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Speaker 1: I am really shocked by the way some unpatriotic Nigerians

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have gone on social media misrepresenting Isho Speed’s visit to

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Nigeria and using it to project a negative image of

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their very own country while attempting to spoil what was

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a good narrative of a very successful visit. First of all,

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Isho Speed never said or implied that Nigeria is Smelli.

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The young man perhaps achieved his most successful stream during

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his African tour in Nigeria, reaching a milestone of fifty

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million YouTube subscribers whilst in our dearly beloved country. He

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is the first black streamer to achieve that milestone, and

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it occurred in Nigeria, boosted by Nigerian subscribers appreciative of

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his visit. What these few unpatriotic Nigerians who have a

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grudge against their own country fed by a separatist agenda,

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have done is take a screenshot of a particular stream

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where mister Darren Jason Watkins Junior made of face for

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a few seconds, which he often does all over the

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world world. Upon citing something interesting and peculiar using that

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snap shot, they painted a false narrative claiming that Legos

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is Smellian, but Darren Jason Watkins Junior aka is Show

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Speed did not enjoy his time there and found nothing

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interesting or cultural to do. Sadly, their claims have gone

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wildly viral. In fact, as evidenced by his streams and

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media coverage, Isho Speed had perhaps the most eventful moments

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of his speed As Africa tour in Nigeria, which is

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why he chose to spend his twenty first birthday in

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our country. He drew his biggest crowds here and was

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so impressed by that that he testified about it. He

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had gastronomical and cultural experiences, including visiting Freedom Park and

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eating the world famous Nigerian Joloff rice, which he raved about. Thereafter,

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he had a belated Debty December moment by interacting with

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street dances in a carnival like manner and had intermittent

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encounters and conversation with street performers, including a man whose

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physical strength he celebrated after attempting and failing to match

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his iron bending skills. Isho Speed also enjoyed Nigerian cature

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when he got to wear the special Nigerian hat known

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as a Feeler, made in Nigeria, from entirely from maid

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in Nigeria fabric, something that I have been promoting worldwide.

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His decision to blend in culturally with Nigerians through fashion

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made him so excited that he asked street vendors and

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onlookers whether he looked Nigerian. And on his twenty first birthday,

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Isho Speed was surrounded by school children in their school uniforms,

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singing the famous Happy Birthday song to him, almost bringing

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him to tears. At Freedom Park, Isho Speed interacted with

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various Legos street performers who taught the quick learner several

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dance steps particularly suited to the Nigerian music genre of

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afrobeats that has taken the world by storm. Isho Speed

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then visited the Nike Art gasp in LeKi, where the

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management fated him and gifted him a traditional Lukumi yoruber outfit,

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which left him in awe. Mister Watkins next met Afrobead’s

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singers alat Adibile, who surprised him with a birthday cake,

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prompting Isho Speed to shockingly reveal that that was the

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first birthday cake he had ever received. Hard to believe

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his time in Nigeria has become one of the most

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discussed pop culture moments of the year so far, and

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he was surpleased with Nigeria that one of the first things.

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Abu bakh Malami a former Minister of Justice and Attorney

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General of the Federation who was in office from November

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twenty fifteen till May twenty twenty three, when the then

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President Mohammadu Buhari completed his eight years tenure in office,

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under which courts of competent jurisdiction granted several detained Nigerian’s bail,

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but the Buhari government refused to release them and even

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re arrested some of them after they had perfected their

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bail conditions. The then Minister of Justice, Bubakhar Malami, who

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was saddled with the responsibility of protecting citizens’ rights, came

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out openly and apparently justified the violations of court orders

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by the then Buhari led government, and during the administration

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of President Mohammadu Buhari, Abubakar Malami frequently defended the actions

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of the government’s refusal to obey court’s orders of bail

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granted to high profile individuals by asserting that national security

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and public interest superseded individual rights. Some of the high

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profile individuals included Colonel Sambo Duasuki, the former National Security

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Adviser in the era of President good Luck A. Beleet Jonathan,

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who was held for four years from December twenty fifteen

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to December twenty nineteen. Despite being granted bail by at

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least four different Nigerian high courts and the echo As Court,

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he was repeatedly re arrested by the Department of State

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Services the SS immediately after fulfilling bail conditions. Shik Ibrahim

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el Zakaki and his war wife Zina detained from December

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twenty fifteen until they were released in July twenty twenty one.

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Were refused bail after federal court declared the attention illegal

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in twenty sixteen and ordered their release by January twenty seventeen,

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but the government under which Abubakar Malami was a Justice Minister,

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did not comply until they were eventually acquitted of all

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charges by a Kaduna State High Court in twenty twenty one.

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Also Omiele Saware, an activist and a journalist who is

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the founder of Sahara Reporters News Media, remained in DSS

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custody for several months in twenty nineteen, despite fulfilling bail

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conditions set by Justice Hijaeyomurajuku, he was re arrested within

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the court room just twenty four hours after a temporary release.

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Nandi Ikanu, the convicted and jailed Indigenous People of Biafra

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IPOB leader, was refused bail during his initial trial in

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twenty fifteen. President Buhari then publicly stated during a media

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chat that Karanu, among others, would not be allowed to

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go on bail due to the nature of their alleged crimes,

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despite court rulings. In addition, was Navy Captain Dadar La Binjo,

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who was detained by the Nigeria military from September twenty

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eighteen until at least late twenty nineteen, despite a Federal

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High Court order for his release. And during these periods

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Abubakar Malami provided several justifications for these detentions. Most notably

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during his twenty nineteen ministerial screening, Malami stated that the

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Office of the AGF is meant to protect the public

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interest and where the individual interest conflicts with the public interest,

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the interest of one hundred eighty million Nigerians must naturally prevail.

