OsazuwaAkonedo Audio ~ NewsShorts @5pm 28-1

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Speaker 1: Thirty year old Brazilian lady ingrid Rosa Benavidis has been

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arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

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ndl EA at the Nandi Azukiwai International Airport, Abuja for

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bringing into Nigeria a total of thirty point zero nine

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kilograms of white heroine concealed in factory sealed coffee packs

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worth over three billion niers in street value. The suspect,

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who works as a private security officer in Brazil, was

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arrested at the Abuja Airport on Friday the twenty third

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of January twenty twenty six upon her arrival on a

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Qatar Airways flight QR fourteen thirty one following processed intelligence.

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After her arrest, her search was conducted on her two

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checked in bags, where twenty one factory sealed packets of

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Brazilian coffee were found. When the coffee bags were opened.

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Rather than containing the beverage, what was found inside were

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white substances that later tested positive for heroine, weighing a

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total of thirty point zero nine kilos, making it the

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single largest heroine seizure at the Abuja Airport. During her

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preliminary interview, the suspect claimed she brought the white heroine

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consignment under the guise of coming to Nigeria for holidays.

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At the Matala Mohammad International Airport m MIA, Pakeja, Legos,

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NDLA operatives on Tuesday, the twentieth of January intercepted two

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passengers added Ernadadoyan and aftach Barokiko, who were heading to Istanbul, Turkey,

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a border Turkish airline’s flight, with a total of three thousand,

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nine hundred and ninety pills of tapentadol two hundred and

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fifty milligrams and tro making two hundred and twenty five

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milligrams concealed in food items packed in their bags. Meanwhile,

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operatives of the Marine Command of the agency, in the

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early hours of Thursday, the twenty second of January intercepted

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a wooden boat loaded with forty four jumbo bags of

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Garne aloud, a strain of cannabis weighing one thousand, days,

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eight hundred and forty eight kilograms, at the Jacande Beach

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in LeKi, Lagos. The shipment had barely arrived from Ghana

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when NDLA offices, acting on credible intelligence, stormed the location

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around one am recovered the consignment and the boat. Two suspects,

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Aminu Ali Barber twenty and Abdul Rashid Abubaka twenty eight,

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were on Friday, the twenty third of January arrested by

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NDLEA operatives in connection with the seizure of two bags

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containing one hundred and forty packets of explosives heading to

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Karno and Kaduna. The bags were intercepted in a commercial

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bus along Kaduna Zaria Highway, Zaria, while Aminu Ali Barber

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was arrested at Karoto Park in Karno and Abdul Rashid

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Abubaka lab at Mando Park in Kaduna. In swift follow

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up operations, an intelligence led raid at Kwangilla Zaria Local

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Government Area in Kaduna on Thursday, the twenty second of

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January led to the arrest of Iam Really shocked by

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the way some unpatriotic Nigerians have gone on social media

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misrepresenting Isho Speed’s visit to Nigeria and using it to

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project a negative image of their very own country while

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attempting to spoil what was a good narrative of a

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very successful visit. First of all, Isho Speed never said

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or implied that Nigeria is Smelli. The young man perhaps

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achieved his most successful stream during his African tour in Nigeria,

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reaching a milestone of fifty million YouTube subscribers whilst in

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our dearly beloved country. He is the first black streamer

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to achieve that milestone, and it occurred in Nigeria, boosted

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by Nigerian subscribers appreciative of his visit. What these few

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unpatriotic Nigerians who have a grudge against their own country

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fed by a separatist agenda, have done is take a

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screenshot of a particular stream where mister Darren Jason Watkins

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Junior made a face for a few seconds, which he

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often does all over the world. Upon m citing something

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interesting and peculiar. Using that snap shot, they painted a

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false narrative claiming that Legos is Smellian, but Darren Jason

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Watkins Junior aka is Show Speed did not enjoy his

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time there and found nothing interesting or cultural to do. Sadly,

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their claims have gone wildly viral. In fact, as evidenced

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by his streams and media coverage, Isho Speed had perhaps

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the most eventful moments of his speed as Africa tour

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in Nigeria, which is why he chose to spend his

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twenty first birthday in our country. He drew his biggest

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crowds here and was so impressed by that that he

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testified about it. He had gastronomical and cultural experiences, including

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visiting Freedom Park and eating the world famous Nigerian Joloff rice,

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which he raved about. Thereafter, he had a belated Debty

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December moment by interacting with street dances in a carnival

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like manner and had intermittent encounters and conversations with streep

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p including a man whose physical strength he celebrated after

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attempting and failing to match his iron bending skills. Isho

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Speed also enjoyed Nigerian cature when he got to wear

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the special Nigerian hat known as a Feeler made in

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Nigeria from entirely from maid in Nigeria fabric, something that

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I have been promoting worldwide. His decision to blend in

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culturally with Nigerians through fashion made him so excited that

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he asked street vendors and onlookers whether he looked Nigerian.

