in Beirut’s southern suburb.

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The Great Commander joined his martyd brothers after a long

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period of awaiting the meeting with Allah Almighty. Following a

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life filled with jihad, sincerity, dedication, and steadfastness on the

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path of resistance, he spent his blessed life working tirelessly

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in confronting the Asraeli enemy until his last moments. He

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knew no fatigue or hesitation in defending his land and people.

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He dedicated his life to the resistance since its inception

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and was among the leaders who laid its foundational structure,

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enabling it to remain strong, dignified, and capable of defending

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the homeland and achieving victories. Allah bestowed upon him the

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lofty honor of martyrdom, and his great sacrifice will inspire

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his brothers in the resistance with renewed hope, determination and

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strength to persist on this path. As he was in

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his life a source of strength and inspiration. His pure

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blood will empower the fighters to continue with steadfastness and

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courage to thwart all the schemes of the Zionist enemy

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and its sponsor America. We extend our condolences and congratulations

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to our master, the Imam of the Age, Imam al

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Mahdi may allahsen his reappearance, to his brother’s fighters and

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fellow resistance fighters, to the steadfast supporters of the resistance,

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and to all three people in the world on the

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martyrdom of this great Jahadi commander and his companions who

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were martyred alongside him. We also extend our condolences to

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their honorable families, asking Allah Almighty to grant them patience

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and comfort, and wishing the wounded a swift recovery. Amedi

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Quindi Uini. Justice James Omaitosho of the Federal High Court,

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sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday, convicted

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and sentenced Marzi Namdi Kardu to a passionate prison term

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of life imprisonment against the penalty of death. Sentence He

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said he ought to have pronounced on the Biafra Republic

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Agitation leader over the statements Marzi Namdi Carnu made on

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October twentieth, twenty twenty through Radio Biafra during the warlike

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situation between the civilian population and Nigeria security operatives following

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series of reports that the Nigeria security operatives were shooting

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and killing innocent, unarmed protesters who were protesting against bad

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government and police brutalities tagged Ensis protest. Justice Omitosho in

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his ruling said Namdi Carlu was responsible for the killing

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of one hundred and seventy five security operatives during the

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enss civil military war like situation on October twentieth, twenty twenty,

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and Justice Omitosho in his ruling failed to state the

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numbers of civilians that were killed by Nigeria security operated

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during the warlike situation that apparently forced Namdiklu to start

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teaching the civilian on how to manufacture Molotov cocktail also

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known as petrol bombs, urging them to go and meet

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welders to buy bullet proof doors from the welders to

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defend themselves and launched a retaliatory defensive attacks against the

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Nigeria security operatives who were accused of turning the peaceful

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protest into a barrage of gunfire, human rights violations and abuses.

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Justice Omitosho convicted Namdikru on counts four and five over

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the ENSS protests and he described namdikru action during the

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violent protest as an act of terrorism. On count one,

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Justice Omitosho convicted Namdi Kru for an act of preparatory

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to commit terrorism over statements made by Namdikanu in May

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twenty twenty one. Justice Armitasho in the ruling claimed and

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ruled that Namdikru declared war against security operatives in the

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Southeast States without provocation. This statement by Justice Armitosho apparently

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made him look like a bias person because after Justice

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Armatosha read the entire seven count charge and convicted Namdikru,

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Justice Armitosho thereafter recognized the media news report and broadcast

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of Namdi Carlu on April twenty fifth, twenty twenty one,

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wherein Namdi Carnu vow to revenge the killing of a conso,

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the then head of Eastern Security Network ESN by a

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combined team of Nigeria security operatives led by the Nigerian

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Army under the command of former Chief of Army Staff

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laid Lieutenant General Tarry Lagbarja, who was then the General

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Officer commanding GOC eighty two Division. The Nigerian Army insisted

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in its report that a Conso was killed during exchange

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of gunfire with the security operatives, but Namdi Karu rejected

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the claim and repeatedly stated that a Conso was killed

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in his sleep and the killing was a pure case

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of assassination by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a

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way to weaken the people of Southeast States and denied

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and the ability to be able to establish the Eastern

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Security Network ESN to defend themselves against Boko Haram terrorists

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and expansionist foreign Fulani invaders from different countries like Mali, Gambia, Senegal,

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Nigerian Republican CHAD that were advancing from the northern part

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of Nigeria and cruising through the Middle Belt states to Southeast,

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Southwest and South South states. For the record killing of

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Acnso by security operatives apparently marked the genesis of the

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full scale guerrilla war between the Biaffor Armed Group and

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the Armed Forces of Nigeria, including other Nigeria Security Operatives.

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Justice Omatosho also convicted Namdi Kru for the creation of

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unlawful organization over the establishment of ESN in a broadcast

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Namdi Karu made in December twenty twenty stating that the

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ESN has been created to protect the people of Southeast

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against Boko Haram terrorists. After the ruling, Justice armotoroe Osho

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stated that the Boko Haram terrorists among other terrorist groups

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for making people not to enjoy life in Nigeria. Thereafter,

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the prosecution lawyer, adding Boyek ber Awomolo, told the court

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that in the last few days or weeks, Nigeria has

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been a season of victim upon victims of terrorism, adding

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Boyeker’s statement may be in line with the current high

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rate of attacks by terrorists advancing from the Northern Nigeria

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to the southern part, kidnapping and killing people like never before.

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That aside, Justice Amitosho also ruled that Namdi Krnu was

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responsible for the killing of Ahmed Gulak, the former presidential

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aid who was killed on May thirtieth, twenty twenty one,

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in a werry on his way to the airport after

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conducting election primary. According to Justice Amatasha Namdi Kru act

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of declaring sit at home to mark the twenty twenty

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one Biafra Heroes Day led to the killing of Ahmed Gulak.

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In addition, Justice Omitosha ruled that Namdi Carnu is responsible

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for the killing and heading of military couple Master Warrant

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Officer mwo Awdu Mlinis retired and Private Gloria Matthew, who

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were on transit to Iimo’s state for the traditional wedding

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on Saturday April thirtieth, twenty twenty two at Ulu in

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Imo State. At time, Namdi Carnu had already been re

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arrested from Kenya and detained as a June twenty twenty

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one at the custody of the Department of State Services,

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almost to year plus before the military couple were caught

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and killed by gunmens suspected to be Biafro armed group.

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For the purpose of clarity, Justice Armitasho attributed these events

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of killings to Namdi Carnu, apparently to satisfy the basic

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requirements of the law in line with Nigeria criminal justice

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system that borders on terrorism that Namdi Carnu statements were

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no mere threats that indeed the statements caused an impact

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in the society. This justice Armaitasha ruled and held that

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Namdi Carlu is responsible for the every Monday six at

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home in the Southeastern States of Nigeria, even in the

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face of the fact that the every Monday sit at

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home in the region began on August ninth, twenty twenty one,

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after Namdi Kanu was not seen in court following his

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rearrest from Kenya and people decided to enforce every Monday

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as a sit at home day in the Southeast States

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of Nigeria to demand the unconditional release of the re

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arrested and detained Biafra Republic Agitation Leader. Details of the

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major parts of justice Onnatosha ruling are transcribed and presented

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verbatim below their rights to make sure it happens. In

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the broadcast of the sixteenth of May twenty twenty one,

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also contained in the exhibit p w W, the defendant

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in the beginning of the broadcast stated thus, my name

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is Marzi Namdi Kanu. I am the Leader of Indigenous

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People of Biafra i POB and director of Radio Biafra

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and Biafra Television. I will remain a loyal servant on

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the people of Biafra. He further stayed around fifty one

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minutes mark and I quote, if God is on our side,

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which I know he is, the army of Nigeria will

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die in Biafra Land. Everybody will die. I will be

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the one leading it. By God’s grace, everything called Nigeria

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will perish in Biafra Land. The world must be prepared

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for what is to come. I want to let Katrina

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lang in the British government to know that we have

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chosen the path of death and people are dying every day.

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We have to develop the mindset of after this, which

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even though NATO is there, will not NATO is there.

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We say that we are ready to die and everyone

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that comes to kill us will die also because things

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will start happening in the next fourteen days, In the

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next two weeks, the slaughter will begin to happen. You

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see those CNN that have refused to come to Biafra

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will come by force to see what is happening. We

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will make sure that every Nigerian soldier on Bafra soil

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will die. God is my witness. I will lead this

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barrier myself around fifty five minutes marked to the exhibits,

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he said, and I quote, I want the United Government

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to understand that we are ready to die and be

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slaves unquote. At about one hour mark, he said, and

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I quote, Israel was named Palestinians by the Romans because

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they were too stubborn. Go and ask how they did it.

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They bond and the Romans away. Not these roadside bombs.

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Every road leading to Biafro will be manned, land mines.

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Everything that is Nigeria, whether it is police, army, will

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blow till the Kingdom come. The defendant also stated in

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that same broadcast, and I quote, we are asking for

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our freedom. They aren’t listening. But when we start doing

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what we want, the whole world will start begging us.

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And then I will come out from wherever I am

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and tell them that it’s too late. Throw away your phones,

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remain in communicat. We are in the state of war.

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It will not kill you to do away with your phones.

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All people should go into the bush and stop the

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advance of this army, or else they will kill you.

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These words spoken by the defendant in those broadcasts were

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not mere words, as they bear heavy traces of threats.

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To harm people, including international representatives representing their nation in Nigeria.

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The said broadcasts were several in numbers and defendant kept

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repeating his rhetorics that people will die if Biafra is

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not created. The defendant plan to commit the terrorist act

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did not only manifest in its broadcast, but was shown

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in a meeting he had with other Igbo people in

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the United States at the World Congress Igbo Congress meeting

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held at the Four Points Hotel in Los Angeles in

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the United States of America, as contained in Exhibit PWW,

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the defendant, while speaking to the audience stated, and I quote,

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we must not miss this guilden opportunity to suffer in

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this time to come. You must come out to support

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what we are doing. We need guns and we need bullets.

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I know we love life so much. Without it, houser

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will overrun us. They have succeeded in imposing operation on us.

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They are coming. Boko Haram is coming in Igboland. A

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female participants stood up to ask the defendant of his

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objective as well as y means for weapons. The defendant responded,

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and I quote, we now know that the best way

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to defend ourselves is to be armed because Boko Haram

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is everywhere in zoo called Nigeria. So we need guns

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and bullets and those of you in America will give

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it to us. Also, on the twenty second day of

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this month, something will happen called the blood moon. Most

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of you don’t know that just before the civil war

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there was blood moon. There was blood moon in sixty

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seven and it only happens once in a while. Because

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after this year, we will be free. No matter what happened.

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If we don’t get Biaffra, everyone will live to die.

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We are not joking. His intention was quite clear. He

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believes only in violence as the solution to the creation

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of Beaffra as a nation. And at the said Worldigbo Congress,

455
00:29:14,400 –> 00:29:17,559
most of the participants were quite alarmed by the expressions,

456
00:29:17,559 –> 00:29:20,640
as is planned, and so they kept asking if he

457
00:29:20,680 –> 00:29:23,839
had considered the action of peaceful dialogue, to which the

458
00:29:23,880 –> 00:29:26,640
defendant was adamant that only violence could lead to the

459
00:29:26,680 –> 00:29:30,559
achievement of his aim. These threats of violence are nothing

460
00:29:30,599 –> 00:29:33,519
but terrorist acts, which was duly carried out by his

461
00:29:33,680 –> 00:29:37,960
followers followers, as will be seen later in this judgment,

462
00:29:38,400 –> 00:29:41,119
the defendant knew what he was doing while making these

463
00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:45,319
violent statements. He obviously had an objective which won the

464
00:29:45,400 –> 00:29:49,160
face of it, is political, that is, secession of the

465
00:29:49,200 –> 00:29:52,640
state of Southeast, South South and some Middle Bell States

466
00:29:52,680 –> 00:29:56,359
from the Federal Republic of Nigeria to form Biafra. The

467
00:29:56,440 –> 00:29:59,559
defendant was also bent on achieving his objective with the

468
00:29:59,640 –> 00:30:03,160
use of violence, and he didn’t mind if his owns,

469
00:30:03,599 –> 00:30:07,000
his own people die in that process. As one of

470
00:30:07,039 –> 00:30:10,599
the crucial elements in establishing crime, the intention and the

471
00:30:10,680 –> 00:30:14,319
knowledge with which defendant carried out the acts can be

472
00:30:14,400 –> 00:30:17,480
expressed by him. If not so expressed by can be

473
00:30:17,519 –> 00:30:21,599
deduced from its conduct or activities or other connected circumstances

474
00:30:22,440 –> 00:30:26,720
see Baride and Federal Republic of Nigeria. From the uncontroverted

475
00:30:26,720 –> 00:30:30,880
evidence led by the prosecution, particularly the procast contained in

476
00:30:31,000 –> 00:30:35,240
Exhibit PWW, it is clear that the defendant committed acts

477
00:30:35,279 –> 00:30:39,599
preparatory to an importance of terrorist acts. The defendant had

478
00:30:39,640 –> 00:30:43,200
the opportunity to explain, but failed and deliberately refused to

479
00:30:43,240 –> 00:30:47,559
take that opportunity. Thus, he did not place any evidence

480
00:30:47,599 –> 00:30:50,559
before this Court to explain the contents of the contest

481
00:30:50,640 –> 00:30:53,359
of the said broadcast, or any reason which may be

482
00:30:53,440 –> 00:30:57,920
exculpatory in his favor. Having failed and deliberately refused to

483
00:30:58,039 –> 00:31:01,359
enter defense or give explanation, the Court will rely on

484
00:31:01,440 –> 00:31:06,079
the uncontroverted evidence of the prosecution. This Court therefore holds

485
00:31:06,119 –> 00:31:09,240
that the prosecution has established Count one of the charge

486
00:31:09,279 –> 00:31:14,559
beyond reasonable doubts. Consequently, the defendant is hereby convicted in

487
00:31:14,599 –> 00:31:17,599
respect of Count one. With respect to Count one of

488
00:31:17,640 –> 00:31:21,640
the charge, the defendant was charged with making a broadcast

489
00:31:21,720 –> 00:31:25,400
received and had in Nigeria with intent to intimidate the population,

490
00:31:26,039 –> 00:31:29,519
issued deadly threats that anyone who that any one who

491
00:31:29,559 –> 00:31:31,880
flout to sit at home order should write his will

492
00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:36,759
as a result of a result of which banks, schools, markets,

493
00:31:37,000 –> 00:31:41,480
shopping walls, fuel stations domicile in the Eastern States of

494
00:31:41,559 –> 00:31:45,960
Nigeria were not opened for businesses, citizens, and vehicular movements

495
00:31:46,000 –> 00:31:49,880
in the Eastern State of Nigeria were grounded. This offense

496
00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:54,039
is also punishable under Section twelve of the Terrorism Prevention Act.