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He cited the Supreme Court case of Asari Dokubo versus

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Federal Republic of Nigeria, arguing it established that national security

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could supersede personal liberty in specific contexts and when Dusuki

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and s’war were finally released in December twenty nine, Nigeria

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military authority has confirmed the death of five soldiers and

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one police officer in an ambush launched by terrorists on

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Monday at Giddenwagny area of Zamfara State. The incident may

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be a reminder of incessant cases of high rates of

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Nigeria losing its soldiers and other security operatives in ambush,

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especially as observed as a worsening situation in the year

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twenty twenty five, with the ambush of army barracks and

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killing of the men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria

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AFN by terrorists in large number began as early as

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January twenty twenty five. It may be recalled that in

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January twenty twenty five, terrorists launched an attack on the

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one hundred forty nine battalion in Malam Forturi, Borno State,

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leading to the killing of over twenty military personnel, including

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a battalion commander and senior offices within the first quarter.

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A careful review of news reports showed that more than

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one hundred Nigeria soldiers were reportedly killed in the first

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quarter of twenty five by terrorists, mostly in ambush. In

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June twenty twenty five, terrorists attacks on three army bases

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in central and northwestern Nigeria resulted in the killing of

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at least seventeen soldiers, and in September twenty twenty five,

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a major ambush on the Barga Meidaguri Road was reported

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where at least forty soldiers were killed and sixty five

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went missing, while in October twenty twenty five, at least

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four soldiers were killed in a Boco Haram ambush in

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Borno State, while another encounter in Campche resulted in one

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soldier killed. And by November twenty twenty five, the Nigerian

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Army confirmed the death of Brigadier General Musa Uber and

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two other soldiers following an ambush by is WAP terrorists

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near Wajeroco town in Borno State, which some local media

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reported that several soldiers were killed during the ambush. Even

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some of the local media stated that those who escaped

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the ambush, like the Brigadier General, were traced and killed

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by the terrorists, apparently after hours of no rescue or

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prompt reinforcement by the Nigeria military authority. According to Captain

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David Adawasi, the Media Information Officer of Operation Fansan Yama,

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the five soldiers and the police officer were killed while

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the troops were returning from a successful operation and responding

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to a distress call of terrorists attack in a community

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in Zamfara State. In his words, Captain David ad Orsi said,

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troops of Operation Fansan Yama opf Y joined Tasks Forced Northwest,

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have demonstrated exceptional bravery, professionalism and resilience following a terrorist

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ambush along the Bingi keken Wadge Gussar Road in Zamfara

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State on the nineteenth of January twenty twenty six. The

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ambush followed a series of successful offensive operations conducted from

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seventeen to the nineteenth of January twenty twenty six, when

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troops of Sector two opf Y, in conjunction with the

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opf W Bimobile Strike Team and DEA Tactical Support Team,

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carried out co ordinated raids, ambushes and fighting patrols across Burna,

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Megaji and Anchor areas of Zamfara State. During these operations,

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three suspects Ico Quaquatawa, ibrahem Dan Mussulu and Macau Lambergoma

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were arrested, while four terrorists were neutralized and others fled

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into the forest. Items recovered including one PKT machine gun

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five a K forty. Supeter Obi, the former Nambra State

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Governor and last presidential candidate of the Labour Party in

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the Nigeria twenty twenty three general elections, has insisted that

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the three brothers among the twelve persons that died as

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a result of fire that engulfed the twenty five story

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building of Great Nigeria Insurance House Plaza at Balagoon Market

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in Lagos Island on Christmas Eve, called for help for

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days with no emergency response from the government under the

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leadership of President Bola Ahmed tanu Ubu, saying the three

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siblings mister stephen On yeko Omer two aged forty, mister

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Kasmir Nabukomer two aged thirty nine and mister Collins Kenechukuoma

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two aged thirty seven, for days sent distressing police for

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help while trapped in the building, yet there were no

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emergency services to rescue them. Several days passed in the

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rubble before their bodies were finally recovered. Several days of

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unanswered calls of a system that failed and at the

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moment they needed it most. Peter Obi made this statement

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after attending the burial ceremony of the three siblings held

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at Buzoqua community in Ihiala Local Government area of Anambra’s

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State on Wednesday. After Legos State Government, through the Office

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of the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Glengoromatoso, in a

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statement issued on January first, twenty twenty six, stated that

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as soon as the fire alarm was received on the day,

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the government deployed teams of first responders to the scene,

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including the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State

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Emergency Management Agency, Legos State Ambulance Services, security Agencies and

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other emergency and safety units. But this statement from the

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Lagos State government appears not to be in line with

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an eyewitness account. A resident who spoke with New Central

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Television at the scene of the fire incident that a

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phone call was made across to a fire service in

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Lagos State, but the fire service demanded thirty million niers

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service fee before the fire service would respond to the

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emergency issue this. The resident added that if the fire

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service had responded on time, the entire building would have

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been saved, probably with no life lost, because the fire

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was only at a single floor when the fire service

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was called. According to Punch newspaper, the three siblings died

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after being trapped inside the burning high rise building in Lagos,

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an incident that shocked residents and reignited concerns over fire

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safety and emergency see response in the country. According to

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family sources, the intensity of the inferno made rescue efforts

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impossible and only ashes were recovered for burial. The burial

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brought grief and sorrow to Ihiala community, with residents praying

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that their souls find rest and that their family find

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strength to pass through this trying time. After the burial,

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emotions ran high as the young wives of the deceased,

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family members, friends, schoolmates, and sympathizers gathered to bid a

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painful farewell. Some attendees, dressed in black and carrying posters

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of the three siblings, wept openly, struggling to come to

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terms with the tragedy that sent shot waves across the community.