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And on his twenty first birthday, Isho Speed was surrounded

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by school children in their school uniforms, singing the famous

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Happy Birthday song to him, almost bringing him to tears.

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At Freedom Park, Isho Speed interacted with various Lagos street

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performers who taught the quick learner several dance steps particularly

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suited to the Nigerian music genre of afrobeats that has

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taken the world by storm. Isho Speed then visited Abu

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Bakhar Malami, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General

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of the Federation who was in office from November twenty

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fifteen till May twenty twenty three, when the then President

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Mohammadu Buhari completed his eight years tenure in office, under

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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, Abu Bakar Malami,

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who was saddled with the responsibility of protecting citizens rights,

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came out openly and apparently justified the violations of court

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orders by the then Buhari led government and during the

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administration of President Mohammadu Buhari. Abubakar Malami frequently defended the

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

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bail granted to high profile individuals by asserting that national

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security and public interests superseded individual rights. Some of the

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high profile individuals include did Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the former

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National Security Advisor in the era of President good Luck

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of Beallet Jonathan, who was held for four years from

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December twenty fifteen to December twenty nineteen. Despite being granted

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bail by at least four different Nigerian high courts and

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the echo As Court, he was repeatedly re arrested by

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the Department of State Services the SS immediately after fulfilling

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bail conditions. Shik Ibrahim el Zakaki and his wife Zina

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detained from December twenty fifteen until they were released in

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July twenty twenty one. Were refused bail after Federal court

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declared the detention illegal in twenty sixteen and ordered their

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release by January twenty seventeen, but the government under which

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Abubakar Malami was a Justice Minister, did not comply until

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they were eventually acquitted of all charges by a Kaduna

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State High Court in twenty twenty one. Also Armiele Saware,

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an activist and a journalist who is the founder of

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saharere Reporters News Media, remained in DSS custody for several

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months in twenty nineteen despite fulfilling bail conditions set by

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Justice Hjaeyomurrijuku. He was re arrested within the court room

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just twenty four hours after a temporary release. Nandi I Kanu,

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the convicted and jailed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB leader,

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was refused bail during his initial trial in twenty fifteen.

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President Buhari then publicly stated during a media chat that Karnu,

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among others, would not be allowed to go on bail

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due to the nature of their alleged crimes, despite court rulings.

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In addition, was Navy Captain Dada La Binjo, who was

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detained by the Nigeria military from September twenty eighteen until

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at least late twenty nineteen, despite a Federal High Court

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order for his release, and during these periods Abubakhar Malami

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provided several justifications for these detentions. Most notably during his

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twenty nine Nigeria military authority has confirmed the death of

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five soldiers and one police officer in an ambush launched

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by terrorists on Monday at Giddenwagny area of Zamfara State.

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The incident may be a reminder of incessant cases of

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high rates of Nigeria losing its soldiers and other security

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operatives in ambush, especially as observed as a worsening situation

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in the year twenty twenty five, with the ambush of

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army barracks and killing of the men of the Armed

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Forces of Nigeria AFN by terrorists in large number began

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as early as January twenty twenty five. It may be

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recalled that in January twenty twenty five, terrorists launched an

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attack on the one hundred forty nine Battalion in Malam Forturi,

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Borno State, leading to the killing of over twenty military personnel,

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including 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 twenty five by terrorists, mostly in ambush.

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In June twenty twenty five, terrorists attacks on three army

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bases in central and northwestern Nigeria resulted in the killing

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

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a major ambush on the Bargo Maidaguri 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 w AP

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terrorists near Wajioco town in Borno State, which some local

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media reported that several soldiers were killed during the ambush.