497
00:31:54,839 –> 00:31:58,119
The ingredients are similar as contained in Count one, except

498
00:31:58,119 –> 00:32:01,599
that the prosecution must establish that the defendant indeed issue

499
00:32:01,599 –> 00:32:04,079
a threat to anyone who flouted his sit at home

500
00:32:04,200 –> 00:32:08,240
order in the Southeastern State of Nigeria. The evidence as

501
00:32:08,319 –> 00:32:11,400
led by the prosecution shows that the defendant issued a

502
00:32:11,440 –> 00:32:14,119
sit at home order wherein he threatened the residence of

503
00:32:14,160 –> 00:32:18,000
the Southeast States from going out. He further threatened that

504
00:32:18,039 –> 00:32:23,079
any church, markets, schools, banks, or shops which opened will

505
00:32:23,119 –> 00:32:26,720
be destroyed. This was the purpose of his broadcast of

506
00:32:26,799 –> 00:32:29,880
thirtieth day of May twenty twenty one, where he stated

507
00:32:29,880 –> 00:32:32,640
that he had an announcement to make regarding the short

508
00:32:32,640 –> 00:32:36,799
stand of the entire Southeast. He stated exactly at nine

509
00:32:36,839 –> 00:32:41,200
minutes ten seconds in the broadcast contained in exhibit P. W. W.

510
00:32:41,400 –> 00:32:44,519
Doss and I quote tomorrow being the thirty first day

511
00:32:44,559 –> 00:32:49,240
of May, there is complete lockdown, no church, no markets,

512
00:32:49,240 –> 00:32:52,720
and nobody should be seen outside tomorrow. I do not

513
00:32:52,880 –> 00:32:56,839
want violence. I do not want anybody to resort to violence.

514
00:32:57,279 –> 00:33:00,519
I condemn it completely and totally. We do not want

515
00:33:00,559 –> 00:33:03,759
to spit the blood of the innocent. Therefore, I am

516
00:33:03,839 –> 00:33:07,359
merging restraint across border. I am merging our people to

517
00:33:07,440 –> 00:33:10,519
honor the memory of people who died. There will be

518
00:33:10,599 –> 00:33:15,920
no school, no church, market, banks, car on the roads.

519
00:33:16,359 –> 00:33:19,640
There will be complete shutdown. If you want to be alive,

520
00:33:20,079 –> 00:33:23,400
do not come out tomorrow. What I’m saying is that

521
00:33:23,480 –> 00:33:26,319
do not come out tomorrow. If you value your life,

522
00:33:26,920 –> 00:33:31,079
there will be complete shutdown of Biafrolan tomorrow. Any community

523
00:33:31,119 –> 00:33:35,240
that allow vehicle to pass tomorrow will be in trouble. Anybody,

524
00:33:35,640 –> 00:33:38,960
anybody in any car or lorry except in ambulance, will

525
00:33:39,000 –> 00:33:42,240
be in trouble. I know some people are very foolish

526
00:33:42,279 –> 00:33:46,000
trying to open their shops around twelve. If you open

527
00:33:46,079 –> 00:33:50,160
that very shop, we will burn you inside it, especially

528
00:33:50,319 –> 00:33:55,400
Nungu Wumuohre a Aciliki people. You are very stupid. Tomorrow

529
00:33:55,480 –> 00:33:59,079
we will show you. This statement at first sounded peaceful

530
00:33:59,119 –> 00:34:02,000
and even scene, as if he was only persuading people

531
00:34:02,079 –> 00:34:06,000
to honor the memory of some people. However, Defendant, in

532
00:34:06,079 –> 00:34:09,480
his typical aggressive way of speaking, began issuing threats to

533
00:34:09,559 –> 00:34:12,760
those who might not want to obey his order. That

534
00:34:12,920 –> 00:34:15,880
might not want to obey his order. The people of

535
00:34:15,920 –> 00:34:20,440
the Southeastern Nigerians, and I take judicial notice substantially are

536
00:34:20,480 –> 00:34:23,559
Christians who go to church and merchants that are into trade.

537
00:34:23,599 –> 00:34:26,280
And there are children who were threatened again against going

538
00:34:26,320 –> 00:34:30,519
to church, their places of business and schools. This court

539
00:34:30,599 –> 00:34:33,119
wonders if this can be said to be agitation for

540
00:34:33,199 –> 00:34:38,239
self agitations unequivocally, I say no. The people of the

541
00:34:38,280 –> 00:34:41,639
Southeast of Nigeria are entitled to their right to personal

542
00:34:41,639 –> 00:34:45,719
liberty freedom of movement under Section thirty five and Section

543
00:34:45,840 –> 00:34:49,119
forty one of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of

544
00:34:49,199 –> 00:34:53,800
Nigeria nineteen ninety nine, as amended the third Session provides,

545
00:34:54,119 –> 00:34:57,320
and I quote, every person shall be entitled to his

546
00:34:57,400 –> 00:35:01,000
personal liberty, and no person shall be deprived of such liberty,

547
00:35:01,119 –> 00:35:03,920
save in the following cases and in accordance with the

548
00:35:03,920 –> 00:35:08,320
procedure permitted by Law. A in execution of the sentence

549
00:35:08,320 –> 00:35:11,119
and order of Court in respect of criminal offense of

550
00:35:11,199 –> 00:35:14,920
which he has been found guilty. B by reason of

551
00:35:14,960 –> 00:35:17,440
his failure to comply with the order of Court, and

552
00:35:17,519 –> 00:35:21,039
in order to secure the fulfillment of any obligation imposed

553
00:35:21,119 –> 00:35:24,960
upon him by Law. C for the purpose of bringing

554
00:35:25,000 –> 00:35:27,760
in before a court in execution of order of Court,

555
00:35:27,840 –> 00:35:31,800
or upon reasonable substitution of his having committed a criminal offense.

556
00:35:32,639 –> 00:35:35,000
B in the case of a person who has not

557
00:35:35,039 –> 00:35:37,679
attained the age of eighteen years, for the purpose of

558
00:35:37,719 –> 00:35:41,039
his education or welfare. He in the case of persons

559
00:35:41,079 –> 00:35:45,400
suffering from infectious or contagious disease, person of unsound mind,

560
00:35:45,719 –> 00:35:49,000
person addicted to drugs or alcohol, vagrance for those or

561
00:35:49,119 –> 00:35:52,679
purpose of those care or treatment or protection of community,

562
00:35:53,599 –> 00:35:56,679
f for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of

563
00:35:56,719 –> 00:36:01,000
any person to Nigeria, or of affecting the expulsion, extradition

564
00:36:01,119 –> 00:36:04,199
or unlawful removal from Nigeria of any person, or the

565
00:36:04,280 –> 00:36:07,599
taking of proceedings relating there too, provided that a person

566
00:36:07,639 –> 00:36:09,960
who is charged with an offense and who has been

567
00:36:10,000 –> 00:36:13,599
detained in law in lawful custody awaiting trials shall not

568
00:36:13,719 –> 00:36:16,760
continue to be kept in such detention for a period

569
00:36:16,800 –> 00:36:20,280
longer than the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for him.

570
00:36:21,039 –> 00:36:24,679
Section forty one provides every citizen is entitled to move

571
00:36:24,760 –> 00:36:28,320
freely throughout Nigeria to reside in any part. Therefore, there

572
00:36:28,360 –> 00:36:32,079
even no citizens shall be expelled from Nigeria or refuse

573
00:36:32,239 –> 00:36:36,960
entry thereby or exit. Therefore, they are also entitled. They

574
00:36:37,000 –> 00:36:39,760
are also entitled to their right to freedom of religion,

575
00:36:39,760 –> 00:36:43,199
as expressed under Section thirty eight of the Constitution of

576
00:36:43,239 –> 00:36:48,000
the Federal Republic Nigeria. The right to personal liberty, movement

577
00:36:48,360 –> 00:36:52,519
religion a complimentary of each other. Jealousy guides these rights

578
00:36:52,559 –> 00:36:55,039
and their basic rights, which enact to them as being

579
00:36:55,119 –> 00:36:59,800
human beings. These rights are so fundamental. Kindly see my

580
00:36:59,840 –> 00:37:04,119
life Order. Gagu JCA has initiated on this Inokefo versus

581
00:37:04,280 –> 00:37:07,880
Lagos State Government and another citation. The people of the

582
00:37:07,920 –> 00:37:10,840
Southeast cannot be ordered to sit at home by a person,

583
00:37:11,320 –> 00:37:14,599
especially for someone who is not a legally recognized official

584
00:37:14,639 –> 00:37:17,159
of the Federal government or an official of any of

585
00:37:17,159 –> 00:37:21,280
the states. The only person entitled to restrict movements of

586
00:37:21,360 –> 00:37:24,960
person within Nigeria is the President or the Federal Republic

587
00:37:25,000 –> 00:37:28,880
of Nigeria. Under emergency power under Section three hundred and

588
00:37:29,000 –> 00:37:32,400
five of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

589
00:37:32,480 –> 00:37:35,760
nineteen ninety nine as amended, the President can order for

590
00:37:35,800 –> 00:37:39,519
a curfew area where there is a crisis or natural disaster.

591
00:37:40,360 –> 00:37:43,280
The defendant is not the President of the Federal Republic

592
00:37:43,320 –> 00:37:46,280
of Nigeria, thus lacks any power to so declare a

593
00:37:46,320 –> 00:37:49,320
sit at home in any part of the country. The

594
00:37:49,400 –> 00:37:52,639
defendant arrogated to himself power he lacks, and with the

595
00:37:52,639 –> 00:37:55,840
threat of violence, order the residents of the Southeastern State

596
00:37:55,920 –> 00:37:59,320
to stay at home or face the consequences of the disobedience.

597
00:38:00,159 –> 00:38:03,599
This is an unconstitutional act which is subversive and amounts

598
00:38:03,599 –> 00:38:06,880
to nothing more than a terrorist act. It is also

599
00:38:06,920 –> 00:38:09,960
a notorious fact that the people of Southeast have been

600
00:38:10,000 –> 00:38:13,280
subjected to sit at home threats on Mondays for years now.

601
00:38:14,039 –> 00:38:17,039
P W four, who stated that he was stationed in

602
00:38:17,400 –> 00:38:21,039
the Southeast, especially in IMO’s State for some years, gave

603
00:38:21,119 –> 00:38:24,079
evidence that Monday sit at home is a usual occurrence

604
00:38:24,119 –> 00:38:27,880
wherein the town are deserted, even the farm lands. P

605
00:38:28,199 –> 00:38:30,960
W four also gave evidence on the death of one

606
00:38:31,079 –> 00:38:35,039
Armed Gulak, a former aid to the former President Goodluck Jonathan,

607
00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:38,920
that the said Armed Gulac had been killed by IPO

608
00:38:39,079 –> 00:38:42,639
B men in portion to the order of Defendant. Armed

609
00:38:42,679 –> 00:38:45,119
Gulak was trying to catch a flight out of a

610
00:38:45,119 –> 00:38:47,920
werry on the thirtieth day of May twenty twenty one

611
00:38:48,039 –> 00:38:51,119
when he ran into a checkpoint by IPOB and was

612
00:38:51,159 –> 00:38:54,719
shot dead. P W four stated that he was one

613
00:38:54,719 –> 00:38:57,679
of those who got to the scene first. It must

614
00:38:57,760 –> 00:39:00,360
be noted that thirtieth of May twenty twenty x one

615
00:39:00,440 –> 00:39:04,119
was a Sunday not a Monday, but notwithstanding it leads

616
00:39:04,119 –> 00:39:06,480
to the death of a person trying to move around

617
00:39:06,559 –> 00:39:09,440
due to the directive of defender. As shown in exhibit

618
00:39:10,199 –> 00:39:13,480
p W K is a medical report from the Nigerian

619
00:39:13,519 –> 00:39:17,320
Police Medical Services are wery. The report is dated the

620
00:39:17,360 –> 00:39:20,079
eighteenth of July twenty twenty one and it states to

621
00:39:20,119 –> 00:39:25,639
whom it consign medical report late Armed Gulac Hospital number.

