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Speaker 1: Niger State Governor Muhammadu Maru Bago has reversed self over

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arresting anyone with dreadlocks, a matching order he gave on

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Tuesday at stakeholders security meeting in the state to security

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operatives in the state, which is one of the states

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in Nigeria most troubled by bandits and terrorists, clarifying that

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the arrest order is only meant for a particular group

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of people suspected to be a member of a particular

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secret cult group that carries dreadlocks as a symbol of identification.

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This a well known social media influencer, Martin’s Vincents aka Veridarkman,

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had condemned the action of the governor, saying that if

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the governor considered dreadlocks as a sign of insecurity, it

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therefore means the governor should be the first to be

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arrested for carrying a monster beards. Veridarkman, in a swift

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reaction to the governor’s order on Tuesday, said most criminals

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like Boko Haram terrorists often dressed responsibly and they are

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hardly seen putting on dreadlocks hairstyles, adding that the governor

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should focus on providing jobs for the thousands of unemployed

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youths in the state, which he said is the major

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cause of insecurity, hence urging the governor to avoid the

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misleading narratives of trying to tie in security to hairstyles.

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According to Varidakman, the kind of misleading narratives and actions

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taken by the Niger State Governor Muhammad of Amarubago may

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be the reason why the insecurity in Nigeria probably has

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continued to be on the high side because the criminals

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do take advantage of the inability of the government to

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know the true modis operandi and thus the governments always

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chased after irrelevant issues and meaningless issues of concern, while

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the terrorists and other criminals dressed behaved in a more

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responsible ways to continue to terrorize the country. Governor Muhammad

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Ofmarubago had on Tuesday said from today henceforth, anybody you

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find with dreadlock in Niger State, arrests him, barb his

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hair and find him. Parents should warn their children from

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this moment. It’s one hundred percent fire for fire, demolish

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houses hammering criminals. Also, any house found habring criminals should

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be demolished. Niger State is not for useless people, the

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governor had initially stated. On Wednesday, the governor, in another

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meeting with federal government officials in Niger State, reversed himself

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and stated that yesterday we read a Riot Act on

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hooliganism and people must construte our words for people who

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have dreadlocks. We don’t have a problem with dreadlocks, but

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we have a problem with the cult here with dreadlocks.

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So if you have dreadlocks and you have business, please

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come to Niger State. All that is media propaganda. We

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are only driving the cult that is becoming a menace

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in Niger State. Thank you. Meanwhile, the governor at the

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security meeting on Tuesday banned the use of tricycle and

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motorcycle from six pm to six as in the state capital, Minna.

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Details of the ban on the commercial vehicles as contained

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in the news release made available by Belogi Ibrahim, the

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Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, reads

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Erbata below. Niger State Government has suspended movement of commercial

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motorcycle and tricycle riders from six pm to six a

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m in Minna, the state capitol. Farmer Governor Omaru Bago

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made this public at a critical stakeholders security meeting held

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at the government House with the traditional title holders in

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Minna Emirate and the heads of security agencies. Farmer Umaru Bago,

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who announced exemption for medical emergency, described the measure as

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temporary aimed at addressing the growing security challenges in the

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state capitol. The Farmer governor disclosed that he will not

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stay back and watch criminals continue to perpetrate evil, adding

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that it is the responsibility of every government to insure

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the security of lives and property of its citizenry. He

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also worn district, village and ward heads to always ensure

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proper documentation of people they harbour in the domains, explaining

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that any house found to be harring criminals will be demolished,

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while buildings where hard drugs are sold will as well

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be destroyed. The Farmer Governor also called on the entire

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security apparatus of the state to ensure that they clamp

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down on criminals, their hideouts and their cartels. Farmer Mumaru

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Bago equally cautioned parents to warn their children as anyone

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caught in any violent related activity will be arrested and

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prosecuted accordingly with the full weight of the law. As

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the state government will continue to have zero tolerance on

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thuggery and rascality. He described governance as a collective responsibility

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and thereafter called on all stakeholders to come together and

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ensure that insecurity is tackled. Deputy Governor of Niger State,

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Comrade Yukubu Gaba, Emir of Mineral Haji Uma Farrik Bajajo

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District Village and wardheads in Minna as well as security.

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The chiefs in the state attended the meeting yesterday.

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Speaker 2: We read rounds on god raising and people mistewed our

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weves or people to have drendlows. We don’t have problem

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with dread balls or we have problems with the colts

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here with dread balls. So if you dread words and

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I have business, please cover the agasty All that is

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a media book. But we’re not driving dranos from n Agency.

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We’re only driving.

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Speaker 3: That’s part that is for me becoming in men’s nasty.

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Speaker 4: Thank you about tolerance, tora’scality, in anybody that you find

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with Barba our dreadlock, arrested.

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Speaker 3: Habby’s hair and frankly, nobody should carry any kind of

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health record. Again inside me have given you much and

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order the security agencies. Any boy, anybody you find with

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a weapon, deal with him as a number over so

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for parents, one of your children, one of your wards.

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From this moment, it’s one hundred percent fire on fire.

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Any attain who have asked any resides an attempt. I

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asked the government of Nigi State. We’re going to come

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with your full force of power of the government and

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descend on you and any house found her body. Terriminals

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should be demolished, over developed member, bring it down. nDNA,

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agies and other agencies climbed down on drug dealers zero percent.

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Speaker 5: In magiestates.