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Even some of the local media stated that those who

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

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killed by the terrorists, apparently after hours of no rescue

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or romped reinforcement by the Nigeria military authority. According to

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Captain David Adawassi, 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

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Northwest have demonstrated exceptional bravery, professionalism and resilience following a

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terrorist ambush along the Bingi Kekenwage Gussa 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. Peter Obi,

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the former Anambra State governor and last presidential candidate of

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the Labour Party in the Nigeria twenty twenty three general elections,

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has insisted that the three brothers among the twelve persons

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that died as a result of fire that engulfed the

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twenty five story building of Great Nigeria Insurance House Plaza

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at Balagoon Market in Lagos Island on Christmas Eve called

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for help for days with no emergency response from the

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government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, saying

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the three siblings mister stephen On yeko Omer two aged forty,

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Mister Kasmir Nabukomer two aged thirty nine and mister Collins

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Kenechukuoma two aged thirty seven, for days sent distressing police

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for help while trapped in the building, yet there were

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no emergency services to rescue them. Several days passed in

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the rubble before their bodies were finally recovered. Several days

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of unanswered calls of a system that failed and at

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the moment they needed it most. Peter Obi made this

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statement after attending the burial ceremony of the three siblings

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held at Uzoqua community in Ihiala Local Government Area of

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Anambra State on Wednesday. After Lagos State Government, through the

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Office of the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, glengor Omtoso,

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in a statement issued on January first, twenty twenty six,

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stated that as soon as the fire alarm was received

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on the day, the government deployed teams of first responders

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to the scene, including the Legos State Fire and Rescue Service,

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Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Legos State Ambulance Services, security agencies,

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and other emergency and safety units. But this statement from

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the Lagos State government appears not to be in line

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with an eyewitness account. A resident who spoke with New

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Central Television at the scene of the fire incident that

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a phone call was made across to a fire service

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in Lagos State, but the fire service demanded thirty million

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naira’s service fee before the fire service would respond to

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the emergency issue this The resident added that if the

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fire service had responded on time, the entire building would

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

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fire was only at a single floor when the fire’s

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

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died after being trapped inside the burning high rise building

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in Lagos, an incident that shocked residents and reignited concerns

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over fire’s safety and emergency response in the country. According

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to family sources, the intensity of the inferno made rescue

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efflets impossible and only ashes were recovered for burial. The

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burial brought grief and sorrow to ihiala community with residents,

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praying that their souls find rest and that their family

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find 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, schoolmate. Inspector General of Police ig P.

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Kwar Yode Eggbetoken for days now has refused to speak

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or deliberately kept mum after a well known founder of

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a private organization, Harrison Guamashu, who have been assisting Nigeria’s

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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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a video statement on Saturday, revealed the complicit of the

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Nigeria Police Force in aiding and trying to cover up

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a reasonable suspect behind the kidnapping of a couple in

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the late days of November twenty twenty five at Avili

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community 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 operational.

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Ransom money of twenty million nyers was given to the

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kidnappers with the Reasonable Suspect fully aware of all arrangements

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of the top secret security plans of Harrison Guamneshu, but

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decided to make the sensitive secure 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 Guamashu, 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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television station made available to the public by the broadcast

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media on Sunday indicated that the Nigeria Police Force had

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all the opportunities and chances to rescue the remaining kidnapped victims,

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but the police deliberately refused to go into the bush,

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with the police saying that the kind of intelligence information

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

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according to Harrison Guamashue, forced him to show the police

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video evidences of how his style of intelligence has aided

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successful offensive operation against kidnappers, but all his explanations went

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on darias even when for days the tracking devices he

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added to the special money he mixed with the original

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money given to the kidnappers as ransom was still showing

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the exact location of the kidnappers and other useful information

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that could have enabled the police mobilize and rescue the

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remaining kidnap victims. According to the reasonable Suspect, Harrison Harrison Guamashue,

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the founder of a registered private organization assisting the Nigeria

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Security the operatives with credible and reliable intelligence information that

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have led to the killing and arrest of several kidnappers

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in the West Africa country, especially in the South South

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geopolitical zone of Edo and Delta states. In a video

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statement issued via his verified social media account a few

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hours ago, has said that the family member and a

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brother of the kidnapped couple who worked with him and

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his team to deliver the prepared sting operational twenty million

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nira’s ransom to the kidnappers has been arrested alongside his

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gang members with guns. But according to Harrison Gwambersho, immediately

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the Nigeria Police Force noticed that he could vividly recognize