622
00:39:25,920 –> 00:39:29,239
The victim allegedly shot dead by hoodlums suspected to be

623
00:39:29,280 –> 00:39:34,119
IPOB ESN members on the thirtieth of October twenty twenty

624
00:39:34,159 –> 00:39:38,719
one at about seven hours along Airport road. Hurry picture

625
00:39:38,800 –> 00:39:43,440
of lifeless man seine body of disease buried. Informations above

626
00:39:43,519 –> 00:39:47,480
medical reports duly signed by the medical practitioner clearly states

627
00:39:47,519 –> 00:39:50,159
the immediate cause of the death of Ahmed Gulac and

628
00:39:50,280 –> 00:39:54,119
links him to the defendant as leader of IPOB and ESN.

629
00:39:54,920 –> 00:39:59,000
The action of the defendant cannot be excused under any circumstances.

630
00:39:59,400 –> 00:40:03,159
The declar of a sit at home without any constitutional power,

631
00:40:03,599 –> 00:40:06,920
especially the accompanied by the threat, is a terrorist act.

632
00:40:07,679 –> 00:40:11,519
The defendant did not present any evidence to challenge report

633
00:40:11,599 –> 00:40:16,199
this case of the prosecution. Consequently, he admits the evidence

634
00:40:16,199 –> 00:40:20,000
as presented by the prosecution. The pre section has successfully

635
00:40:20,119 –> 00:40:24,599
proved CAN two beyond reasonable doubt. Consequently, the defendant is

636
00:40:24,639 –> 00:40:28,519
hereby convicted of count two. With respect to Count three

637
00:40:28,559 –> 00:40:31,360
The defendant is charged with professing to be a member

638
00:40:31,400 –> 00:40:35,320
of a Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, a

639
00:40:35,400 –> 00:40:39,239
prescribed organization in which thereby committing an offense contrary to

640
00:40:39,360 –> 00:40:44,039
unpunishable under Section sixteen of the Terrorism Prevention Act twenty thirteen.

641
00:40:44,599 –> 00:40:48,800
Session sixteen of the Terrorism Prevention Acts and Prevention Amendment

642
00:40:48,880 –> 00:40:52,000
Act provides, and I quote, any person who is a

643
00:40:52,039 –> 00:40:54,800
member or professes to be a member of terrorist groups

644
00:40:54,840 –> 00:40:58,239
commits an offense and is liable on conviction to imprisonment

645
00:40:58,320 –> 00:41:00,719
for a time not less than twenty five one years.

646
00:41:01,559 –> 00:41:04,920
The ingredients of the offense from the above provide provisions

647
00:41:04,920 –> 00:41:09,119
are one, the defender must be a person. Two, the

648
00:41:09,199 –> 00:41:11,679
defender must be a member or professes to be a

649
00:41:11,719 –> 00:41:15,880
member of a terrorist group. Three the terrorist group must

650
00:41:15,920 –> 00:41:18,960
have been prescribed as at the time the defendant professors

651
00:41:19,039 –> 00:41:24,679
membership was tied as earlier established second ingredients. Prosecution has

652
00:41:24,760 –> 00:41:27,840
led evidence showing that the defendant was not just a member,

653
00:41:27,840 –> 00:41:30,599
but he was the leader of a terrorist organization known

654
00:41:30,599 –> 00:41:35,000
as Indigenous People of Biafra. Indeed, in the broadcast of

655
00:41:35,039 –> 00:41:37,960
the sixteenth of May twenty twenty one, as contained in

656
00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:41,800
the z BPWW, the defendant, in the beginning of the

657
00:41:41,840 –> 00:41:46,039
cliff stated this, and I quote. My name is Namdi Kanu.

658
00:41:46,440 –> 00:41:48,960
I am the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and

659
00:41:49,079 –> 00:41:53,719
director of Radio Biafra Biafra Television. I will remain a

660
00:41:53,800 –> 00:41:57,519
loyal servant of the people. He further stated around fifty

661
00:41:57,559 –> 00:42:00,320
one minutes mark into the video. If God God is

662
00:42:00,320 –> 00:42:03,480
on our side, which I know he is, the army

663
00:42:03,519 –> 00:42:07,880
of Nigeria will die in Bafra land. Everybody will die.

664
00:42:08,079 –> 00:42:10,840
I will be the one leading it. By God’s grace,

665
00:42:11,199 –> 00:42:15,559
everything called Nigeria will perish in Biafra land. The world

666
00:42:15,679 –> 00:42:19,079
must be prepared for what is to come unquote. In

667
00:42:19,199 –> 00:42:23,039
several other broadcasts, the defendant admitted being the leader of

668
00:42:23,079 –> 00:42:26,920
Indigenous People of Biafra. There is no fact before this

669
00:42:27,079 –> 00:42:29,800
court showing the defendant is not member and in fact

670
00:42:29,880 –> 00:42:33,360
leader of the said group. The defendant, from the evidence

671
00:42:33,400 –> 00:42:37,440
before this court, also possessed power to order the coordinator

672
00:42:37,519 –> 00:42:41,679
of IPOB. In a broadcast dated the eleventh of May

673
00:42:41,719 –> 00:42:45,719
twenty twenty one. In Exhibit p w W, the defendant,

674
00:42:45,760 –> 00:42:48,599
while commenting on the meeting of Southern Governor held in

675
00:42:48,639 –> 00:42:51,960
a sarvice, stated around thirty five minutes to the exhibits

676
00:42:52,000 –> 00:42:55,719
while played and I quote concerning the lockdown announced yesterday,

677
00:42:56,400 –> 00:42:58,840
I urge all people of Biafra and all those in

678
00:42:58,920 –> 00:43:02,320
Biafra Land to dis obey the lockdown given by Zoological

679
00:43:02,400 –> 00:43:06,119
Republic of Nigeria. The reason is because they want to

680
00:43:06,199 –> 00:43:08,440
use the dead of the Knight to move their fighters

681
00:43:08,440 –> 00:43:12,519
into our forest. Because we have defeated their foot soldiers.

682
00:43:12,960 –> 00:43:15,599
We must resist this stupid lockdown and it will not

683
00:43:15,719 –> 00:43:19,480
hold in Biafra. I am calling on all the coordinator,

684
00:43:19,920 –> 00:43:24,840
deputy coordinator of ESN, ESN and IPOB not to sleep

685
00:43:24,840 –> 00:43:27,639
in their houses today, but to look for somewhere else

686
00:43:27,679 –> 00:43:31,440
to stay, because now we are in the trenches. Now

687
00:43:31,480 –> 00:43:34,480
you will know what is freedom fighting for. It is

688
00:43:34,519 –> 00:43:38,079
not comfortable, it is not it is not rosy. Do

689
00:43:38,239 –> 00:43:42,000
not sleep at home. Do not sleep at home. Change

690
00:43:42,039 –> 00:43:45,360
your phone and even your phone itself. The defendant no

691
00:43:45,480 –> 00:43:47,599
doubt belonged to the group and is a leader of

692
00:43:47,639 –> 00:43:50,639
the group with the influence of commanding the coordinators of

693
00:43:50,679 –> 00:43:54,840
the group, not only IPOB but even Eastern Security Network

694
00:43:54,880 –> 00:43:58,760
which is the armed wing of IPOB. In the broadcast

695
00:43:58,800 –> 00:44:02,320
of the twelfth of December twenty the defendant made an

696
00:44:02,320 –> 00:44:06,679
announcement in inaugurating the military group known as Eastern Security Network,

697
00:44:06,679 –> 00:44:09,760
which is the armed wing of the indigenous people of Biafra.

698
00:44:10,519 –> 00:44:14,280
He stated, and I quote, we have cowards, fine line

699
00:44:14,280 –> 00:44:18,239
idiots as governors. They have given over our land to

700
00:44:18,280 –> 00:44:23,199
the Janjuwei to occupy in perpetual perpetuity. This very generation,

701
00:44:23,719 –> 00:44:27,840
this very Ipo B will not tolerate it, not now,

702
00:44:28,119 –> 00:44:31,639
not to morrow, not forever. We will rather all perish

703
00:44:31,639 –> 00:44:34,039
and die than to allow our land to be taken

704
00:44:34,119 –> 00:44:37,199
over by the Janjuwei. This is a warning to all

705
00:44:37,280 –> 00:44:40,840
the governors who are conspiring, due to one political consideration,

706
00:44:41,000 –> 00:44:43,880
to give our land to infidel and blood sucking demos

707
00:44:43,920 –> 00:44:48,280
from this town. I cannot it cannot happen, not under

708
00:44:48,320 –> 00:44:50,920
our watch. We are being told that some of these

709
00:44:50,960 –> 00:44:56,280
invaders come from Senegal, Gambia, Mali, from Nigerian Republicans and

710
00:44:56,320 –> 00:45:01,000
from Chad, according to Governor of Katsina State. Therefore, we

711
00:45:01,039 –> 00:45:04,159
are setting up the Eastern Security Networks to combat the

712
00:45:04,199 –> 00:45:08,199
excesses of these vagabonds criminals from crossing along the same

713
00:45:08,280 –> 00:45:11,320
line as a Motekan, the one set up by Mietiala.

714
00:45:12,039 –> 00:45:14,760
What we are launching before the war today is Eastern

715
00:45:14,880 –> 00:45:19,000
Security Network, not a Biafra army, and we will let

716
00:45:19,000 –> 00:45:22,719
the world know when the army is too much too much.

717
00:45:23,000 –> 00:45:25,880
But for our present purposes, we are setting it up

718
00:45:25,920 –> 00:45:29,360
to defend our land Biaffra against marauders from the Sahil

719
00:45:29,400 –> 00:45:33,320
and the term incurshion led by terrorists Fulani to be precise.

720
00:45:34,119 –> 00:45:36,320
In the coming days you shall see them in their

721
00:45:36,440 –> 00:45:40,920
uniform performing the critical issue of providing security for our land.

722
00:45:41,280 –> 00:45:45,400
The defendant, who was feasibly agitated continue in the broadcast

723
00:45:45,480 –> 00:45:48,519
by stating, no governor in the Southeast and South South

724
00:45:48,599 –> 00:45:52,400
have been able to form a security outfit. Therefore, I

725
00:45:52,519 –> 00:45:55,519
must defend our land to the very last blood. We

726
00:45:55,599 –> 00:46:00,320
shall not stop, not now, not tomorrow, not forever, until

727
00:46:00,360 –> 00:46:03,639
our land is get rid of vultures of this Fulani terrorist.

728
00:46:04,440 –> 00:46:07,440
In the third video broadcast, there was a side video

729
00:46:07,519 –> 00:46:10,440
of the man of the Eastern Security Network dressed in

730
00:46:10,519 –> 00:46:13,599
black with red cap waving black flag with insignia of

731
00:46:13,639 –> 00:46:18,039
Eastern Security Network. This is therefore no doubt. The prosecution

732
00:46:18,239 –> 00:46:22,960
has established the second ingredients beyond reasonable doubt. With respect

733
00:46:22,960 –> 00:46:26,480
to the third ingredient, the evidence before this court shows

734
00:46:26,480 –> 00:46:31,039
that IPOB is a prescribed group. I take judicial notice

735
00:46:31,039 –> 00:46:33,840
of session under Session one hundred and twenty two of

736
00:46:33,880 –> 00:46:36,639
the Evidence Act of the order made by my learned

737
00:46:36,719 –> 00:46:41,559
brother Yako jay in sud number pac ab JCSA seventy one,

738
00:46:41,679 –> 00:46:46,039
twenty seventeen between Attorney General of the Federation versus Indigenous

739
00:46:46,079 –> 00:46:50,440
People of Beafra today dated sorry dated the twentieth of

740
00:46:50,480 –> 00:46:54,800
September twenty seventeen, wherein the activities of Indigenous People of

741
00:46:54,800 –> 00:46:59,159
Biafra were prescribed. He sent order crystallized which is the

742
00:46:59,159 –> 00:47:02,880
Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette number ninety nine in

743
00:47:02,960 –> 00:47:06,280
volume one hundred and four, dated the twentieth of September

744
00:47:06,320 –> 00:47:11,800
twenty seventeen, titled Terrorism Prevention Order Number Terrorism Prevention Order

745
00:47:11,840 –> 00:47:15,599
of twenty seventeen. The gazette writz and I quotes nothing

746
00:47:15,639 –> 00:47:18,119
is hereby given that by the order of Federal High

747
00:47:18,199 –> 00:47:22,920
Courts ensued number facab JCS eight hundred and seventy one,

748
00:47:23,039 –> 00:47:28,360
twenty seventeen, dated the twentieth of September twenty seventeen. As

749
00:47:28,360 –> 00:47:32,000
further schedule to this notice, the activities of Indigenous People

750
00:47:32,039 –> 00:47:35,119
of Biafra declared to be terrorists and illegal in any

751
00:47:35,159 –> 00:47:39,320
part of the country Nigeria, especially in the Southeast South

752
00:47:39,360 –> 00:47:43,159
South region of Nigeria, is prescribed portioned to Session two

753
00:47:43,199 –> 00:47:48,480
of the Terrorism Prevention Act twenty eleven as amended two. Consequently,

754
00:47:48,880 –> 00:47:51,880
the general public is hereby warned that any person or

755
00:47:51,960 –> 00:47:55,320
group of persons participating in any manner whatever, in any

756
00:47:55,400 –> 00:47:58,960
form of activities involving or concerning the prosecution of the

757
00:47:59,000 –> 00:48:02,159
collective intention or otherwise of the said group, will be

758
00:48:02,239 –> 00:48:06,119
violating the provision of the Terrorism Prevention Act twenty eleven

759
00:48:06,199 –> 00:48:09,920
as amended and liable to prosecution. The import of the

760
00:48:09,960 –> 00:48:12,679
above is the beginning from the commencement date of the

761
00:48:12,719 –> 00:48:16,719
twentieth of September twenty seventeen, any person claiming to be

762
00:48:16,760 –> 00:48:21,159
a member of IPOB commits a terrorist act. The defendant,

763
00:48:21,199 –> 00:48:24,239
by his broadcast of the eleventh of May twenty twenty

764
00:48:24,639 –> 00:48:27,599
the twelfth of December twenty twenty profess to be a

765
00:48:27,639 –> 00:48:31,159
member of prescribed group. Thus is the breach of Session

766
00:48:31,199 –> 00:48:34,760
one hundred and sixty one of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment

767
00:48:34,880 –> 00:48:39,280
Act twenty thirteen. Consequently, is hereby convicted of Count three.