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Speaker 3: A, Niger States is not for useless before if you

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can’t take your children, will take your of there for me.

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Speaker 2: Who took there?

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Speaker 4: There for you.

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Speaker 3: Anybody that you find with barber a read look arrested.

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Speaker 2: Pat’s hair.

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Speaker 3: And finally, nobody should carry any kind of help. Record

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again his headmen, I have given you much an order

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the security agencies.

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Speaker 5: All so I just came back now and this is

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the first news I’m saying. No page where the governor

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of min A, Nigia States is talking about security in

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security in the states. And then it went on to

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say that any youth or anybody you see with read

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locks should be arrested and they should cut their hair.

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So basically, I guess if try to measure up that

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dreadlocks is a sign of insecurity, maybe you understand. But

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if we want to judge by the looks, even you

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were the governor, they’re supposed will you bab your face

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your beers because your beers alone shows that you don’t

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even look responsible. Now, not from my own points, because

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I know a lot of elderly people whoever say they

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see you, you carry beers, they’ll say, come on by

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clean his team. I don’t see some old old men

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that time for church. They tell those brothers for children,

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you do find boy for choir. I don’t say, back

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this hair, you are looking irresponsible. So if you are judging,

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the youth are saying that okay, they’re looking responsible with

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their look, and it’s a thread to security based only

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you are discussing security, then even you as a governor,

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you need to clean shave.

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Speaker 6: You need to shave.

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Speaker 5: But that’s number one. Number two, I mean a very

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nice guy, very that man is very nice. I want

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to help you as the governor to get the boys

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that have dread loss in nija States. That will help

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you as a governor. But guess what I will also

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help you do.

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Speaker 6: I will also help you find the youths in Nijo

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States that don’t have a job, the people living in

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an abject poverty. In Ninia states, a lot of youths

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Enamine and Nijs State are into fraud because the economy

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is not fevoring them and the governance is not creating

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and avenues for the youth to drive. So if that

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are dread locks, now they give the besting walk. Do

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you know what you’re about to stop?

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 5: All about people that are into the business of making dreadlocks.

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Speaker 6: Because as far as I because is a hairtyle, it’s

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a hairstyle.

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Speaker 5: So about the people that are into the business of

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making dread loss. Now, you don’t close pressing place ready

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take make money beds? Do you understand? You don’t close

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press in place there, Simion, make youth governor, make use

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governor seeming Anistan’s governor.

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Speaker 3: Now this is what you know.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Doan’s country talk about No, let’s not go back

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because like I said.

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Speaker 5: It was talking about insecurity, right, which is a good topic.

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Right now, all the old people wear they don’t catch

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for insecurity. So just in book ram you know, book

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waram bandits and everything, none of their carry dread loogs.

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Show me a book member with dread looks. Show me

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a book m member with dreadlocks. People, that’s attack that

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cause insecurity in Nigeria, they are very smart. They have

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to blend in and it is people like you and

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this kind of ideology that is making them blend in

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very well.

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Speaker 6: Now you are going after people.

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Speaker 5: You want to start going after boys that are carrying dreadlocks.

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Then people now where I won’t do the insecurity, the dress.

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Speaker 6: Wear, the sutan thaie, don’t carry bomb go bump, don’t

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go the kidnapped do they kidnap?

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Speaker 5: There are sutan tie. Now there were allergic clothes, there

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were iroa buba, there were this.

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Speaker 6: Yagu Yeah is yagoo iro buba or there were malar

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claus or there were suits. Don’t carry out atrocities.

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Speaker 5: You would not know because you think that the people

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will get dread loss. Now then be the bad people

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for the society. Let’s clamp on them. Before you’re able

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to do you’ll be able to talk to the youth.

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You must have something to offer the youth.

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Speaker 6: What are you offering the youth for them to change

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their lifestyle for you? A lot of them nan asis.

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A lot of people carry dread logs for loose seface teams.

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Some people they carry on they covered their hair. Some

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people that look at silking at these dread logs they

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beautify mean a lot of people have different reasons to

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Some people want to grow their hair longer. Some people

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want to save your self stress or going to the

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baby saloon all the ways, so they carry dreadlocks. Dread

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logs does don’t mean irresponsibility.

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Speaker 1: When it does dread locks.

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Speaker 5: Now it goes strengths. If you go by the Bible,

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something has time. They says something keep hair once you

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know the once you know they comb your hair, because

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Bible don’t talk about come once you know they comb

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your hair, not dread loves. It goes down to so

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something get dread.

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Speaker 6: I want to believe John, the Baptists also have had dreads.

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Now when they get devessive, whether the black man, it’s

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just us the black man and Babby, No they there,

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that’s just to say. Then Jesus said the da oh, okay,

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there’s parts with the shame. Do you understand? So my

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dear governor, with all your respects. You cannot tell your

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type the people on dreadlocks and tack them with those

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causing insecurity or irresponsibility in the States.

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Speaker 5: You can’t do that.

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Speaker 6: You can’t do that.

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Speaker 5: So please, honorable Godlo, we told you respects. This is wrong.

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This is tell you’re typing.

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Speaker 6: This is wrong. All the country they carry youth, they

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go outside.

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Speaker 5: Want to drain them. Ay ay, maybe they’re come into production.

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I say, your governor expects you to bring in the

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youth so that they can go into production.

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Speaker 6: This is what you can offer.

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Speaker 4: What I want Leado bringin Upreneans in a more digital

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ware