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Punch Online had reported on January seventh that the fire

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started on the fourth floor and spread to the sixth

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before engulfing the remaining floors and adjoining structures. A detached

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section of the plaza, estimated at about seven floors high,

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collapsed during the inferno. Inspector General of Police IGP, car

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Yode Eggbetoken, for days now has refused to speak or

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deliberately kept mum after a well known founder of a

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private organization, Harrison Gwamershu, who have been assisting Nigeria’s security

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operatives with credible and reliable intelligence information that have led

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to the killing and arrest of several kidnappers. In a

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video statement on Saturday, revealed the complicit of the Nigeria

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Police Force in aiding and trying to cover up a

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reasonable suspect behind the kidnapping of a couple in the

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late days of November twenty twenty five at Avili community

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in the Etseco West Local Government area of Edo State,

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and the reasonable suspect happened to be the younger brother

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of the man who was kidnapped alongside his wife, which

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the kidnappers only set free the wife after a sting

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operational ransom money of twenty million nyers was given to

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the kidnappers, with the Reasonable Suspect fully aware of all

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arrangements of the Toxiqus security plans of Harrison Guamashue, but

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decided to make the sensitive security information public even when

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his elder brother is still held captive by the kidnappers.

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The Reasonable Suspect, in a TikTok video live streaming, admitted

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that he was actually among the people arrested by soldiers

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over an issue he the Reasonable Suspect refused to state.

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The Reasonable Suspect, among others, were handed over to the

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Nigeria Police Force for the continuation of investigation and possible prosecution,

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but according to Harrison Guamashue, immediately police noticed he was

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able to recognize the Reasonable Suspect as a family member

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who was aware of his security plans and he was

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also the one that helped deliver the money to the

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kidnappers in the bush. An order within the police authority

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came and the Reasonable Suspect was set free immediately, while

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others arrested alongside the Reasonable Suspect were remanded to prison.

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That aside. Harrison Guamashue, in an exclusive interview with TVC

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televis Jon station made available to the public by the

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broadcast media on Sunday night, indicated that the Nigeria Police

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Force had all the opportunities and chances to rescue the

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remaining kidnapped victims, but the police deliberately refused to go

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into the bush, with the police saying that the kind

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of intelligence information he had provided is an archaic style

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of intelligence gathering. This, according to Harrison Guamashue, forced him

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to show the police video evidences of how his style

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of intelligence has aided successful offensive operation against kidnappers, but

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all his explanations went on darias even when for days

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the tracking devices he added to the special money he

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mixed with the original money given to the kidnappers as

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ransom was still showing the exact location of the kidnappers

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and other useful information that could have enabled the police

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mobilize and rescue the remaining kidnap victims. According to the

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reasonable suspect, Harrison Guamashue was acting stually contacted to help capture

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the kidnappers. This statement probably indicated that he ought not

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to be surprised that some original money was removed from

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the bag by Harrison Guamishu except he can explain better

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how he expected Harrison Guamashue to capture the kidnappers without

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acting intelligently. Harrison Guamashu had said that the reasonable suspect

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came with the money with a lot of young people

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who were with him in the hotel. According to Harrison Guamashue,

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he visited the hotel. The reasonable suspect was Harrison Guamashue,

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the founder of a registered private organization assisting the Nigeria

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security operatives with credible and reliable intelligence information that have

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led to the killing and arrest of several kidnappers in

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the West Africa country, especially in the South South geopolitical

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zone of Edo and Delta States. In a video statement

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issued via his verified social media account a few hours ago,

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has said that the family member and the brother of

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the kidnapped couple who worked with him and his team

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to deliver though the prepared sting operational twenty million nira’s

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ransom to the kidnappers has been arrested alongside his gang

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members with guns. But according to Harrison Gwamershoe, immediately the

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Nigeria Police Force noticed that he could vividly recognize the

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suspect as a brother to the kidnapped couple. The Nigeria

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Police Force quickly released the suspect and charged other members

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of his gang arrested in Auchi to court, even when

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the kidnapping involving the suspects brother and wife is generating

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more reactions after the wife was set free by the

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kidnappers while the husband, who is the suspect’s brother, is

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still held in captivity till date by the kidnappers since

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both were kidnapped in their home at Avili Village in

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the Exico West Local Government area of Edo State in

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late days of November twenty twenty five. According to Harrison Guamershoe,

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before the ransom money was delivered to the kidnappers inside

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the bush, the kidnappers made a phone call to the

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arrested and quickly set free suspect to give him the

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exact location to draw the money. He was surprised to

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hear one of the kidnap victims, the husband still with

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the kidnappers, begging his brother, who is currently seen as

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the suspect behind the kidnapping, to forgive him if he

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has done anything wrong to him. The pleading shocked him,

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but Harrison said he decided to act as if he

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never heard anything. Harrison Guamneshu added that the suspect he

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was the family member that raised the alarm that the

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ransom money was of complete, that that was the reason

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the kidnappers only released the wife and refused to set

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free the husband. Stating clearly that every one who participated

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in taking the money to the kidnappers affirmed that the

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kidnappers never counted the money. That even if the kidnappers

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had counted the money, he prepared the money, specially by

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only scattering the tracking devices on the dummy NIRA notes

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that looked like original NYRA notes in a manner that

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made the whole money complete. The family member who delivered

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the ransom to the kidnappers and some of his gangs

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were arrested with guns in Auchi by soldiers. The soldiers

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handed them over to Auchieria Command. Auchi AIA Command transferred

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and to Anti Cultism Unit s C I. D. Benin

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and along the side, an order came that the boys

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should be released. Other people with him were charged to

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court and sent to prison. Same boy was with Usinauci

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and knows our plans. I told the police my story,

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

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

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Harrison Guamlishu. While I was in custody in State sid

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benin at the CP’s office. C P was in that meeting.