768
00:48:39,880 –> 00:48:43,519
On Count four and five, which are closely related, the

769
00:48:43,559 –> 00:48:46,480
defendant is charged with inciting members of the public in

770
00:48:46,599 –> 00:48:50,239
Nigeria to halt and kill Nigeria security personnel and their

771
00:48:50,280 –> 00:48:54,320
family members, thereby committing offense under Section one Sub two

772
00:48:54,559 –> 00:48:58,840
h of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act twenty thirteen. The

773
00:48:58,920 –> 00:49:02,559
Session provides as follows, any person of any person of

774
00:49:02,599 –> 00:49:07,440
body corporate who knowingly or outside Nigeria direct or indirectly, willingly,

775
00:49:07,519 –> 00:49:11,079
in sight, promises, or induces any other person by any

776
00:49:11,079 –> 00:49:14,239
means whatsoever to commit the act of terrorism or any

777
00:49:14,280 –> 00:49:17,239
of the offenses referred to in the Acts commits an

778
00:49:17,239 –> 00:49:20,079
offense under the Act and is liable to conviction to

779
00:49:20,159 –> 00:49:24,280
maximum of death sentence. The ingredients of the offense which

780
00:49:24,320 –> 00:49:29,079
the prosecution must establish beyond reasonable doubta One, the defendant

781
00:49:29,159 –> 00:49:33,039
must be person of body corporate. Two, the defendant must

782
00:49:33,119 –> 00:49:37,599
have directly or indirectly insights, promise, or induced other person

783
00:49:37,719 –> 00:49:42,559
by any means whatsoever to commit the consent Terrorism Act. Three.

784
00:49:42,760 –> 00:49:47,159
The defendant must have directly or indirectly incited, promised, or

785
00:49:47,199 –> 00:49:50,599
induced other persons by any means whatsoever to commit the

786
00:49:50,719 –> 00:49:55,199
terrorist act willingly or knowingly. The defendant have been established

787
00:49:55,239 –> 00:49:57,639
to be a human being by the prosecution. For the

788
00:49:57,679 –> 00:50:02,360
second ingredient. It is aughtant to understand what incitement means,

789
00:50:02,360 –> 00:50:05,280
and according to Supreme Court by Nikito b d. S

790
00:50:05,599 –> 00:50:09,280
of Blessed Memory, the incasser and the state citations applied

791
00:50:09,360 –> 00:50:13,199
hold and I quote. An encouragement here means an art

792
00:50:13,239 –> 00:50:16,239
of making someone to feel brave or confident enough to

793
00:50:16,280 –> 00:50:19,639
do something by giving active approval in support of the crime.

794
00:50:20,480 –> 00:50:24,599
Incitement also have the element of encouragement. By incitement, the

795
00:50:24,679 –> 00:50:27,679
person is provoked by a strong passion or feeling to

796
00:50:27,719 –> 00:50:31,000
commit an offense. The word set is a word of

797
00:50:31,039 –> 00:50:34,239
the word of quite a number of synonyms. The two

798
00:50:34,280 –> 00:50:37,519
words set on connotes the resemblance of casing to attack

799
00:50:37,639 –> 00:50:40,960
or chase, like one may be say the future man

800
00:50:41,360 –> 00:50:44,440
prepare the bait to set on the fish. It also

801
00:50:44,599 –> 00:50:48,280
adds the element of antagonism and instigation. The art of

802
00:50:48,320 –> 00:50:52,079
instigating means something happened by the actions or conduct of

803
00:50:52,119 –> 00:50:55,760
a person who is the starter. By the act of instigation,

804
00:50:56,320 –> 00:51:00,840
the co accused is prepared or gingered to commit an offense. Likewise,

805
00:51:01,159 –> 00:51:05,360
the online Oxford Dictionary defines its incitements as follows the

806
00:51:05,400 –> 00:51:11,000
action of provoking unlawful behavior urging someone to behave unlawfully.

807
00:51:11,360 –> 00:51:15,199
The Cambridge Dictionary also defines incitements as follows and I

808
00:51:15,280 –> 00:51:18,119
quote the art of encouraging someone to do or to

809
00:51:18,159 –> 00:51:22,800
feel something unpleasant or violent. Drawing from the above definitions,

810
00:51:23,159 –> 00:51:26,679
the incitements involved provoking or instigating people to do an

811
00:51:26,719 –> 00:51:31,159
unlawful act. In their instant terrorist acts. The prosecution has

812
00:51:31,239 –> 00:51:34,719
led evidence showing that the defendant made broadcasts in citing

813
00:51:34,760 –> 00:51:37,920
public to take up arms against the security personnel in

814
00:51:38,039 –> 00:51:42,119
Nigeria to kill them and their family members. The broadcast

815
00:51:42,159 –> 00:51:45,360
of twenty first day of October twenty twenty is contained

816
00:51:45,360 –> 00:51:49,960
in the PWW. The defendant said, and I quote, Radio

817
00:51:50,000 –> 00:51:52,239
Biaffer is now in the hand of the enemy of

818
00:51:52,280 –> 00:51:55,960
our freedom. I don’t know how much they paid for it,

819
00:51:56,280 –> 00:51:58,880
but I know that Britain spent over four point eight

820
00:51:58,920 –> 00:52:01,800
billion a few days ago to suppress what is happening.

821
00:52:02,559 –> 00:52:05,119
That is what they have done. I told you a

822
00:52:05,159 –> 00:52:07,679
while back that Britain was now in charge of what

823
00:52:07,840 –> 00:52:10,679
is happening in the zoo, and you thought that I

824
00:52:10,840 –> 00:52:14,280
was joking. They have now come with their clampdown, but

825
00:52:14,360 –> 00:52:17,519
they are now going they are not going to succeed.

826
00:52:18,079 –> 00:52:21,320
Radio Biafra belonged to US but why is it not

827
00:52:21,440 –> 00:52:25,480
playing out our program right now? The defendant also stated,

828
00:52:25,880 –> 00:52:28,320
I am telling you people to go to the bush.

829
00:52:28,840 –> 00:52:32,800
Whenever you see a military convoy, you attack them. Whenever

830
00:52:32,880 –> 00:52:36,320
you see a police convoy, attack them. They are human

831
00:52:36,400 –> 00:52:39,559
beings and they also beat Any person with a police

832
00:52:39,679 –> 00:52:43,599
uniform or any army any army uniform is an enemy

833
00:52:43,599 –> 00:52:47,239
of the people. Unquote. Around fifty seven minutes to this

834
00:52:47,400 –> 00:52:51,000
video mark, the defender stated, and I quote they came

835
00:52:51,039 –> 00:52:54,920
to Tanubu. It is surprised that after British High Commissioner

836
00:52:55,000 –> 00:52:59,000
came to Tanubu, they opened fire on protesters in Lagos.

837
00:52:59,360 –> 00:53:02,800
You should know that the woman is a devil, a big,

838
00:53:02,880 –> 00:53:06,519
big devil. She too will go We get a common pence.

839
00:53:07,000 –> 00:53:10,519
The defendant was referring to Katrina Lang, the British High

840
00:53:10,519 –> 00:53:14,320
Commissioner at that time. The defendant also said, from what

841
00:53:14,480 –> 00:53:17,679
will happen in Abba between today and tomorrow? We tell

842
00:53:17,679 –> 00:53:21,719
you how serious we are. Every police officer with uniform.

843
00:53:22,119 –> 00:53:24,920
Once you come out from your house with police uniform,

844
00:53:25,199 –> 00:53:28,840
you’re a dead man. Working callers were calling in from

845
00:53:29,159 –> 00:53:32,519
from places like Abba, like toll gates and other parts

846
00:53:32,519 –> 00:53:38,199
of Legos. Abaden Abouja, jos Arby Estate. Even one Jacob

847
00:53:38,280 –> 00:53:42,199
called from Nasarawa State, and the defendant kept giving orders

848
00:53:42,239 –> 00:53:45,159
for these callers and other listeners to kill every police

849
00:53:45,159 –> 00:53:48,920
and soldiers. The defendant even told the people how to

850
00:53:48,960 –> 00:53:52,440
build an improvised bombs. He asked him to go to

851
00:53:52,480 –> 00:53:55,119
fillings station to get fuel in a bottle and put

852
00:53:55,119 –> 00:53:57,880
a rag in it. Then they should set the rag

853
00:53:57,920 –> 00:54:01,519
at ablaze and throw it at soldiers. In responding to

854
00:54:01,559 –> 00:54:04,519
a call a call from Abouja in that same broadcast

855
00:54:04,559 –> 00:54:08,119
of the twentieth of October twenty twenty one, the defendant,

856
00:54:08,519 –> 00:54:13,079
while inciting his listener to attack the relative of security personnel, stated,

857
00:54:13,280 –> 00:54:16,960
and I quote that every commander they have given his name, feeds,

858
00:54:17,880 –> 00:54:20,800
find his children. I want to get him in trouble.

859
00:54:21,199 –> 00:54:23,440
When they take me to court and ask why I

860
00:54:23,519 –> 00:54:27,239
said such thing, I will tell them why. Find the

861
00:54:27,280 –> 00:54:31,320
commander his name is if ou you matter, find his children,

862
00:54:31,639 –> 00:54:34,719
Find his children, the commander of those on the ground,

863
00:54:34,840 –> 00:54:40,599
find their children, very very important. Find their children. Unquote.

864
00:54:40,639 –> 00:54:44,079
This defendant went further than and I quote start attacking

865
00:54:44,119 –> 00:54:49,079
the police, take the guns, use them against them. Manufacture

866
00:54:49,119 –> 00:54:54,239
molotov cocktail, manufacture bombs to bomb them unquote. The defendant

867
00:54:54,320 –> 00:54:58,920
asked about two hours, forty four minutes thirty five second mark.

868
00:54:59,320 –> 00:55:01,800
While King Kur with a caller who informed him of

869
00:55:01,800 –> 00:55:05,440
the intention of him other IPOB members to burn down

870
00:55:05,480 –> 00:55:09,920
the Ezima police station, stated not only one, I want

871
00:55:10,000 –> 00:55:13,719
every police station in Abber to be destroyed, completely destroyed

872
00:55:13,880 –> 00:55:18,239
and burn them down. It is an order destroying them completely.

873
00:55:18,480 –> 00:55:22,000
Anybody who see them with police uniform kill the person.

874
00:55:22,519 –> 00:55:27,280
Nigeria wants anarchy, we will give them. And in another broadcast,

875
00:55:27,639 –> 00:55:31,679
the defendant, while responding to a caller, stated this, you

876
00:55:31,840 –> 00:55:35,320
people must devise strategy to outfit the army. There are

877
00:55:35,320 –> 00:55:38,079
some guns in those states right now as we speak.

878
00:55:38,920 –> 00:55:41,159
Use those guns to kill one or two of their

879
00:55:41,280 –> 00:55:44,880
army offices. Take the guns and begin to kill other

880
00:55:44,920 –> 00:55:49,039
people as well. Begin because they cannot sustain this protest

881
00:55:49,119 –> 00:55:52,920
for three years, three weeks. There are guns in edo

882
00:55:53,039 –> 00:55:57,119
states already. Kill the army. Whenever you see them, take

883
00:55:57,159 –> 00:56:00,440
the guns and kill them. The incitement of the defendant

884
00:56:00,480 –> 00:56:03,599
for the public to kill security personnel is quite clear

885
00:56:03,679 –> 00:56:08,400
from its big blockers. Not only incitement to kill security offices,

886
00:56:08,920 –> 00:56:12,000
the defendant even went as far as inciting the public

887
00:56:12,039 –> 00:56:16,280
to destroy all properties of federal government during the Ensis

888
00:56:16,360 –> 00:56:20,119
protest of the twentieth of October twenty twenty. The defendant

889
00:56:20,159 –> 00:56:23,599
in another live dated the twentieth of October twenty twenty,

890
00:56:24,000 –> 00:56:27,199
the defendant, while responding to calls from his foot soldier

891
00:56:27,320 –> 00:56:30,320
during the protest, stated, and I quote, if you leave

892
00:56:30,360 –> 00:56:33,440
the Janjui in their agents, the way they operate, if

893
00:56:33,480 –> 00:56:36,360
you leave them, believe you will you believe me, you

894
00:56:36,400 –> 00:56:40,519
will suffer. That very hotel must be brought down. I

895
00:56:40,639 –> 00:56:43,880
did not say set ablaze. It must be demolished as

896
00:56:43,920 –> 00:56:47,239
an example to the rest. If you have not dealt

897
00:56:47,440 –> 00:56:50,880
with Tanubu in Lagos, the other will not learn their lesson.