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the suspect as a brother to the kidnapped couple, the

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Nigeria Police Force quickly released the suspect and charged other

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members of his gang arrested in Aucheta 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 activity 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 Exco West Local Government area of Edo State in

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

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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 drop the money. He was surprised to

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hear one of the kidnapped 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 Guamashu 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 wasn’t complete, that that was the reason the

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kidnappers only released the wife and refused to set free

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the husband. Stating clearly that everyone who participated in taking

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the money to the kidnappers, affirmed that the kidnappers never

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counted the money, that even if the kidnappers had counted

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the money, he prepared the money, specially by only scattering

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the tracking devices on the dummy NIRA notes that looked

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like original NYRA notes in a manner that made the

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whole money complete. The family member who delivered the ransom

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to the kidnappers and some of his gangs were arrested

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with guns in Auchi by soldiers. The soldiers handed them

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over to Auchi AIA Command. Auchi AIA Command transferred them

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to Anti Cultism Unit s CID Benine and along the side,

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an order came that the boys should be released. Other

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people with him were charged to court and sent to prison.

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Same boy was with us in Auchi and knows our plans.

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I told the police my story, my statement is with

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the police. They did nothing. Continuing Harrison, Guamashu stated verbate

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one of the most talked about Islamic preachers in Nigeria

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who have had photographs with people suspected to be terrorists

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terrorizing villages and communities in the northern part of Nigeria

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when he visited the suspected terrorists in their camps inside

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forests on the ground of having peace talk with the

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armed groups Shake Armored. Abu bak Armamu Gumi has described

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as a terrorist act the United States u S military

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action ordered by President Donald Trump that attacked and killed

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yet to be ascertained total numbers of ISIS affiliated lacqurower

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terrorists in Sokoto State on Christmas Day. This the Islamic

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cleric called on the people in the villages affected by

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the U S missiles strikes on Thursday night to post

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on social media platforms evidences of damages caused by the

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U S military action. According to Gumi, it is in

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line with the teachers of Islam for terrorists to be killed,

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but the killing must be done by people with the

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clean and holy hands and not by another terrorist whose

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hands sustained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of

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innocent children, women and men. Just recently stressing that the

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U S involvement in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria

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will make the country becomes an enemy of its neighbors,

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a theater of war because the involvement will attract the

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real anti U S forces into the West Africa country.

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And in a manner that looked like mockery, Shake Gumi said,

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dropping a few bombs here and there cannot tackle the

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menace of terror. They need serious military on the ground, which,

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if we are serious, we have enough men to do that.

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

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Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuger said

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it was President Bola Ahmed to Nubu on Thursday that

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gave the U S the approval to carry out the

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strikes against the terrorists, but the government’s statement apparently did

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not go down well with Armiele Saware, a human rights

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activist and the founder of Sahara Araporters News Media, who

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insisted that it is evident that the strikes were carried

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out without the genuine author or informed consent of the

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weaklings masquerading as government under Asswar ju Bulah hm Ed Tenubu.

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And in a swift reaction to Omile Saware, one of

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

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I am afraid I will have to disagree with mister

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Omilee Saware and others like him who were misinforming the

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Nigerian public that the recent actions against terrorists a 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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Shaikh 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 and while many Nigerians were asleep

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after the twenty twenty five Christmas celebration, the United States

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U S war ship moved Clay and took position in

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the Territorial Africa Waters then launched missiles at the dead

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of the night on Thursday into areas predominantly dominated by

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the Lacqua were terrorists in the Nigeria north western state

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of Sokato, with President Donald Trump saying many of the

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terrorists were killed, but the Islamic State of Arakan Syria

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ISIS in the West Africa Province is yet to issue

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a statement over the air strikes on the Lacquawa camps

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in Sokato. The armed group that is affiliated with the

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Islamic State Sahil Province operating in Mali, Nijay and the

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Nigeria Kebe and Sokoto States, whose activities are mostly observed

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in five local government areas of Tangasa, Gudu, Alala, Binji

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and Salame in Sokato State. This some residents of Jabo

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Village in the Tambul Local Government area of Sokato State

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posted videos online to indicate that some components used in

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making the missiles fell on a farmland in the Jabo village.

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The videos showed a lot of the villages, mostly younger ones,

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holding phones with touch light on recording the scene of

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the burning parts of one of the missiles in the farmland,

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while some took a closer camera angle shot of some

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of the components that have manufacturing inscriptions, dates and brand labels.

