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Speaker 1: Firsayre Shoyombohu was arrested and released after spending days in

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Nigerian Army cell while conducting participatory observation into the activities

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of crude all Bankaras within Port Harcourt, the River’s state capital,

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on Saturday. Says Nigerians are worth fighting for, saying public

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outcry of Nigerians meant him to only spend three days

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in military detention. Firsaire, who took to his first book

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profile to pay down some of his observations while in

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military detention facility, also granted interview with Aris TV where

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he narrated and stated that the Nigerian Army perseveel arrested

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him at the scene of grant but he could not

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identify himself or refused to identify himself for obvious security

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reasons because he had been told by the Imigun Bankaras

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that men of the Nigerian Army have been brand hence

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introducing himself to the soldiers as a journalist could cost

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him his life. Firsaio said Nigerians are not worth fighting for.

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I hear that every now and then, and I’ve always

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disbelieved it. Yesterday you proved me right. You all had

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the reason my detention by Nigerian Army lasted only three days.

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I’m a freeman today because of your social media engagement

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with FREEFICIALNAL and the publications broadcast by the traditional media,

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and I can prove it. After my arrest at about

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two am on Web, I was grilled by different levels

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of the Army into the night. I didn’t return to

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my cell at least eleven pm on Wednesday. My case

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was done forwarded to a superior office that was to

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interrogate me on Thursday. Surprisingly, Thursday was uneventful from morning

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until night. This office never sent for me. I as

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soon learned, the Army would take as long as it

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wanted to conduct their investigation just to establish that I

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was indeed an investigative journalist. To my utmost surprise, on

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Friday morning, at about eleven am or THEABOUTS, I was

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retrieved from myself for transfer to the Military Intelligence Brigade

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m IV. It was during the transfer that someone who

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ran into me asked to know my name, after which

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the said you’re the one. You’re in the news without

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your prey show and I’d still be in that cell

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by now, away from civilization and held in communicado. So yes,

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my freedom is your freedom. This victory exists because of you,

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you and you. Thank you, Fissile stated after granted interview

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with the Arise TV presenters on Saturday morning. Facile returned

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to his first book profile to say, who are the

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saboteurs in Nigerian Army and how exalted are they? I

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answered questions asked by the Army in detention, and by

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the time I regain freedom, they all Wankaras knew almost

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every single thing I told my interrogators. How then oil

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Mancaras know so much about me before I exited. Six

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Division Nigerian Army in a press release, had identified Facio

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as one of the illegal oil Mancaras arrested at the

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scene of crime. The headquarters six Division Nigerian Army has

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expressed concern over allegations circulating on social media that is

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detained an investigative journalist in Port Harcourt. While the division

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does not typically engage with the purvails of falsehoods, it

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is necessary to set the record straight. As part of

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its intensified operations against illegal oil bunkering, the six Division

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Nigerian Army has recorded significant successes recent intelligence uncovered the

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activities of a notorious gam involved on pipeline vandalism and

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illegal oil connections in the region. In a carefully planned operation,

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troops track the suspects to an illegal oil bankering site.

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During the operation, multiple arrests were made, including that of

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mister Fisiah Shoyumbo, who was found at the same The suspects,

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including mister Shoyumbo, are currently undergoing preliminary investigations to determine

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the level of involvement in the illegal activities. His arrest

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is directly linked to the ongoing until oil theft operations

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in the region and any claims suggested otherwise are baseless.

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The divisions strongly or just media outlets to verify the

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accuracy of their reports before disseminating information to the public.

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The six Division Nigerian Army remains committed to combating criminal activities,

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particularly oil theft, to ensure the protection of national resources

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and increased oil and gas production in the region. The

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Nigerian Army assures the public of its dedication to upholding

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security and work comes constructive engagement to foster understanding and transparency.

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Than Juma Jona Danjuma, Lieutenant Colonel Atten, Deputy Director Sex

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Division Army Public Relations stated this in a press release

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issued on Friday. Finsaiah Shoyenberg gave more account of his

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investigation with the illegal oil Bankaras, while accusing the Nigerian

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Army of deliberating compromising. He’s certain when he was in

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their custody. I will be honest. It is the first

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time I have genuinely felt my security compromised. I believe

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the Army deliberately, the attends spokesman of the Nigerian Army

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deliberately compromised my security by releasing that statement and linking

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me to ail Bonkaras. I was in the tention. I

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let no mention of oil bonn cary. Now you’ve gone

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to tell illegal Boncaras that look this guy was on

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your trail. I am an investigative and on the cover journalist.

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I was in to get an illegal oil bunkery. It

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helpened that someone in the security set up was offended

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that he didn’t get bribed, because the illegal bankers would

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bribe people in security. One got annoyed and tipped off others.

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There was no arrest. The Nigerian Army did not arrest me.

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The spotted me flashed the torch and I came out

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and wanted to open a conversation. I didn’t show them

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my idea because the illegal bankers had said they had

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settled everyone, and the guys who came were the ones

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that were not settled, and a conversation was going on

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to settle them. So I just thought it was a

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settlement conversation and I came forward. The ring grounds of

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the army were that one, I didn’t carry them along.

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I won’t deny that I have non trust for Nigerian

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public institutions. I didn’t trust the army. I didn’t carry

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them alone. But also non illegal oil bunker were bribing

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different people with various security formations and I would endanger

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my life by carrying them along if I didn’t know

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who was who. They all felt I was an illegal

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oil Bankara and I planned along until they took me

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to six the vision and I thought from them. I

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was speaking with people in offices who were investigating the case.

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That is when I said I was an on the

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convent journalist and showed them proof. Of course, the press

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is not free in a number of ways, and one

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of them is that especially people in security don’t want

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to hear the word investigation every encounter I have had

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with the police the military. Once I say I was

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investigating something just changes in them. They don’t want the

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press to do any form of independent work. Phycile words

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and in quote account never bringing you brings in a

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morggical way