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

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The CSO to the Governor, Chief Security Officer to the

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Governor was in that meeting. The Commissioner for Security and

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Public Safety was in that meeting. The head of investigative

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team was in that meeting. The family members were in

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that meeting. The wife of the man kidnapped was in

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that meeting. His brother was in. One of the most

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talked about Islamic preachers in Nigeria who have had photographs

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with people suspected to be terrorists terrorizing villages and communities

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in the northern part of Nigeria when he visited the

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suspected terrorists in their camps inside forests on the ground

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of having peace talk with the armed groups shake Armored.

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Abu bak armamod Gumi has described as a terrorist act

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the United States. U S military action ordered by President

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Donald Trump that attacked and killed yet to be ascertained

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total numbers of ISIS affiliated Laccuroa terrorists in Sokoto State

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on Christmas Day. This the Islamic cleric called on the

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people in the villages affected by the U S missiles

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strikes on Thursday night to post on social media platforms

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evidences of damages caused by the U S military action.

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According to Gumi, it is in line with the teachers

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of Islam for terrorists to be killed, but the killing

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must be done by people with the clean and holy

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hands and not by another terrorist whose hands sustained with

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the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women

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and men. Just recently stressing that the U S involvement

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in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria will make the

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country becomes an enemy of its neighbours, a theater of

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war because the involvement will attract the real anti U

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S forces into the West Africa country. And in a

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manner that looked like mockery, Shake Gumi said, dropping a

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few bombs here and there cannot tackle the menace of terror.

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They need serious military on the ground, which if we

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are serious we have enough men to do that. In

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contrary to Gumi’s assertions, the Nigeria government, through the Office

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of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuger, said it

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was President Bola Ahmed to Nubu on Thursday that gave

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the US the approval to carry out the strikes against

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the terrorists. But the government’s statement apparently did not go

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down well with Omiyele Saware, a human rights activist and

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the founder of the Sahara Reporter’s News media, who insisted

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that it is evident that the strikes were carried out

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without the genuine authority or informed consent of the weaklings

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masquerading as government under Assawa ju Bolah arm Ed Tenubu,

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and in a swift reaction to Omiele Sware, one of

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the recently nominated and confirmed Ambassador Designate, Reno Amakri, said,

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I am afraid I will have to disagree with mister

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Omile Sware and others like him who are misinforming the

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Nigerian public that the recent actions against terrorists are proof

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that Nigeria lacks sovereignty. Such views are indicative of a

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lack of awareness of international relations. It is also wrong

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for mister saware to call our government and military week

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shaik Armored Abu bak arm A mood Gumi, in a

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statement titled the Symbolism of the U S Strike he

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shared on his verified Facebook account when he reshared the

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news link of a post published by CNN on Friday,

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said annihilating terrorists is an Islamic obligation. The prophet Peace

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to be upon him wished he annihilated them. He said,

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should I live till they appear, I would kill them

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as the killing of the nation of ad al Bukhari

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and Muslim. This said, it should only be carried out

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by cleaning holy hands, not by another terrorist whose hands

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are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of

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innocent children, women and men just recently. This is the

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mistate Nigeria has made terrorists. Don’t fight terrorists in While

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many Nigerians were asleep after the twenty twenty five Christmas celebration,

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the United States U S warship moved close and took

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position in the Territorial Africa Waters then launched missiles at

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the dead of the night on Thursday into areas predominantly

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dominated by the Lacqua were terrorists in the nigeria north

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western state of Sokoto, with President Donald Trump saying many

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of the terrorists were killed, but the Islamic State of

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Arakan Syria ISIS in the West Africa Province is yet

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to issue a statement over the air strikes on the

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Lacquarrowa camps in Sokoto. The armed group that is affiliated

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with the Islamic State Sahil Province operating in Mali, Nijay

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and the Nigeria Kebbi and Sokato States, whose activities are

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mostly observed in five local government areas of Tangasa, Gudu, Alala,

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Binji and Salame in Sokato State. This some residents at

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Jabo Village in the Tambul local government area of Sokato

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State posted videos online to indicate that some components used

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in making the missiles fell on a farmland in the

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Jabo village. The videos showed a lot of the villages,

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mostly younger ones, holding phones with touch light on recording

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the scene of the burning parts of one of the

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missiles in the farmland, while some took a closer camera

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angle shot of some of the components that have manufacturing inscriptions,

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states and brand labels. The U S Africa Command, in

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a statement a few hours ago, said that the direction

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of the President of the United States and the Secretary

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of War, and in co ordination with Nigerian authorities, U

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s Africa Command conducted strikes against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria

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on December twenty fifth, twenty twenty five, in Socoto State.

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President Donald Trump, while announcing the military action through his

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Truth social media platform on Thursday night, said, to night,

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at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States

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launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS terrorists scam

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in Northwest Nigeria who have been targeting and viciously killing

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primarily innocent Christians at levels not seen for many years

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and even centuries. I have previously warned these terrorists that

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if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there

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would be hell to pay, and to night there was

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the Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only

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the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership,

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our country will not allow radical Islamic terrorism to prosper.