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The U s Africa Command, in a statement a few

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hours ago, said that the direction of the President of

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the United States and the Secretary of War, and in

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coordination with Nigerian authorities, U s Africa Command conducted strikes

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against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria on December twenty fifth, twenty

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twenty five, in Soccato State. President Donald Trump, while announcing

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the military action through his Truth social media platform on

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Thursday night, said, tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief,

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the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against

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ISIS terrorist scum in Northwest Nigeria who have been targeting

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and viciously killing prime, merily innocent Christians at levels not

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seen for many years and even centuries. I have previously

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warned these terrorists that if they did not stop the

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slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and

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tonight there was the Department of War executed numerous perfect

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strikes as only the United States is capable of doing.

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Under my leadership, our country will not allow radical Islamic

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terrorism to prosper. May God bless our military and Merry

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Christmas to all, including the dead terrorists, of which there

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will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.

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Peter Hegxith, the U S Secretary of War, reiterated the

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U S president announcement in a tweet, saying the President

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was clear last month the killing of innocent Christians in

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Nigeria and elsewhere must end. In an effort to challenge

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and prove wrong. The statement of Harrison Gwamnershu, a well

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known civilian volunteer assisting Nigeria’s security operatives within TIS religence

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information that has led to the arrest and killing of

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suspected kidnappers in gun battle that he Harrison Gwamnershue was

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never arrested or charged to court by the Nigeria Police

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Force over the five point four million nyras he allegedly

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removed from the twenty million nyrs ransom he was contracted

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to handover to the kidnappers for the release and rescue

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of the married couple kidnapped in Avidi community in the

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Etxico West Local Government area of Edo State. In late

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November twenty twenty five, a leading Nigeria social media influencer

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and human rights activist, Martin’s Vincent tots aka Veri Dukman,

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on Tuesday night, took to his social media pages and

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presented an apparent questionable court document, probably with malicious intent

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to manipulate and mislead unsuspecting members of the public inadat

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to malign the character of Harrison Guamnershue. This In the

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court document presented by Veri Duckman, the alleged charge serial

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number were covered with the colored ink. No date of

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court sitting was written on the court document. The document

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indicated that the alleged three count charges were drafted and

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signed on the eighteenth of December twenty twenty five, a

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day before Harrison Guamashue was asked to go home from

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the police custody. On December nineteenth, twenty twenty five while

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awaiting the advice of the Department of Public Prosecutor DPP

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on the matter, and the apparent fraudulent court document did

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not show the officer or the person responsible for the

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court count charges and Veredargmann, apparently in a manipulative manner,

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did not show the full signature and any name of

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the officer who authored the alleged court charges. Veredargmann claimed

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in the video that the prosecutor wanted Harrison Guamashue jailed

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for six months, but the judge he identified as Justice

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Ettinosa Adcombie, allegedly on her personal consideration because of the

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Chrisman and New Year’s season and public intervention, decided to

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grant Harrison Guamashue bail. Harrison Guamashu says he was never

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arrested by the police or charged to courts, speculated in

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the public spaces over the five point four million niers

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he allegedly removed out of the twenty million niras ransom

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he was given to hand over to kidnappers and as

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well apparently used the money as a bake to stage

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sting operation for the release and rescue of the husband

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and wife simply identified as mister and Missus Ibraheen kidnapped

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in Avilli community in the Exico West Local government area

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of Edo State, which generated public reactions after the kidnappers

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set free the wife and kept the husband in captivity

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on the ground that the money given to them was

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not complete, and some persons who have access to the

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apparent sensitive security information went public to create an impression

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as if Harrison Gwamnoshu stole part of the ransom money,

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even Harrison Guamashu says he was never arrested by the

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police or charged to court as speculated in the public

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spaces over the five point four millionlyrus he allegedly removed

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out of the twenty million myraus ransom he was given

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to handover to kidnappers and as well apparently used the

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money as a bait to stage sting operation for the

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releasing rescue of the husband and wife simply identified as

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mister and Missus Ibraheim kidnapped in Avilei community in the

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Exico West Local government area of Edo State, which generated

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public reactions after the kidnappers set free the wife and

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kept the husband in captivity on the ground that the

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money given to them was not complete, and some persons

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who have access to the apparent sensitive security information went