898
00:56:51,639 –> 00:56:55,280
Tanubu is an evil man. The hotel refers here to

899
00:56:55,360 –> 00:56:59,119
his Oriental Hotel in Lagos, which the defendant alleged belonged

900
00:56:59,119 –> 00:57:03,519
to Tanubu. While responding to a caller, the defendant urged

901
00:57:03,559 –> 00:57:06,639
his callers to ambush forces during the protest and cut

902
00:57:06,719 –> 00:57:10,800
him off. He said, and I quote, go to the bush.

903
00:57:11,039 –> 00:57:13,840
You need to cut him off from the back, ambush them,

904
00:57:14,199 –> 00:57:17,079
take the guns from them and kill them. They are

905
00:57:17,119 –> 00:57:21,039
animals and not human beings. They may be wearing uniforms

906
00:57:21,159 –> 00:57:25,079
like police or soldier. But they are animals. Disarm them

907
00:57:25,119 –> 00:57:28,199
and kill them. If you allow them to escape, your

908
00:57:28,239 –> 00:57:31,400
life is over. And I want Lagos airports to be

909
00:57:31,440 –> 00:57:34,599
on flame. Reach the perimeter fence and burn down the

910
00:57:34,679 –> 00:57:38,800
Lagos airport. If you have double barrel or pistol, go

911
00:57:38,840 –> 00:57:42,800
to the airport and burn it down. Said Murtala Mohammad

912
00:57:42,880 –> 00:57:46,519
Airport on fire. Set it ablaze right now. You are

913
00:57:46,559 –> 00:57:51,320
dealing with animals. Fulani janjuwi. They do not reason. Unquote.

914
00:57:51,599 –> 00:57:54,239
It is important to state that the said hotels and

915
00:57:54,360 –> 00:57:58,360
Matala Mohammad Airport and are the property in Lagos. They

916
00:57:58,400 –> 00:58:00,639
are not in the North. They are not in the

917
00:58:00,679 –> 00:58:04,079
North where it seemed to hate with passion even his

918
00:58:04,199 –> 00:58:08,360
own fellow Igbo’s people have property in Lagos with destroying

919
00:58:08,360 –> 00:58:11,920
the property is said to be agitation for self determinations.

920
00:58:12,719 –> 00:58:16,119
The threats and destruction which follow were corroborated in Exhibit

921
00:58:16,199 –> 00:58:19,079
p w D two, which is a pictorial picture of

922
00:58:19,119 –> 00:58:22,559
the assessment of damage done to the Nigerian police alone

923
00:58:22,599 –> 00:58:25,920
in the state of Southern States. So many of these

924
00:58:25,960 –> 00:58:29,039
police stations and even police offices were killed as a

925
00:58:29,079 –> 00:58:33,159
result of the incitement by the defendant. Also exhibit p

926
00:58:33,400 –> 00:58:36,199
w D two A, which is a compilation of death

927
00:58:36,280 –> 00:58:40,719
reports and certificate of death of security offices. In the report,

928
00:58:41,079 –> 00:58:43,639
the number of police officers who were killed was given

929
00:58:43,679 –> 00:58:47,440
as one hundred and twenty eight, military offices were thirty seven,

930
00:58:47,840 –> 00:58:51,719
other security offices as ten, number of police stations attacked

931
00:58:51,760 –> 00:58:55,280
were one hundred and sixty four and neck facilities destroyed

932
00:58:55,519 –> 00:58:59,079
were nine in number. This clearly shows the extent of

933
00:58:59,159 –> 00:59:03,719
damage caused by the defendant through his inciting statements. Another

934
00:59:03,800 –> 00:59:07,239
caller called in into the program, informing the defendant that

935
00:59:07,320 –> 00:59:09,719
he was at a shoddier Parper Expressway and that they

936
00:59:09,719 –> 00:59:14,280
are killing them. The defendant, annoyed by this information, stated

937
00:59:14,280 –> 00:59:17,119
for and I quote, how many police or army did

938
00:59:17,159 –> 00:59:19,840
you kill? I don’t want to hear that they are

939
00:59:19,920 –> 00:59:23,360
killing you. How many did you kill? The caller then

940
00:59:23,440 –> 00:59:26,280
responded that they have bombed the Aarrille police station and

941
00:59:26,360 –> 00:59:30,280
a Lasa police station. The defendant then told the caller

942
00:59:30,360 –> 00:59:33,199
not to wave the green white green flag of Nigeria,

943
00:59:33,239 –> 00:59:36,960
but a blood stained flag with the color green white.

944
00:59:37,199 –> 00:59:40,159
He further responded to another caller by saying, what I

945
00:59:40,239 –> 00:59:42,320
want him to do is to set a blaze. Building

946
00:59:42,320 –> 00:59:46,840
along Marina on fire. Every federal government property in Lagos

947
00:59:46,880 –> 00:59:49,360
should be burnt. That is what is going to be

948
00:59:49,440 –> 00:59:52,639
signaled to the world that people have had enough. I

949
00:59:52,760 –> 00:59:56,280
want every federal government building in Lagos will be on fire.

950
00:59:57,039 –> 01:00:00,880
Every federal government vehicle or anything belonging to federal government.

951
01:00:00,920 –> 01:00:05,079
Burn it. Go to the Matala Mohammad Airport, burn it.

952
01:00:05,400 –> 01:00:09,400
How many soldiers do they have? Manufacture your own weapons

953
01:00:09,400 –> 01:00:12,519
and ambush them. The result of this incitement is the

954
01:00:12,599 –> 01:00:18,039
killing of several military offices, police offices, DSS offices. The

955
01:00:18,119 –> 01:00:21,840
incitements also led to the destruction of several police stations

956
01:00:21,880 –> 01:00:25,920
in Lagos across the southern states of Nigeria. According to

957
01:00:25,960 –> 01:00:29,000
p W five, he led a team of offices to

958
01:00:29,079 –> 01:00:32,559
investigate the destruction and killing of the security personnel that

959
01:00:32,599 –> 01:00:36,119
occurred during the ENS’s protest of the twentieth of October

960
01:00:36,119 –> 01:00:41,679
twenty twenty, as contained in NDBPWD two and p w

961
01:00:42,039 –> 01:00:46,119
D two K. The results were quite alarming. The court

962
01:00:46,239 –> 01:00:49,119
is mindful not to attribute all the happening during the

963
01:00:49,239 –> 01:00:53,480
ENSS protest on the defendant. However, there is no doubt

964
01:00:53,480 –> 01:00:56,639
that the incitement by the defendant contributed largely to the

965
01:00:56,719 –> 01:01:00,840
killing of security operatives as well as destruction of pupber properties.

966
01:01:01,599 –> 01:01:05,039
The defendant incited people to destroy properties such as the

967
01:01:05,039 –> 01:01:09,440
Alasa Police Station, other police stations and properties of this government.

968
01:01:10,199 –> 01:01:13,360
The evidence before this court shows that the said properties

969
01:01:13,400 –> 01:01:17,000
were actually destroyed such as Alasa Police Station, the High

970
01:01:17,039 –> 01:01:19,559
Court of Lagos in Igbo Srey as well as PRT

971
01:01:19,719 –> 01:01:24,000
buses belonging to Lagos State Government in Euingbo. P W

972
01:01:24,159 –> 01:01:27,519
two also testified that military couples were killed by those

973
01:01:27,599 –> 01:01:31,920
incited by the defendant in Orlu in iMOS State. In addition,

974
01:01:32,320 –> 01:01:35,000
p W Force stated that his driver and one of

975
01:01:35,039 –> 01:01:38,480
his tactical offices were killed as a result of the incitements.

976
01:01:39,280 –> 01:01:41,639
The action of the defendant were clear as it was

977
01:01:41,679 –> 01:01:45,400
aimed to cause anarchy by killing security operatives in Nigeria,

978
01:01:45,480 –> 01:01:47,800
which would in turn lead to break down of law

979
01:01:47,880 –> 01:01:51,440
and order. The defendants act and of an evil intention

980
01:01:51,599 –> 01:01:56,320
to havoc, create wreck sorry, to create to wreck havoc

981
01:01:56,360 –> 01:01:59,679
on the people and government of Nigeria. Are all these

982
01:01:59,719 –> 01:02:04,599
actions consistent with agitation for self determinations? The actions to

983
01:02:04,639 –> 01:02:09,519
this sorry, The answer to this is innegative. His violent

984
01:02:09,599 –> 01:02:12,679
outbursts as well as his instigations of the public to

985
01:02:12,719 –> 01:02:16,960
attack and kill security offices in southern Nigeria without provocation

986
01:02:17,159 –> 01:02:22,119
was done barbaricon without any conscience whatsoever. The defendant did

987
01:02:22,159 –> 01:02:25,039
not feel any concern for the family of the offices

988
01:02:25,079 –> 01:02:28,599
who were strained. He turned himself to a tyrant who

989
01:02:28,599 –> 01:02:32,679
could take life any time he pleased. Such persons cannot

990
01:02:32,679 –> 01:02:36,400
be allowed to remain in society of sane minds. His

991
01:02:36,519 –> 01:02:40,360
shocking instigations to kill other human being was incomprehensible and

992
01:02:40,519 –> 01:02:43,880
these court hereby condemn it. But I must say that

993
01:02:44,039 –> 01:02:47,559
evidence extracted in this judgment is minute and very small

994
01:02:47,599 –> 01:02:51,039
to the avalanche of evidence and broadcast before these Courts

995
01:02:51,079 –> 01:02:56,000
by the defendant. The defendant made extremely threatening statements incited

996
01:02:56,039 –> 01:03:00,440
people to violence. The prosecution unsuccessfully discharged his body of

997
01:03:00,519 –> 01:03:05,159
proof in counts four and five beyond reasonable doubt. Consequently,

998
01:03:05,519 –> 01:03:08,599
the defendant is hereby convicted of the said count four

999
01:03:08,960 –> 01:03:13,840
five now count six. For count six, the defendant charged

1000
01:03:13,880 –> 01:03:16,760
with the offense of making a broadcast received and heard

1001
01:03:16,800 –> 01:03:19,960
in Nigeria within the juris of this Court, in furtherance

1002
01:03:20,000 –> 01:03:23,119
of an art of terrorism against the Federal Republic of

1003
01:03:23,199 –> 01:03:26,360
Nigeria and the people of Nigeria, in which he directed

1004
01:03:26,400 –> 01:03:30,480
members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, a prescribed organization,

1005
01:03:30,559 –> 01:03:34,679
to manufacture bonds, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section

1006
01:03:34,760 –> 01:03:38,880
one two F of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act twenty thirteen.

1007
01:03:39,760 –> 01:03:43,440
Section one two F of the Terrorism Prevention Act twenty

1008
01:03:43,480 –> 01:03:46,760
thirteen provides a person or body corporate who know fully,

1009
01:03:47,239 –> 01:03:53,920
knowingly in or outside Nigeria directly or indirectly, willingly assists, felicitates, organizes,

1010
01:03:54,039 –> 01:03:58,239
or directs the activities of person organization engaged in any

1011
01:03:58,239 –> 01:04:02,280
act of terrorism. The ingredients of the offense expected to

1012
01:04:02,280 –> 01:04:05,559
be established A. One the defendant must be a person

1013
01:04:05,679 –> 01:04:11,639
or body corporate. Two the defendant must have assisted, facilitated, organized,

1014
01:04:11,760 –> 01:04:15,639
or directed the activities of person or organization engaged in

1015
01:04:15,760 –> 01:04:23,639
terrorist activities. Three the defender must have willingfully or willingly assisted, facilitated, organised,

1016
01:04:23,719 –> 01:04:28,519
or directed the activities of persons organization engaging terrorist acts.

1017
01:04:29,280 –> 01:04:32,639
The defendants herein have been established to be a human being.

1018
01:04:33,079 –> 01:04:36,519
As to the second and third ingredient, the defendant, the

1019
01:04:36,599 –> 01:04:40,599
prosecution has led evidence to show that defendant has directed

1020
01:04:40,639 –> 01:04:45,159
membership of the terrorist organization to build bonds other explosives

1021
01:04:45,159 –> 01:04:48,719
in order to attack security operatives. Indeed, in full dance

1022
01:04:48,760 –> 01:04:52,199
of its terrorist actions and following the incitement of person

1023
01:04:52,360 –> 01:04:56,519
to kill defendant security operative, the defendant also directed his

1024
01:04:56,679 –> 01:05:01,639
members to build explosive devices, particularly moder cocktail. About one

1025
01:05:01,760 –> 01:05:05,119
thirtieth of a minute thirty six seconds of the broadcast

1026
01:05:05,199 –> 01:05:08,639
of the twentieth of October twenty twenty, as contained in

1027
01:05:08,719 –> 01:05:13,480
Exhibit PWW, the defendant, while responding to a caller about

1028
01:05:13,599 –> 01:05:17,440
ensis protests, stated, and I quote now this night, I

1029
01:05:17,559 –> 01:05:21,280
want graduates to go to work. Graduates of chemical engineering,

1030
01:05:21,639 –> 01:05:26,039
those who were born as engineers. Manufacture any ordinance you can,

1031
01:05:26,119 –> 01:05:28,840
because they are coming to kill you anyway, regardless of

1032
01:05:28,840 –> 01:05:33,119
what you do. Go and manufacture any ordinance. I am

1033
01:05:33,199 –> 01:05:35,400
calling on the youth in the Middle Belt and I

1034
01:05:35,480 –> 01:05:38,079
want any bridge that they can use to reinforce to

1035
01:05:38,119 –> 01:05:41,280
be destroyed. They are going to come from the Middle

1036
01:05:41,320 –> 01:05:45,880
Belt this night. We have engineers everywhere. People who are intelligent.