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May God bless our military and Merry Christmas to all,

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including the dead terrorists, of which there will be many

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more if their slaughter of Christians continues. Peter Hegsath, the

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U S Secretary of War, reiterated the U S president

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announcement in a tweet, saying the President was clear last

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month the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria and elsewhere

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must end. The Department of War is always ready, so

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isis found out to night on Christmas. More to come

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grateful for Nigerian government support and co operation. Merry Christmas.

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On November twenty fifth, twenty twenty five, Peter Hegsath had said, Yes, Sir,

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the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria and anywhere must

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end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action

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either the Nigerian government protects Christians. In an effort to

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challenge and prove wrong the statement of Harrison Guamashue, a

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well known civilian volunteer assisting Nigeria security operatives with intelligence

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information that has led to the arrest and killing of

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suspected kidnappers in gun battle, that Harrison Guamashue was never

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arrested or charged to court by the Nigeria Police Force

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over the five point four million nyers he allegedly removed

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from the twenty million niras ransom he was contracted to

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handover to the kidnappers for the release and rescue of

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the married couple kidnapped in Avilli community in the Exico

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West Local Government area of Edo State in late November

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twenty twenty five, a leading Nigeria social media influencer and

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human rights activist, Martin’s Vincent tots aka Veridartman, on Tuesday night,

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took to his social media pages and presented an apparent

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questionable court document, probably with malicious intent to manipulate and

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mislead unsuspecting members of the public inadert to malign the

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character of Harrison Guamashue. This in the court document presented

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00:29:06,119 –> 00:29:09,680
by Veri Duckman, the alleged charge serial numbers were covered

460
00:29:09,720 –> 00:29:12,400
with the colored ink. No date of court sitting was

461
00:29:12,440 –> 00:29:15,640
written on the court document. The document indicated that the

462
00:29:15,680 –> 00:29:18,880
alleged three count charges were drafted and signed on the

463
00:29:18,920 –> 00:29:22,880
eighteenth of December twenty twenty five, a day before Harrison

464
00:29:22,920 –> 00:29:26,039
Guamashue was asked to go home from the police custody

465
00:29:26,119 –> 00:29:30,640
on December nineteenth, twenty twenty five, while awaiting the advice

466
00:29:30,720 –> 00:29:34,200
of the Department of Public Prosecutor DPP on the matter

467
00:29:34,559 –> 00:29:37,759
and the apparent fraudulent court document did not show the

468
00:29:37,799 –> 00:29:41,279
officer or the person responsible for the court count charges,

469
00:29:41,680 –> 00:29:45,119
and Veridarkman, apparently in a manipulative manner, did not show

470
00:29:45,160 –> 00:29:47,920
the full signature and any name of the officer who

471
00:29:47,960 –> 00:29:52,480
authored the alleged court charges. Veridartmann claimed in the video

472
00:29:52,599 –> 00:29:56,400
that the prosecutor wanted Harrison Guamashue jailed for six months,

473
00:29:56,440 –> 00:29:59,839
but the judge he identified as Justice Ettinosa had ACoM

474
00:30:00,119 –> 00:30:03,920
allegedly on her personal consideration because of the Chrisman and

475
00:30:04,000 –> 00:30:07,599
New Year’s season and public intervention, decided to grant Harrison

476
00:30:07,599 –> 00:30:12,119
Guamashue bail. Harrison Guamoshue says he was never arrested by

477
00:30:12,160 –> 00:30:14,759
the police or charged to court as speculated in the

478
00:30:14,799 –> 00:30:18,160
public spaces over the five point four million niras he

479
00:30:18,200 –> 00:30:21,480
allegedly removed out of the twenty million nira’s ransom he

480
00:30:21,599 –> 00:30:24,759
was given to handover to kidnappers and as well apparently

481
00:30:24,880 –> 00:30:27,680
used the money as a bait to stage sting operation

482
00:30:27,880 –> 00:30:30,400
for the release and rescue of the husband and wife

483
00:30:30,440 –> 00:30:34,400
simply identified as mister and missus Ibraheen, kidnapped in Avii

484
00:30:34,480 –> 00:30:38,400
community in the Etxico West Local Government area of Edo State,

485
00:30:38,839 –> 00:30:42,720
which generated public reactions after the kidnappers set free the

486
00:30:42,799 –> 00:30:45,839
wife and kept the husband in captivity on the ground

487
00:30:45,880 –> 00:30:48,440
that the money given to them was not complete, and

488
00:30:48,559 –> 00:30:52,119
some persons who have access to the apparent sensitive security

489
00:30:52,240 –> 00:30:55,839
information went public to create an impression as if Harrison

490
00:30:55,920 –> 00:30:59,759
Guamashue stole part of the ransom money, even when Harrison

491
00:30:59,759 –> 00:31:02,240
grew Wamnashu explained to them that it is part of

492
00:31:02,279 –> 00:31:06,119
his operational procedures to remove some cash from the ransom money.