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public to create an impression as if Harrison Gwamnoshue stole

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part of the ransom money. Even when Harrison Guamashue explained

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to them that it is part of his operational procedures

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to remove some cash from the ransom money. His explanation

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00:30:48,119 –> 00:30:51,160
apparently went on deaf ears and people who may be

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best described as mischief makers took advantage of the issue

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to call Harrison Guamashue names and reopen his alleged past

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deeds in a prejudiced manner to cast dispersions on him,

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even when they knew that Harrison Buamashu has a long

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history with video evidences of assisting security operatives to rescue

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kidnapped victims and in some cases the total money paid

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as ransom are recovered and returned to the victim’s families

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and the sting operation usually leads to the killing and

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arrest of the suspected kidnappers. This according to Harrison Buamashu

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in a statement he issued through his verified Facebook account

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some hours ago, he was the one who personally submitted

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himself voluntarily to the Edo State command of the Nigeria

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Police forced to enable the police investigate his action, that

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he never had the intention of stealing the money and

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his action of removing some money from the ransom was

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part of his usual operational procedures, adding that the police

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never charged him to court and while in self detention

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with the police, he became the cell president and he

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facilitated the release of four persons who were probably arrested

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and detained by the police unjustly for a crime the

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beneficiaries may know nothing about. And the video posted online

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by Harrison Guamlashu on Monday night showed he arrived home

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to the waiting hands of his elderly mother, who was

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seen in the video singing, dancing with other family members,

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friends and well wishes and screaming loud with joy while

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using one of her hands to caress the chest of

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her son, Harrison Guamashue, during which she said a lot

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of prayers in her local dialect. In his words, Harrison

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Gwamlishu said, I did not return alone during my time

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in custody. I became the cell Precido O b J

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and later handed over that responsibility to a young man,

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Honor Abba, who had also been unjustly arrested and detained

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while there, I quietly supported the release of four individuals

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who were barely one month after terrorists invaded the Christian

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school on November twenty first, twenty twenty five and kidnapped

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over two hundred and thirty school children at the Saint

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Mary Catholic Church School in Papri Town in Niger State.

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The Nigeria government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu,

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has announced the complete release of all the abducted church

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school children by the terrorists. According to the Presidential Spokesperson,

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BeO on Anuga, the terrorists released the kids based on

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intelligent driven operations, but some Nigerians who took to the

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comment sections of the presidential spokesperson on social media said

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the government should come out clean and tell the public

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the truth that it paid money as ransom to the

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terrorists to secure the freedom of the kids, stressing that

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terrorists don’t release kidnapped victims for free. BeO on Anuga,

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the presidential spokesperson, had said in a statement he issued

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and made available yesterday that the remaining one hundred and

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thirty school children abducted by terrorists at Saint Mary’s Catholic

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School in Papri, Niger State, on November twenty first have

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now been released. They are expected to arrive in Minna

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on Monday and rejoined their parents for the Christmas celebration.

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One hundred were released earlier by the terrorists, taking the

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total of freed students to two hundred and thirty. The

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freedom of the school children followed a military intelligence driven operation.

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Some social media users who are apparently Nigerians, took to

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the comments sections of the presidential spokesperson post both on

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Facebook and ex social media platforms and expressed themselves over

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the new developments, some of which are presented verbatim below.

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Relwan Ibrahem said, released not rescued. Kidnappers don’t release captives

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for free. In all, thank God for their lives. Femiade

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Boye said, so what happened to their abductors? Were they

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engaged in the way they understand or they were released

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00:34:49,280 –> 00:34:53,480
after monetary negotiation. We thank God for the release of

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these children. At the same time, what happened to the abductors?

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Akimbadet Agenbiade said military intelligence driven operation? As how enna

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how many bandits did they arrest? Banquis alash said a

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wheeler dealer. Government of no direction will never say the truth.

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Only God knows how much ransom was paid from the

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hard earned resources or borrowed funds of this country. No

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amount of propaganda or damage control. Nigerian’s becomes wiser every

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day with all your antics and they are ready for

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you come twenty twenty seven. Roscoe Oko said, Sir, with

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all due respect, do the terrorists release them unconditionally or

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your government paid ransom. Jo k Megamixer stated the Presidency

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celebrates her military intelligence driven operation for the Papy release,

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yet says nothing about the fate of the abductors. Aedi

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Quindi Unigal