1037
01:05:46,360 –> 01:05:48,840
Go back now and give us your own version of

1038
01:05:48,880 –> 01:05:53,280
Molotov cocktail. We must destroy them before they destroy us.

1039
01:05:53,599 –> 01:05:58,199
Every youth tonight tonight, anybody with a police uniform anywhere,

1040
01:05:58,599 –> 01:06:03,119
especially in Abba in once you have police uniform or

1041
01:06:03,159 –> 01:06:06,559
any or any army uniform, that person is your enemy.

1042
01:06:07,280 –> 01:06:10,159
Attack them because if you don’t, they will kill you.

1043
01:06:10,679 –> 01:06:13,599
If you are a graduate of physics or chemistry, no

1044
01:06:13,800 –> 01:06:17,880
sleep for you tonight. Go and manufacture something to destroy

1045
01:06:17,960 –> 01:06:22,199
the police and every army police position starting from this night.

1046
01:06:23,079 –> 01:06:26,639
During the said broadcast, while responding to a caller named

1047
01:06:26,719 –> 01:06:30,480
Jacob from Nasarawa State, the defendant even told the people

1048
01:06:30,519 –> 01:06:33,760
how to build an improvised bomb. He asked them to

1049
01:06:33,800 –> 01:06:36,360
go to filling station to get fuel in a bottle,

1050
01:06:36,760 –> 01:06:38,519
put a rag in it. That then they should set

1051
01:06:38,559 –> 01:06:42,679
the ragablaze and throw it at a soldier. A Molotov cocktail,

1052
01:06:43,000 –> 01:06:45,880
according to Wikipedia dot com that I assess at one

1053
01:06:45,920 –> 01:06:48,840
a m on the twentieth of November twenty twenty five,

1054
01:06:49,280 –> 01:06:53,039
a hand drawn incendiary weapon consisting of a fragile container

1055
01:06:53,119 –> 01:06:56,440
filled with flammable substances, equipped with a fuse. In use,

1056
01:06:57,280 –> 01:06:59,599
the fuse attached to the container is lit in the

1057
01:06:59,639 –> 01:07:04,360
weapon is thrown, scattering on impact. The online Britannica Dictionary

1058
01:07:04,360 –> 01:07:08,000
defined Molotov’s cocktail as a crude bomb, typically consisting of

1059
01:07:08,079 –> 01:07:10,920
bottle filled with inflammable liquids and a wick that is

1060
01:07:10,960 –> 01:07:16,000
ignited before throwing. Applying the above definition, the directive of

1061
01:07:16,039 –> 01:07:18,960
the defendant to members of the group to build improvised

1062
01:07:19,000 –> 01:07:22,440
bombs such as Molotov’s cocktail is indeed a terrorist act.

1063
01:07:23,159 –> 01:07:27,159
A Molotov cocktail is capable of causing explosions damaged like

1064
01:07:27,239 –> 01:07:31,599
any other bombs which aim is to cause destruction. This directive,

1065
01:07:32,159 –> 01:07:35,679
like all that directive, is the manifestation of anarchy minded

1066
01:07:35,719 –> 01:07:39,079
of the sorry of the anarchy minded of the defendant,

1067
01:07:39,079 –> 01:07:42,159
which he set out to express through his Biafra Radio,

1068
01:07:42,599 –> 01:07:46,360
which he claimed to be the founder and director. The Defendant,

1069
01:07:46,400 –> 01:07:50,360
through the Radio Biafra platform, carried out so many terrorist

1070
01:07:50,440 –> 01:07:53,440
attacks which led to the destruction of lives and property

1071
01:07:53,440 –> 01:07:58,119
in Nigeria. The defendant is not only confirmed to local terrorists,

1072
01:07:58,440 –> 01:08:01,880
but I hold without hesitation that he is an international terrorist,

1073
01:08:01,960 –> 01:08:04,960
flowing from his threat to attack British High commission and

1074
01:08:05,039 –> 01:08:08,360
American Embassy as well as his incitement against the British

1075
01:08:08,440 –> 01:08:12,039
High Commissioner to Nigeria at the time, Katrina Lang, a

1076
01:08:12,119 –> 01:08:15,519
known woman of peace. In a broadcast of the twenty

1077
01:08:15,559 –> 01:08:19,439
first of October twenty twenty, the defenders stated thus, and

1078
01:08:19,560 –> 01:08:22,479
I quote Radio Beaffra is now in the hand of

1079
01:08:22,520 –> 01:08:25,720
the enemy of our freedom. I don’t know how much

1080
01:08:25,760 –> 01:08:28,560
they paid for it, but I know that Britain spent

1081
01:08:28,600 –> 01:08:31,319
about four point eight billion a few days ago to

1082
01:08:31,359 –> 01:08:34,840
suppress what is happening. That is what they have done.

1083
01:08:35,279 –> 01:08:37,720
I told you a while back that Britain was now

1084
01:08:37,760 –> 01:08:40,640
in charge of what is happening in the zoo, and

1085
01:08:40,760 –> 01:08:43,520
you thought that it was joke. They have now come

1086
01:08:43,600 –> 01:08:46,479
with their clampdown, but they are not going to succeed.

1087
01:08:47,399 –> 01:08:50,600
Radio Beaffra belonged to us, But why is it not

1088
01:08:50,720 –> 01:08:55,079
playing our program right now? The defendant also stated, I

1089
01:08:55,159 –> 01:08:58,399
am telling you people to go to the bush. Wherever

1090
01:08:58,439 –> 01:09:02,039
you see a military convoy, you attack them. Whenever you

1091
01:09:02,119 –> 01:09:05,920
see a police convoy, attack them. They’re human beings and

1092
01:09:06,079 –> 01:09:09,640
they are they also bleed. Any person with a police

1093
01:09:09,760 –> 01:09:13,960
uniform or any army uniform is your enemy. Around fifty

1094
01:09:14,000 –> 01:09:17,079
seven minutes mark into that, the defendant directed his threat

1095
01:09:17,079 –> 01:09:21,159
at Katrina Lang, the British High Commissioner. He stated, and

1096
01:09:21,279 –> 01:09:24,560
I quote they came to Tanubu. It is a surprise

1097
01:09:24,680 –> 01:09:27,960
that after the British Commissioner came to Tanubu, they opened

1098
01:09:28,039 –> 01:09:31,760
fire on protesters. In Lagos. You should not be shocked.

1099
01:09:32,119 –> 01:09:36,680
The woman is dead. Is Demueur a big pig demon demon?

1100
01:09:36,960 –> 01:09:40,359
One hour, eight minutes, three hundred and thirty five second mark.

1101
01:09:40,760 –> 01:09:43,880
The defendant also stated, and I quote this the same

1102
01:09:43,960 –> 01:09:46,359
thing that Britain Didterea in what they are doing to

1103
01:09:46,439 –> 01:09:50,119
us now, media blackout? Do you want the world to

1104
01:09:50,199 –> 01:09:54,000
report this issue? Take over the British High Commission, that

1105
01:09:54,199 –> 01:09:58,000
is all, take over the consulate in Lagos, take over

1106
01:09:58,039 –> 01:10:01,119
the one in Abuja. Every new newspaper in the world

1107
01:10:01,159 –> 01:10:03,800
will report it in the morning. If you march on

1108
01:10:03,880 –> 01:10:07,439
the British High Commissioner Commission in morning, front pages in

1109
01:10:07,479 –> 01:10:10,920
the world will carry it and the world will ask

1110
01:10:10,960 –> 01:10:14,279
why is British British Commission in Abuja and Legos under

1111
01:10:14,319 –> 01:10:18,760
occupation by Nigerian youth? Then it is over. I’m giving

1112
01:10:18,800 –> 01:10:22,119
you a master strategy of how things should be done

1113
01:10:22,119 –> 01:10:25,560
in a formation of three lines. There is something I

1114
01:10:25,640 –> 01:10:28,359
want you to do. I’m announcing it on air so

1115
01:10:28,560 –> 01:10:32,680
you understand. People should go to every weather shop. You know,

1116
01:10:32,760 –> 01:10:36,000
those who build bullets proof door. I don’t care how

1117
01:10:36,079 –> 01:10:39,560
much it costs. We will pay everybody who is a

1118
01:10:39,600 –> 01:10:43,079
weather who builds bulletproof. People should take those doors and

1119
01:10:43,119 –> 01:10:45,760
put nails in front of them and stand in front

1120
01:10:45,760 –> 01:10:49,840
of protesters so that bullets cannot go through. Push the door,

1121
01:10:50,199 –> 01:10:52,800
get the weapons and deal with them. When you are

1122
01:10:52,840 –> 01:10:57,119
marching to the British High Commissioner Commission tomorrow form three lines,

1123
01:10:57,920 –> 01:11:01,000
they will have the army surrounding them. They will send

1124
01:11:01,000 –> 01:11:04,039
a cable to London that British High Commission in Lagos

1125
01:11:04,079 –> 01:11:07,239
is under attack. They will be forced to release it.

1126
01:11:07,680 –> 01:11:10,199
Then the whole world will know that a revolution is

1127
01:11:10,279 –> 01:11:15,920
going on. Without that, you cannot succeed unquote. Even recently

1128
01:11:15,960 –> 01:11:18,800
in this court room, on the seventh day of November

1129
01:11:18,800 –> 01:11:22,319
twenty twenty five, when the matter came up before this court,

1130
01:11:22,600 –> 01:11:25,159
the court wandered the kind of malice and hatred which

1131
01:11:25,159 –> 01:11:28,840
the defendant had for Britain. I will produce same part

1132
01:11:28,880 –> 01:11:33,159
of the proceedings of that day here too. Defendant, he says,

1133
01:11:33,159 –> 01:11:35,439
there are issues of play which my lord has not

1134
01:11:35,600 –> 01:11:39,560
able to overcome, which even the prosecution has not even

1135
01:11:39,600 –> 01:11:43,239
attempted to overcome. My Lord, are you asking me to

1136
01:11:43,319 –> 01:11:45,880
go into the doors to defend myself on a non

1137
01:11:45,920 –> 01:11:49,399
existent law? If you can state that for the record,

1138
01:11:49,840 –> 01:11:52,359
my Lord, I will be most grateful that you are

1139
01:11:52,399 –> 01:11:54,920
going to try me or ask me to enter my

1140
01:11:55,079 –> 01:11:59,520
defense where no law exists. Because if that is the position,

1141
01:12:00,119 –> 01:12:03,039
my Lord, that means that the outcome of my trial

1142
01:12:03,119 –> 01:12:07,720
is predetermined. A man of mine, my stats, my station

1143
01:12:07,840 –> 01:12:11,479
and caliber cannot be tried without any valid law. It

1144
01:12:11,560 –> 01:12:15,479
is impossible, my Lord. I will tell you why this

1145
01:12:15,800 –> 01:12:18,880
was the case. This very case is bigger than this court.

1146
01:12:19,319 –> 01:12:21,960
The cause of the case of mine started in nineteen

1147
01:12:22,079 –> 01:12:24,640
fifty seven, went some brave men and women in this

1148
01:12:24,840 –> 01:12:28,039
very country, dare to ask the British to live. The

1149
01:12:28,119 –> 01:12:31,159
funniest thing is that all of them that very effort,

1150
01:12:31,479 –> 01:12:34,880
they all went to jail and were killed. Court. I’m

1151
01:12:34,960 –> 01:12:39,119
learning this now, then ask the British to leave defendant. Yes.

1152
01:12:39,560 –> 01:12:43,840
In nineteen fifty seven, Drive Anthony enna Horo moved a

1153
01:12:43,880 –> 01:12:46,600
motion at the house in Lagos asking the white men

1154
01:12:46,640 –> 01:12:50,840
to go and leave us alone. From that day, trouble started.

1155
01:12:50,840 –> 01:12:55,239
Even before then, the like of Harbard Macaulay was jailed. Honorable,

1156
01:12:55,640 –> 01:12:58,760
honorable men that fought for the indignity of the black race.

1157
01:12:59,560 –> 01:13:03,840
Because they want me convicted. They told me so, absolutely,

1158
01:13:04,279 –> 01:13:09,119
my lord, absolutely, one hundred percent. They told me. They said,

1159
01:13:09,399 –> 01:13:11,520
I will come to court to see to hear your

1160
01:13:11,560 –> 01:13:15,960
case when prosecutions open their case, when you start your

1161
01:13:16,000 –> 01:13:20,279
cross examination, when you refuse your no case submission. I

1162
01:13:20,319 –> 01:13:22,880
am telling you what happened a year and half ago.