493
00:31:06,480 –> 00:31:10,240
His explanation apparently went on deaf ears, and people who

494
00:31:10,240 –> 00:31:13,480
may be best described as mischief makers took advantage of

495
00:31:13,519 –> 00:31:17,079
the issue to call Harrison Guamnoshue names and reopen his

496
00:31:17,160 –> 00:31:20,960
alleged past deeds in a prejudice manner to cast dispersions

497
00:31:21,000 –> 00:31:24,119
on him, even when they knew that Harrison Guamnashu has

498
00:31:24,160 –> 00:31:28,359
a long history with video evidences of assisting security operatives

499
00:31:28,400 –> 00:31:32,119
to rescue kidnapped victims. Harrison Guamnashu says he was never

500
00:31:32,240 –> 00:31:35,319
arrested by the police or charged to court as speculated

501
00:31:35,359 –> 00:31:38,359
in the public spaces over the five point four million

502
00:31:38,480 –> 00:31:41,559
lyrus he allegedly removed out of the twenty million virus

503
00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:44,599
ransom he was given to handover to kidnappers and as

504
00:31:44,640 –> 00:31:47,480
well apparently used the money as a bake to stage

505
00:31:47,480 –> 00:31:50,599
sting operation for the release and rescue of the husband

506
00:31:50,599 –> 00:31:54,519
and white simply identified as mister and Missus Ibraheim kidnapped

507
00:31:54,559 –> 00:31:58,279
in Aviley community in the Exico West Local government area

508
00:31:58,359 –> 00:32:02,680
of Edo State, which generated public reactions after the kidnappers

509
00:32:02,720 –> 00:32:05,720
set free the wife and kept the husband in captivity

510
00:32:05,759 –> 00:32:07,799
on the ground that the money given to them was

511
00:32:07,880 –> 00:32:11,079
not complete, and some persons who have access to the

512
00:32:11,119 –> 00:32:15,480
apparent sensitive security information went public to create an impression

513
00:32:15,519 –> 00:32:19,039
as if Harrison Gwamnoshu stole part of the ransom money,

514
00:32:19,440 –> 00:32:22,359
even when Harrison Guamashue explained to them that it is

515
00:32:22,480 –> 00:32:26,000
part of his operational procedures to remove some cash from

516
00:32:26,039 –> 00:32:29,759
the ransom money. His explanation apparently went on deaf ears

517
00:32:30,160 –> 00:32:32,920
and people who may be best described as mischief makers

518
00:32:32,960 –> 00:32:36,519
took advantage of the issue to call Harrison Guamshu names

519
00:32:36,559 –> 00:32:40,200
and reopen his alleged past deeds in a prejudiced manner

520
00:32:40,240 –> 00:32:43,160
to cast dispersions on him, even when they knew that

521
00:32:43,200 –> 00:32:47,000
Harrison Guamashu has a long history with video evidences of

522
00:32:47,079 –> 00:32:51,240
assisting security operatives to rescue kidnapped victims and in some

523
00:32:51,319 –> 00:32:54,440
cases the total money paid as ransom are recovered and

524
00:32:54,519 –> 00:32:58,039
returned to the victim’s families and the sting operation usually

525
00:32:58,119 –> 00:33:01,039
leads to the killing and arrest of the societ inspected kidnappers.

526
00:33:01,440 –> 00:33:05,200
This according to Harrison Guamoshu in a statement he issued

527
00:33:05,279 –> 00:33:09,200
through his verified Facebook accounts some hours ago, he was

528
00:33:09,240 –> 00:33:12,640
the one who personally submitted himself voluntarily to the Edo

529
00:33:12,759 –> 00:33:16,119
State Command of the Nigeria Police forced to enable the

530
00:33:16,119 –> 00:33:19,400
police investigate his action. That he never had the intention

531
00:33:19,559 –> 00:33:22,200
of stealing the money and his action of removing some

532
00:33:22,359 –> 00:33:26,279
money from the ransom was part of his usual operational procedures,

533
00:33:26,480 –> 00:33:29,279
adding that the police never charged him to court and

534
00:33:29,359 –> 00:33:32,359
while in self detention with the police, he became the

535
00:33:32,440 –> 00:33:35,880
cell president and he facilitated the release of four persons

536
00:33:35,920 –> 00:33:39,319
who were probably arrested and detained by the police unjustly

537
00:33:39,400 –> 00:33:42,440
for a crime the beneficiaries may know nothing about. And

538
00:33:42,519 –> 00:33:46,319
a video posted online by Harrison Guamashu on Monday night

539
00:33:46,799 –> 00:33:49,200
showed he arrived home to the waiting hands of his

540
00:33:49,279 –> 00:33:52,680
elderly mother, who was seen in the video singing, dancing

541
00:33:52,720 –> 00:33:56,119
with other family members, friends and well wishes, and screaming

542
00:33:56,200 –> 00:33:59,160
loud with joy while using one of her hands to

543
00:33:59,200 –> 00:34:02,960
caress the chess of her son, Harrison Gwamneshu, during which

544
00:34:03,000 –> 00:34:05,759
she said a lot of prayers in her local dialect.

545
00:34:06,519 –> 00:34:10,599
In his words, Harrison Gwamlishu said, I did not return

546
00:34:10,639 –> 00:34:14,840
alone during my time in custody. I became the cell

547
00:34:14,920 –> 00:34:19,440
Precido O b J and later handed over that responsibility

548
00:34:19,480 –> 00:34:22,440
to a young man, Honor Abba, who had also been

549
00:34:22,519 –> 00:34:26,960
unjustly arrested and detained. While there, I quietly supported the

550
00:34:27,000 –> 00:34:30,559
release of four individuals who were being held without cause,

551
00:34:30,880 –> 00:34:33,719
and to day, Honor Abber from Benaway State has also

552
00:34:33,800 –> 00:34:38,199
regained his freedom. My sincere appreciation goes to my HEADO

553
00:34:38,400 –> 00:34:42,119
Human Rights Team led by John Odeon Kadiri, for their

554
00:34:42,119 –> 00:34:46,559
invaluable support in making this possible. Dear family, I am

555
00:34:46,639 –> 00:34:49,119
pleased to inform you all that I have been released

556
00:34:49,119 –> 00:34:53,119
from custody. Words cannot express how grateful I am for

557
00:34:53,199 –> 00:34:56,360
your support, especially considering that many of you had not