1163
01:13:23,399 –> 01:13:26,319
When you file your no case submission and is rejected,

1164
01:13:26,720 –> 01:13:29,600
you will not go into trial. You will be there

1165
01:13:29,680 –> 01:13:33,439
during the verdict. You will be there during convictions. The

1166
01:13:33,520 –> 01:13:37,479
court now responded, let me just clarify this. It is

1167
01:13:37,520 –> 01:13:40,079
also on record you said that the British said that

1168
01:13:40,199 –> 01:13:42,399
one year and half ago, that I was not the

1169
01:13:42,439 –> 01:13:45,720
one presiding here. I want to say this that I

1170
01:13:45,800 –> 01:13:48,760
know my brother too that was ascertain. It will not

1171
01:13:48,880 –> 01:13:51,680
get into that level of having anything to do anything

1172
01:13:51,760 –> 01:13:54,199
because the way you are putting it. I want to

1173
01:13:54,239 –> 01:13:58,239
say this, I do not have any relationship with the British.

1174
01:13:58,520 –> 01:14:02,159
I have come here to do justice. I reiterate, can

1175
01:14:02,199 –> 01:14:04,720
you commence your defense so that if you commence today,

1176
01:14:05,079 –> 01:14:07,600
I can extend time for you because your time has

1177
01:14:07,720 –> 01:14:10,359
ended today. For the US embassy, it will have been

1178
01:14:10,399 –> 01:14:12,840
attacked if not for the closure. As a result of

1179
01:14:12,880 –> 01:14:15,720
the protest, the defendant at about two twenty two to

1180
01:14:15,760 –> 01:14:19,119
two hours twenty four minutes fifty seconds mark of the

1181
01:14:19,199 –> 01:14:22,960
video of twenty first day of October twenty twenty, broadcast

1182
01:14:23,000 –> 01:14:29,159
in LGBTWW stated, American Embassy is shut down? Why won’t

1183
01:14:29,159 –> 01:14:33,359
they shut down? People are protesting? This statement regarding the

1184
01:14:33,399 –> 01:14:37,439
Embassy of United States of America is quite loaded. The

1185
01:14:37,520 –> 01:14:41,520
statement could mean several things, none which are palatable or peaceful.

1186
01:14:42,199 –> 01:14:45,560
What exactly does the defendant mean by the American Embassy

1187
01:14:45,640 –> 01:14:49,079
is shut down? Was he trying to attack the embassy

1188
01:14:49,119 –> 01:14:51,199
if it has not shut down as a result of

1189
01:14:51,279 –> 01:14:53,960
protest or incite order to do same as he did

1190
01:14:54,000 –> 01:14:57,439
in British embassy. The inference to be drawn from the

1191
01:14:57,520 –> 01:15:00,079
statement is that the defendant meant to do harmles to

1192
01:15:00,119 –> 01:15:03,920
the Embassy of United States by attacking or invading the embassy.

1193
01:15:04,680 –> 01:15:08,239
Under international law, the premises of an embassy or high

1194
01:15:08,279 –> 01:15:12,359
commission of a foreign nation is deemed invaluable. That means

1195
01:15:12,399 –> 01:15:15,319
that even though the land belongs to host country, it

1196
01:15:15,359 –> 01:15:19,680
cannot invade such premises. See Article twenty two of Vienna

1197
01:15:19,800 –> 01:15:24,600
Convention on Diplomatic Relationship. Article twenty two of Vienna Convention

1198
01:15:24,760 –> 01:15:29,640
on Diplomatic Relations nineteen sixty one. It provides the premises

1199
01:15:29,680 –> 01:15:33,279
of missions shall be invaluable. The agent of the receiving

1200
01:15:33,319 –> 01:15:35,920
state may not enter them except with the consent of

1201
01:15:35,960 –> 01:15:39,800
the head of the omission. Two. The receiving State is

1202
01:15:39,920 –> 01:15:43,199
under special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect

1203
01:15:43,239 –> 01:15:46,600
the premisses of the mission against any intrusion or damage,

1204
01:15:46,600 –> 01:15:49,079
and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the

1205
01:15:49,119 –> 01:15:53,279
Mission or impairment of its dignity. Three. The premises of

1206
01:15:53,319 –> 01:15:56,520
the Mission, their furnishings and other properties therein, and the

1207
01:15:56,600 –> 01:15:59,720
means of transport or the mission shall be immune from search,

1208
01:15:59,760 –> 01:16:04,439
to acquisitions, attachment, or execution. From the above, it can

1209
01:16:04,479 –> 01:16:08,520
be said that defendant incited for people to invade British

1210
01:16:08,600 –> 01:16:11,960
High Commission and his threat against British High Commissioner Katrina

1211
01:16:12,000 –> 01:16:16,119
and American Embassy is an act of international terrorism. This

1212
01:16:16,319 –> 01:16:19,239
is the purpose of Session three of the Terrorism Prevention

1213
01:16:19,359 –> 01:16:23,520
Amendment Act twenty thirteen, which provides, and I quote, any

1214
01:16:23,560 –> 01:16:27,920
person who intentionally murder, kidnap, commits other attacks on persons

1215
01:16:28,000 –> 01:16:32,600
or liberty of an international protected persons b carries out

1216
01:16:32,760 –> 01:16:36,920
violent attack on official premises, private accommodation, or means of

1217
01:16:37,039 –> 01:16:40,560
transport of an international protected person in a manner likely

1218
01:16:40,640 –> 01:16:45,039
to endanger his person or liberty, c threatening to commit

1219
01:16:45,119 –> 01:16:48,159
any such attack commit an offense and is liable on

1220
01:16:48,239 –> 01:16:52,600
conviction to life imprisonment. The High Commissioner is an international

1221
01:16:52,680 –> 01:16:56,760
protected person, being the representative of the British government in Nigeria,

1222
01:16:56,880 –> 01:16:59,680
as well as other staff of High Commission and Embassy

1223
01:16:59,680 –> 01:17:03,000
of US United States of America, leaving the defendant to

1224
01:17:03,039 –> 01:17:06,359
continue his terrorist activity who have led to an international

1225
01:17:06,399 –> 01:17:10,039
incident involving Nigeria and other foreign nations who are good

1226
01:17:10,079 –> 01:17:14,159
partners with Nigeria. The question to ask again is whether

1227
01:17:14,199 –> 01:17:17,920
bombing or attacking embassies of High Commissions constitutes an act

1228
01:17:18,000 –> 01:17:23,079
consistent with agitation for self determination. Again, the answer is no.

1229
01:17:23,680 –> 01:17:26,640
All these acts goes to show that the criminal tendency

1230
01:17:26,680 –> 01:17:29,359
of the defendant as well as show concrete proof of

1231
01:17:29,399 –> 01:17:33,880
his terrorist acts. Therefore, I hold without hesitation that the

1232
01:17:33,920 –> 01:17:39,319
prosecution has successfully established count six against the defendant. Consequently,

1233
01:17:39,720 –> 01:17:42,479
he is hereby convicted of count six of the charged.

1234
01:17:42,520 –> 01:17:46,159
With respect to concern of the charge, the defendant is

1235
01:17:46,279 –> 01:17:50,359
charged with importing inter Nigeria and keeping in Ozubulu in Ihiana,

1236
01:17:50,479 –> 01:17:53,680
Local Government of a Nambra State within jurisdiction of this

1237
01:17:53,800 –> 01:17:57,399
Honorable Court a radio transmitter known as TRAM five TRAM

1238
01:17:57,560 –> 01:18:01,840
fifty concealed in a container of used household items, which

1239
01:18:01,840 –> 01:18:05,760
he declared as used household items, thereby committing an offense

1240
01:18:05,800 –> 01:18:08,960
contrary to Section forty seven two A of Custom and

1241
01:18:09,079 –> 01:18:12,920
Excise Management at CAPCI forty five, Laws of the Federation

1242
01:18:13,079 –> 01:18:16,720
of Nigeria, two thousand and four. The dispute as to

1243
01:18:16,800 –> 01:18:19,760
which law provides for the offense in Count seven has

1244
01:18:19,840 –> 01:18:23,039
been conclusively decided by the Supreme Court in case of

1245
01:18:23,119 –> 01:18:27,479
Federal Republic of Nigeria versus Carno Chopra, whereby Lord mL

1246
01:18:28,319 –> 01:18:31,720
Gabber j S, while reading the lead judgment held and

1247
01:18:31,800 –> 01:18:34,520
I quote, a calm reading of the details of the

1248
01:18:34,560 –> 01:18:38,119
fact stated as constituting the offense mentioned or named therein,

1249
01:18:38,199 –> 01:18:41,079
would clearly and undoubtedly review that it deals with the

1250
01:18:41,119 –> 01:18:44,720
offense punishable under the provision of Section forty seven two

1251
01:18:44,800 –> 01:18:48,520
of the Custom, Excise and Management Act Cap C. Forty five,

1252
01:18:48,640 –> 01:18:52,239
Laws of Federation of Nigeria, two thousand and four, which

1253
01:18:52,279 –> 01:18:55,920
provides as follows forty seven to two, if a person

1254
01:18:55,960 –> 01:18:59,279
imports or causes to be imported any goods conceived in

1255
01:18:59,319 –> 01:19:03,279
a container holding goods of different descriptions shall be sentenced

1256
01:19:03,319 –> 01:19:06,279
to imprisonment for five years without the option of fine.

1257
01:19:07,119 –> 01:19:10,199
It follows in the above circumstances that the mention of

1258
01:19:10,239 –> 01:19:13,359
the Criminal Court Act has been Chapter CE forty five

1259
01:19:13,479 –> 01:19:16,479
or Chapter CE forty five in Laws of Federation of

1260
01:19:16,600 –> 01:19:19,880
Nigeria two thousand and four is a mere mistake in

1261
01:19:19,960 –> 01:19:24,319
place of correct law the Customs and Excise Management Acts,

1262
01:19:24,399 –> 01:19:27,239
under which the facts alleged to constitute an offense in

1263
01:19:27,359 –> 01:19:31,319
Count fifteen is punished and punishable. The offense in Count

1264
01:19:31,359 –> 01:19:36,039
fifteen is consequently recognized, recognizable, and grounded in an extant

1265
01:19:36,079 –> 01:19:39,199
existing law in Nigeria in which it was defined and

1266
01:19:39,279 –> 01:19:43,479
described UOTE. Thus, the Court will follow the decision of

1267
01:19:43,520 –> 01:19:46,920
the Supreme Court and decide Count seven based on Section

1268
01:19:47,079 –> 01:19:51,079
forty seven of the Custom and Excise Management Act. The

1269
01:19:51,279 –> 01:19:54,359
ingredients of the offense of the defendant must have imported

1270
01:19:54,479 –> 01:19:57,479
or caused to be imported goods concealed in a container.

1271
01:19:58,239 –> 01:20:02,319
Two the imported the imported concealed goods must have been

1272
01:20:02,359 –> 01:20:06,359
of a different descriptions. The evidence led by the prosecution

1273
01:20:06,560 –> 01:20:09,760
through p W four is that the defendant imported into

1274
01:20:09,840 –> 01:20:14,880
Nigeria a radio transmitter known as tram five hundred fifty

1275
01:20:15,039 –> 01:20:18,920
l concealed in container which contained used household items, which

1276
01:20:18,920 –> 01:20:22,840
he described as such. P W four stated that indeed,

1277
01:20:22,880 –> 01:20:26,560
the Department of State Service had tracked the transformer transmitter

1278
01:20:26,640 –> 01:20:29,720
of Radio Biafra to a compound in Uguli Suzor in

1279
01:20:29,760 –> 01:20:33,159
Ihiala local government of a Nambra State, belonging to one

1280
01:20:33,239 –> 01:20:37,760
Benjamin Madagulu. The officer secured a search warrant Exhibit p

1281
01:20:37,960 –> 01:20:41,600
WT and proceeded to the compound where they recovered the container.

1282
01:20:42,399 –> 01:20:46,079
Parallel to going to the scene, p W four testified

1283
01:20:46,079 –> 01:20:48,760
that he watched a video of the defendant inspecting the

1284
01:20:48,800 –> 01:20:53,199
container and the transmitter with Benjamin Madagulu. The court visited

1285
01:20:53,239 –> 01:20:55,520
where the container was kept in the custody of the

1286
01:20:55,600 –> 01:20:58,640
DSS and same was admitted in evidence in the presence

1287
01:20:58,640 –> 01:21:01,760
of defendant as exhibit and it did not object to saying.

1288
01:21:02,560 –> 01:21:06,479
The container itself contains several household items which appear to

1289
01:21:06,520 –> 01:21:10,159
be covered for the transmitter concealed in it. The projection

1290
01:21:10,319 –> 01:21:13,319
has led evidence to show that the transmitter was smuggled

1291
01:21:13,359 –> 01:21:17,039
into the country without saying being declared to custom The

1292
01:21:17,079 –> 01:21:20,159
surrounding facts also show that the purpose for which the

1293
01:21:20,239 –> 01:21:23,800
defendant intend to use the transmitter was to broadcast program

1294
01:21:23,920 –> 01:21:27,159
on Radio Beaffra and this make it concealed the transmitter.

1295
01:21:27,920 –> 01:21:31,319
There is also no evidence that Radio Beaffra is registered

1296
01:21:31,359 –> 01:21:36,359
with Nigeria Broadcasting Commissioners, stated by p W four. Thus,

1297
01:21:36,399 –> 01:21:39,319
it is safe to conclude that the concealment of transmitter

1298
01:21:39,439 –> 01:21:42,680
is in fundraise of the legal operation of Radio Baffra

1299
01:21:42,760 –> 01:21:46,640
by the defendant. The defendant, as a consequence of resting

1300
01:21:46,680 –> 01:21:49,680
his case on the prosecution, did not call any witness

1301
01:21:49,680 –> 01:21:52,840
to report the evidence of the prosecution. Neither did he

1302
01:21:52,920 –> 01:21:56,560
need any evidence to counter the evidence of the prosecution execution.

1303
01:21:57,439 –> 01:22:00,640
There is no evidence before this court stating the transmitter

1304
01:22:00,800 –> 01:22:04,920
was locally imported into Nigeria. The defendant had the duty

1305
01:22:04,960 –> 01:22:08,119
to present evidence and fight to report the allegation made

1306
01:22:08,159 –> 01:22:11,840
against him, but he failed and deliberately failed refused to

1307
01:22:11,880 –> 01:22:15,199
do sane. The court is therefore bound to believe the

1308
01:22:15,279 –> 01:22:20,159
evidence of the prosecution. Consequently, the courts hereby convict the

1309
01:22:20,199 –> 01:22:23,800
defendant of counts seven of the charge. I must say

1310
01:22:23,840 –> 01:22:27,159
here that defendant has always claimed to be a freedom fighter.

1311
01:22:27,920 –> 01:22:31,720
He is only seeking justice for his people. Indeed, this

1312
01:22:31,920 –> 01:22:35,159
is known in law as the right to self determinations.

1313
01:22:35,520 –> 01:22:39,079
The right to self determination is a political right recognized

1314
01:22:39,119 –> 01:22:44,039
in several international instruments. Article one of the International Convention

1315
01:22:44,199 –> 01:22:47,800
of Civil and Political Rights nineteen sixty six provides, and

1316
01:22:47,880 –> 01:22:51,119
I quote, all people have the right of self determination.

1317
01:22:52,000 –> 01:22:55,079
By virtue of that right, they freely determined the political

1318
01:22:55,159 –> 01:22:59,600
status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural developments.

1319
01:23:00,399 –> 01:23:03,640
The right to self determination also entails the right of

1320
01:23:03,680 –> 01:23:06,399
a group of people to form their political entity or

1321
01:23:06,439 –> 01:23:10,359
their own government. Article twenty of the African Charter on

1322
01:23:10,439 –> 01:23:13,920
Women and People’s Rights also provides an I quote all

1323
01:23:13,960 –> 01:23:17,319
people shall have the right to assistance. They shall have

1324
01:23:17,439 –> 01:23:21,840
the unquestionable and inalienable rights to self determination. They shall

1325
01:23:21,920 –> 01:23:25,720
freely determine their political status, and shall pursue their economic

1326
01:23:25,760 –> 01:23:30,560
and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen. Two.

1327
01:23:31,079 –> 01:23:34,119
Colonized or oppressed people shall have the right to free

1328
01:23:34,159 –> 01:23:37,399
themselves from the bond of domination by resorting to any

1329
01:23:37,479 –> 01:23:42,600
means recognized by the international community. Three, All people shall

1330
01:23:42,640 –> 01:23:45,239
have the right to the assistance of the state parties

1331
01:23:45,239 –> 01:23:49,159
to the present Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination,

1332
01:23:49,600 –> 01:23:54,560
be it political economy, or cultural. Nigeria has dominated the

1333
01:23:54,600 –> 01:23:57,600
African Charter, which is known as the African Charter on

1334
01:23:57,680 –> 01:24:02,920
Women and People’s Rights, Cutification and Enforcement Rights, which means

1335
01:24:02,920 –> 01:24:06,439
the provision of the Charter enforcible in Nigeria, provided they

1336
01:24:06,479 –> 01:24:10,359
do not conflict with the clear provision of the Constitution

1337
01:24:10,479 –> 01:24:14,319
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria nineteen ninety nine as amended.

1338
01:24:15,159 –> 01:24:18,439
Session twenty one of the Constitution of the Federal Republic

1339
01:24:18,479 –> 01:24:21,920
of Nigeria nineteen ninety nine as amended, makes it clear

1340
01:24:21,960 –> 01:24:25,239
that Nigeria is an indivisible state, which means there is

1341
01:24:25,319 –> 01:24:29,520
no room for divisions. The Session provides an i quote,

1342
01:24:29,920 –> 01:24:33,960
Nigeria is one indivisible, in dissoluble sovereign state to be

1343
01:24:34,039 –> 01:24:37,960
known by the name Federal Republic of Nigeria. This means

1344
01:24:38,000 –> 01:24:41,600
that any agitating anyone agitating for a breakup of the

1345
01:24:41,600 –> 01:24:46,800
Federation of Nigeria is going against the Constitution. However, any

1346
01:24:46,880 –> 01:24:50,439
person agitating for self determination can do so through the

1347
01:24:50,520 –> 01:24:54,439
National Assembly seeking for amendments of the Constitution regarding the

1348
01:24:54,479 –> 01:24:58,640
indivisibility of Nigeria and to reflect the recognition condition of

1349
01:24:58,680 –> 01:25:02,399
the agitating states. It is after this that the procedure

1350
01:25:02,439 –> 01:25:05,920
can be said to be completed, but not excluding referendum,

1351
01:25:06,640 –> 01:25:10,319
any self determination not done in accordance with the constitution

1352
01:25:10,439 –> 01:25:13,840
and laws of the country will be illegal. The defendant

1353
01:25:13,920 –> 01:25:16,640
is not only agitating for secession of the state of

1354
01:25:16,720 –> 01:25:21,399
the Southeast, South, South South and some Middle beld states.

1355
01:25:21,560 –> 01:25:25,439
He’s doing so using terrorism as a weapon. Terrorism has

1356
01:25:25,520 –> 01:25:28,359
become a muster in the world today and several groups

1357
01:25:28,399 –> 01:25:31,600
have continued to use this weapon to form separate governments

1358
01:25:31,600 –> 01:25:37,880
in Nigeria. Groups like Bocoharam lacqueroa IPOB have in recent

1359
01:25:38,000 –> 01:25:42,680
years troubled Nigeria with terrorist activities. This terror group, by

1360
01:25:42,720 –> 01:25:46,239
their activities, has denied innocent people the enjoyment of their

1361
01:25:46,279 –> 01:25:50,399
fundamental rights. The action of the defendant and his terrorist

1362
01:25:50,479 –> 01:25:53,840
organization have led to the bloodshed of innocent citizens as

1363
01:25:53,840 –> 01:25:57,600
well as security personnel who were going about their legitimate duty.

1364
01:25:58,359 –> 01:26:02,039
His incitement through the broadcasts on Radio Biaffras well as

1365
01:26:02,079 –> 01:26:04,880
the social media platform of the group has led to

1366
01:26:04,920 –> 01:26:07,760
the destruction of lives and property as well as effect

1367
01:26:07,840 –> 01:26:11,600
the daily life of his people of Southeast. The defendant

1368
01:26:11,720 –> 01:26:14,600
did not only threaten the government of Nigeria but his

1369
01:26:14,680 –> 01:26:18,479
own people. This is seen in a broadcast while addressing

1370
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the death of one of the commander of IPO be

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named a Conso. The defendant on twenty fifth day of

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April twenty twenty one made a broadcast where he stated,

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and I quote, a Conso was not killed on the battlefield,

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but was killed in his village in the middle of night,

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not on battlefield. Because of the battlefield, no army or

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01:26:38,560 –> 01:26:43,359
police can defeat him. Ever since Eastern Security Network was launched,

1377
01:26:43,399 –> 01:26:45,920
I have not seen anybody tell me that their life

1378
01:26:46,039 –> 01:26:49,960
have not improved since it was launched. Around twenty one

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01:26:50,039 –> 01:26:55,199
minutes marked, the defendant stated, vengeance is a master of appetite, forever,

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01:26:55,239 –> 01:26:58,760
blood taste. He never failed. A Conso is in heaven.

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He is going to be reveled, and by God, he

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will be revenged. All those who had hands in a

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Conso dead are all dead, people working, all of them.

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He also stated that a Conso will be mourned in

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a special way, just like how the over of Benin

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01:27:13,560 –> 01:27:16,960
is buried with human heads. That he said a Conso

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is more than ob thank you. There is no doubt

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01:27:20,279 –> 01:27:23,920
that this is contained in the broadcast. The defendant statement

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01:27:24,119 –> 01:27:27,399
was corroborated by p. W four, who stated that upon

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01:27:27,479 –> 01:27:30,359
the arrest of one of the IPO be commander named

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01:27:30,359 –> 01:27:33,159
as Onne Army, he informed them that they were only

1392
01:27:33,199 –> 01:27:35,880
to get thirty heads of humans out of two thousand

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01:27:35,920 –> 01:27:39,359
head as ordered by the defendant. This Court is aware

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01:27:39,399 –> 01:27:41,600
that the said on Ye Army was not called as

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01:27:41,640 –> 01:27:43,880
a witness in this case, and this may affect the

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01:27:43,880 –> 01:27:48,079
probative value of his evidence. However, the evidence being used

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01:27:48,079 –> 01:27:51,680
as corroboration to the statement made by the defendant himself

1398
01:27:52,119 –> 01:27:55,239
refer to supporting an additional peace of evidence that supports

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01:27:55,239 –> 01:27:59,720
another evidence sie Agumbayo and the State citation where the

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super Supreme Court held and I corroboration having been not

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to be a technical terms of all, means no more

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01:28:06,680 –> 01:28:10,560
than evidence tending to confirm, support and strengthen other evidence

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01:28:10,600 –> 01:28:14,359
sought to be corroborated. This evidence is to be to

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01:28:14,359 –> 01:28:18,319
corroborate the evidence the statement of the defendant. I must

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01:28:18,359 –> 01:28:21,840
say here that the prosecution witnesses were consistent and calm

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01:28:21,880 –> 01:28:25,439
in the giving of the evidence. Their calm demeanor, despite

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01:28:25,520 –> 01:28:29,640
provocative questions under cross examination, justified and to be witness

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01:28:29,720 –> 01:28:33,479
of truth. I carefully observed them, and the only conclusion

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01:28:33,600 –> 01:28:36,000
to reach is that their witness of truth, and these

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01:28:36,039 –> 01:28:39,840
courts readily believe them. The defendant, on the other side,

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01:28:39,920 –> 01:28:43,560
from his attitude in court, was truly very cocky arrogant.

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01:28:44,319 –> 01:28:47,479
He even stated that no court can convict him. This

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01:28:47,680 –> 01:28:50,039
is a direct affront on the power of the courts,

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which this court will not take for granted, but will

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01:28:52,920 –> 01:28:56,560
do justice. It is interesting to note that the defendant,

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01:28:56,600 –> 01:28:59,359
who claim to be a freedom fighter, has even caused

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01:28:59,399 –> 01:29:02,960
more harm to his own people, who are predominantly Christian faiths.

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01:29:03,760 –> 01:29:06,880
Can this be said to be agitation for self determination?

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01:29:07,479 –> 01:29:11,239
Not at all. Agitation for self determination cannot be to

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01:29:11,279 –> 01:29:13,920
the detriment or to be detrimental to people who are

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01:29:13,960 –> 01:29:18,000
supposed to be beneficiary of that said self determination. The

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01:29:18,159 –> 01:29:20,960
usual sit at home or the primary effects his own

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01:29:21,039 –> 01:29:24,760
people of the Southeast, The killing of people who disobey

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01:29:24,840 –> 01:29:28,239
the order of his own people, holding of closure of

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01:29:28,359 –> 01:29:31,520
churches and schools as well as markets, also affect his

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01:29:31,600 –> 01:29:36,159
own people. They are unable to trade, go to school, farm,

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01:29:36,479 –> 01:29:39,439
even worship on such days. The threat of violence and

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01:29:39,520 –> 01:29:43,439
death have prevented these people from going about their legitimate businesses.

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01:29:44,199 –> 01:29:47,640
Are these acts of defendant consistent with the agitation for

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01:29:47,720 –> 01:29:52,239
self determination. The answer is in the negative. Once again.

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01:29:52,640 –> 01:29:56,600
The defendant was not elected by anybody. Also cannot dictate

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01:29:56,640 –> 01:30:00,119
for the people of Southeast especially through intimidation and threats

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01:30:00,119 –> 01:30:03,840
of violence. He is a terrorist he must be treated

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01:30:03,880 –> 01:30:08,760
as such. In final analysis, the prosecution has successfully established

1435
01:30:08,760 –> 01:30:14,000
the seven count charge against the defendant beyond reasonable doubts. Consequently,

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01:30:14,399 –> 01:30:17,680
he is convicted on all the seven counts. The next

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01:30:17,840 –> 01:30:21,520
just thirty minutes, I go to the chambers. Anybody is

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01:30:21,600 –> 01:30:24,159
free to come and get a certified true copy of

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01:30:24,199 –> 01:30:34,359
the judgments. Posa ualandi, bringin you, bringni in amogossasuarandi, bringin you,

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01:30:34,560 –> 01:30:35,880
brni in a morgi