558
00:34:56,519 –> 00:35:00,480
yet heard my own side of what truly happened. Barely

559
00:35:00,559 –> 00:35:04,239
one month after terrorists invaded the Christian school on November

560
00:35:04,280 –> 00:35:07,679
twenty first, twenty twenty five, and kidnapped over two hundred

561
00:35:07,920 –> 00:35:11,440
thirty school children at the Saint Mary Catholic Church School

562
00:35:11,519 –> 00:35:15,400
in Papri town in Niger State. The Nigeria government under

563
00:35:15,400 –> 00:35:18,960
the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, has announced the

564
00:35:19,000 –> 00:35:22,320
complete release of all the abducted church school children by

565
00:35:22,360 –> 00:35:26,920
the terrorists. According to the Presidential Spokesperson, BeO on Anuga,

566
00:35:27,199 –> 00:35:30,840
the terrorists released the kids based on intelligent driven operations,

567
00:35:31,119 –> 00:35:34,440
but some Nigerians who took to the comment sections of

568
00:35:34,480 –> 00:35:39,119
the presidential spokesperson on social media said the government should

569
00:35:39,119 –> 00:35:41,480
come out clean and tell the public the truth that

570
00:35:41,559 –> 00:35:44,440
it paid money as ransom to the terrorists to secure

571
00:35:44,480 –> 00:35:48,119
the freedom of the kids, stressing that terrorists don’t release

572
00:35:48,199 –> 00:35:53,400
kidnapped victims for free. BeO on Anuga, the presidential spokesperson,

573
00:35:53,480 –> 00:35:56,280
had said in a statement he issued and made available

574
00:35:56,360 –> 00:36:00,159
yesterday that the remaining one hundred thirty school children and

575
00:36:00,199 –> 00:36:04,119
abducted by terrorists at Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Papri,

576
00:36:04,480 –> 00:36:08,400
Niger State on November twenty first, have now been released.

577
00:36:09,159 –> 00:36:11,840
They are expected to arrive in Minner on Monday and

578
00:36:11,920 –> 00:36:16,079
rejoin their parents for the Christmas celebration. One hundred were

579
00:36:16,119 –> 00:36:19,559
released earlier by the terrorists, taking the total of freed

580
00:36:19,639 –> 00:36:23,039
students to two hundred and thirty. The freedom of the

581
00:36:23,079 –> 00:36:28,239
school children followed a military intelligence driven operation. Some social

582
00:36:28,320 –> 00:36:31,639
media users who are apparently Nigerians, took to the comments

583
00:36:31,719 –> 00:36:35,719
sections of the presidential spokesperson post both on Facebook and

584
00:36:35,840 –> 00:36:40,159
ex social media platforms and expressed themselves over the new developments,

585
00:36:40,559 –> 00:36:45,000
some of which are presented verbatim below. Relwan Ibrahim said,

586
00:36:45,440 –> 00:36:50,280
released not rescued kidnappers. Don’t release captives for free. In all,

587
00:36:50,360 –> 00:36:54,360
thank God for their lives. Femiade Boye said, So what

588
00:36:54,519 –> 00:36:58,079
happened to their abductors? Were they engaged in the way

589
00:36:58,119 –> 00:37:01,719
they understand or they were relie east after monetary negotiation.

590
00:37:02,639 –> 00:37:05,280
We thank God for dot the release of these children.

591
00:37:05,559 –> 00:37:09,280
At the same time, what happened to the abductors? Aki

592
00:37:09,400 –> 00:37:14,800
badet Agenbiade said military intelligence driven operation? As how na

593
00:37:15,320 –> 00:37:19,320
how many bandits did they arrest? Bankie Alash said a

594
00:37:19,360 –> 00:37:22,719
wheeler dealer government of no direction will never say the truth.

595
00:37:23,119 –> 00:37:25,920
Only God knows how much ransom was paid from the

596
00:37:25,960 –> 00:37:30,079
hard earned resources or borrowed funds of this country. No

597
00:37:30,239 –> 00:37:34,880
amount of propaganda or damage control. Nigerian’s becomes wiser every

598
00:37:34,960 –> 00:37:37,159
day with all your antics, and they are ready for you.

599
00:37:37,239 –> 00:37:41,920
Come twenty twenty seven. Roscoe Oko said, Sir, with all

600
00:37:42,000 –> 00:37:45,559
due respect, do the terrorists release them unconditionally or your

601
00:37:45,599 –> 00:37:51,000
government paid ransom. Jo k Megamixer stated the presidency celebrates

602
00:37:51,039 –> 00:37:56,000
her military intelligence driven operation for the Papy release, yet

603
00:37:56,039 –> 00:37:59,079
says nothing about the fate of the abductors. In a

604
00:37:59,119 –> 00:38:03,199
functioning secure system, the return of victims is only half

605
00:38:03,280 –> 00:38:07,400
the job. Without arrests or neutralized threats, This is not

606
00:38:07,480 –> 00:38:10,039
a rescue. It is a handover that comes at a

607
00:38:10,079 –> 00:38:13,719
cost that wasn’t mentioned. The official account of the paper

608
00:38:13,880 –> 00:38:17,760
release reads like a travel itinery, not a security report.

609
00:38:18,559 –> 00:38:21,920
If this was indeed an intelligence led operation, where are

610
00:38:21,920 –> 00:38:26,159
the suspects, silence on the abductor’s fate suggests a non

611
00:38:26,159 –> 00:38:30,679
combative arrangement that leaves the kidnap industry intact. The increasing

612
00:38:30,800 –> 00:38:33,599
rates of mass shooting leading to mass murder in South

613
00:38:33,639 –> 00:38:37,159
Africa recorded another new figure on Sunday early morning in

614
00:38:37,199 –> 00:38:40,760
the Beckistal town near the southwestern part of Johannesburg in

615
00:38:40,800 –> 00:38:44,440
the Gauteng province, when about twelve masked unknown gunmen invaded

616
00:38:44,440 –> 00:38:48,840
a public drinking accommodation and relaxation spot known as Tavern,

617
00:38:49,159 –> 00:38:52,000
shooting into the parbman shop people as they cite them

618
00:38:52,000 –> 00:38:54,760
on the street while fleeing, leading to the killing of

619
00:38:54,880 –> 00:38:59,039
nine persons as confirmed by the local authority, with additional

620
00:38:59,119 –> 00:39:02,880
ten persons staining injuries. This occurred less than three weeks

621
00:39:02,960 –> 00:39:06,719
when gunman stormed an illegal drinking establishment also known as

622
00:39:06,760 –> 00:39:10,800
Schabine at a hostel in Saulsville, west of Pretoria, wherein

623
00:39:11,159 –> 00:39:14,599
twelve people were killed, including a three year old child,

624
00:39:15,000 –> 00:39:18,119
a twelve year old boy and a sixteen year old girl.

625
00:39:18,440 –> 00:39:21,800
And in twenty twenty four alone, twenty six thousand, two

626
00:39:21,920 –> 00:39:25,639
hundred and thirty two murder cases representing more than seventy

627
00:39:25,760 –> 00:39:29,239
people killed per day in South Africa, was reported by

628
00:39:29,280 –> 00:39:34,199
the South African Police Service SAPs and a non governmental organization,

629
00:39:34,559 –> 00:39:38,039
the Democratic Alliance b C, had stated in its report

630
00:39:38,119 –> 00:39:41,039
earlier in the year that between January and March twenty

631
00:39:41,119 –> 00:39:45,079
twenty five, five thousand, seven hundred and twenty seven people

632
00:39:45,079 –> 00:39:49,000
were murdered, representing an average of sixty two people killed

633
00:39:49,039 –> 00:39:53,079
per day. In twenty twenty five first quarter and six thousand,

634
00:39:53,239 –> 00:39:57,360
nine hundred and eighty five attempted murders were recorded seventy

635
00:39:57,480 –> 00:40:00,760
five per day. Forty three thousand, seven seven hundred and

636
00:40:00,840 –> 00:40:04,920
seventy six assaults with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

637
00:40:04,960 –> 00:40:09,000
were reported, representing four hundred and seventy five per day.

638
00:40:09,599 –> 00:40:12,840
Ten thousand, six hundred and eighty eight people were raped,

639
00:40:13,360 –> 00:40:17,039
one hundred and sixteen per day, four thousand, five hundred

640
00:40:17,079 –> 00:40:22,079
and seventy one kidnappings occurred forty nine per day, eleven thousand,

641
00:40:22,119 –> 00:40:26,079
one hundred and eleven common robberies and thirty five thousand,

642
00:40:26,239 –> 00:40:31,079
three hundred and seventy four commercial crimes were reported, representing

643
00:40:31,159 –> 00:40:33,800
five hundred and four per day, and as at the

644
00:40:33,800 –> 00:40:36,800
time of filing in this report on Monday morning, the

645
00:40:36,840 –> 00:40:40,840
South Africa President Cyril Ramathosa is yet to issue statement

646
00:40:41,039 –> 00:40:44,519
or announced policy action over the Sunday recent mass murder

647
00:40:44,559 –> 00:40:47,519
in the country, just as residents who spoke with local

648
00:40:47,559 –> 00:40:50,639
media blamed the attack on illegal miners known by the

649
00:40:50,679 –> 00:40:54,320
group name Zamazamas, and the residents believed the police are

650
00:40:54,360 –> 00:40:58,679
in cahoots with the different gangsters terrorizing communities in South Africa.

651
00:40:59,760 –> 00:41:02,960
Residents who spoke with Local news media said that the

652
00:41:02,960 –> 00:41:06,159
mass murder in Beckistal occurred around one a m early

653
00:41:06,239 –> 00:41:10,119
morning night on Sunday, December twenty first, with about twelve

654
00:41:10,119 –> 00:41:13,119
gunman in a white van and silver Sudan opened fire

655
00:41:13,239 –> 00:41:18,159
at the Quinoxialo tavern in Beckistal, southwest of Johannesburg. A

656
00:41:18,239 –> 00:41:23,079
resident who spoke with Newsroom Africa television said, it is bad,

657
00:41:23,400 –> 00:41:27,000
my sister. The thing is, this has become a norm

658
00:41:27,039 –> 00:41:30,920
in this township. Young kids, tender kids as young as

659
00:41:30,960 –> 00:41:35,320
two three years old. When a gunshot sounds, they don’t flinch.

660
00:41:36,079 –> 00:41:39,519
They would ask you which direction does it come from?

661
00:41:39,719 –> 00:41:43,320
They are used to gunshots, little kids. Now you can

662
00:41:43,360 –> 00:41:47,159
imagine how much about old people. What happened yesterday is

663
00:41:47,199 –> 00:41:49,960
a reflection of I don’t know how to put it.

664
00:41:50,400 –> 00:41:53,880
Maybe let me put it straight, a reflection of neglect

665
00:41:53,920 –> 00:41:57,679
by the police. Criminals. They do as they please. Here

666
00:41:58,159 –> 00:42:01,400
these guns they sound each postas who are on? NEVIW

667
00:42:01,760 –> 00:42:04,800
bringin you? Brings in a mortgage outware