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[00:01:30] reportedly frozing an ocean state government account, which is
[00:01:34] said to have been domiciled with the
[00:01:36] of force me
[00:01:36] of bank 10 days before the August 15 governorship
[00:01:40] election
[00:01:46] a
[00:01:50] and 176 victims
[00:01:54] abducted during deadly terrorist attack
[00:01:56] in Woru and Nuku.
[00:02:00] of communities in kama local government area of
[00:02:02] of state have now regin the
[00:02:05] freedom
[00:02:10] of
[00:02:25] let's bring you some uh good news from karate as
[00:02:28] a song people were been in captivity since
[00:02:32] February this year, we now uh be
[00:02:36] of meeting and we meeting their family members, we understand
[00:02:40] now that a coordinated joint security operation
[00:02:44] involving
[00:02:45] of the office
[00:02:49] of of the national security of advisor, the Nigerian Armed forces and the department of state services, the
[00:02:51] of national of counter tourism center and the Nigerian police and other
[00:02:55] security agencies
[00:02:57] of uh led to the rescue of
[00:02:59] of 308 kidnapped victims
[00:03:01] of across Kuara, Nija and Kibi states. Security sources
[00:03:06] of describe the operation as one
[00:03:09] of of the largest and most successful recent rescue missions
[00:03:11] in with all the victims
[00:03:13] of freed in coordinated operations carried out
[00:03:16] today. Among those rescued were
[00:03:19] 176 persons abducted from
[00:03:22] a World Community in Kayama, local government area of Cara State. The victims
[00:03:26] of since been evacuated to the military medical facility.
[00:03:30] at
[00:03:31] of Wawa cantont in New
[00:03:32] of Buza of Niger of of State where they are
[00:03:37] me of receiving medical attention while security agencies continuing efforts to sustain pressure
[00:03:41] on
[00:03:42] of criminal groups operating across the
[00:03:47] of region. Good news for, I mean smiles on
[00:03:51] the faces
[00:03:52] of the families
[00:03:52] of these people who have seen the wast in the hands
[00:03:55] of these terrorists. There's so much to talk about tonight on the state
[00:03:59] of '
[00:04:00] in politics, elections of 2027 and the hardship lot of
[00:04:04] Nigerians agitated about the some of those who went to the streets
[00:04:07] in today, whether or not, they say the tunable government have failed
[00:04:11] them based on the promises made, will be finding out and digging
[00:04:14] into the situation the country ahead the 2027
[00:04:32] The House of Representatives Adhock Committee, investigating the alleged
[00:04:36] establishment and operations
[00:04:38] of the presidential foreign investment Promotion Council, is planning
[00:04:42] to meet discretely with the controversial Director General
[00:04:44] of the Council,
[00:04:46] of Mr. Adeni. The Committee chairman, representative Yusuf
[00:04:50] Gagdi, explains that Mr. Adeni is currently in the custody
[00:04:53] of the police and is been investigated by the anti-graft
[00:04:56] agencies. Meanwhile, businessman, Mr. Winga
[00:05:00] Collins who appeared before the
[00:05:02] of committee is claiming to have paid 400 million naira to Mr.
[00:05:05] Adimi for a contract to renovate and funnish his official
[00:05:09] residence. The African Democratic Congress in platus. state
[00:05:13] says it has started an alleged attempt to replace its
[00:05:16] 2027 governorship candidate, retired brigadier
[00:05:19] general John Sunday Sur retired following the party's
[00:05:23] primary election. Addressing the press conference in Jors, the state
[00:05:27] chairman the ADC, Mr. Duang, alleged that some individuals,
[00:05:31] backed by external political interests, attempted to hijack the
[00:05:35] party's leadership and substitute its governorship candidate. He
[00:05:38] adds that consultations with the party's national leadership in Abuja.
[00:05:42] refirmed Mr. Sura's candidature and reaffirmed the ADC's
[00:05:46] commitment to internal democracy to Cross River State where
[00:05:50] the chairman the National Youth Council of Nigeria Mr.
[00:05:54] Immanuel Olahi is urging youths across the state to shown
[00:05:57] electoral violence and other forms of electoral crime as
[00:06:01] preparations for the forthcoming elections gather momentum. He warns
[00:06:05] them against allowing themselves to be used by politicians to disrupt the
[00:06:08] electoral process addressing journalists in kalaba the crossover. state
[00:06:12] capital olaye encouraged olaye encouraged young
[00:06:16] people to participate peacefully in the elections, respect the rule of
[00:06:20] law and contribute to a credible and violence- free
[00:06:23] electoral process. he also called on political actors and other
[00:06:27] stakeholders to promote peace before, during and
[00:06:31] after the elections. ahead the 2027 general
[00:06:35] elections, residents of south and kaduna said they are excited and
[00:06:38] full of appreciation over the nomination of a christian. Jerry
[00:06:42] Adams a running mate to Kaduna State Governor, Senator
[00:06:46] Obasani under the platform the All Progressives Congress, the
[00:06:50] APC. During event held to receive the APC governorship
[00:06:54] running mate in Kaura local government area, stakeholders from Southern
[00:06:57] Caduna pleged to mobilize voters across the region in
[00:07:01] support of President Bolatinoubu and governor Ubasani's re-election
[00:07:05] bid. They said the nomination of a christian running mate has inspired
[00:07:09] renewed political participation and strengthened. resolve to
[00:07:13] support leaders they believe are committed to unity and
[00:07:16] inclusive
[00:07:17] governance.
[00:07:33] in Austin State, because the government of Austin State is
[00:07:37] being making heavy allegations, we're hoping that the economic
[00:07:41] and financial crimes commission. the AFCC will come and
[00:07:44] explain the situation because the government there says the
[00:07:48] account the state government domicile with Force Bank
[00:07:52] has been frozen 10 days before the August 15 governorship
[00:07:55] election, document saying uh by
[00:07:59] uh these uh organization indicates that the account
[00:08:03] reportedly used for the payment of worker salaries had been
[00:08:06] placed on post no debit status by the
[00:08:10] anti-graft agency the development comment comes hours after
[00:08:14] governormal alleged that EFCC was planning to freeze
[00:08:18] the accounts the state government and some top government officials ahead the
[00:08:22] election. a
[00:08:25] press conference today in
[00:08:27] Oshogo uh says that the
[00:08:31] situation is onward and the public and enlightenment
[00:08:34] commission also described the alleged move or the
[00:08:38] move as attempt to cripple government activities. governor of
[00:08:42] so maintains that there was no legal basis for freezing the state
[00:08:46] government account, arguing that the FCC lacked the statutory
[00:08:50] powers to take such action. however, it sorts close to the
[00:08:53] governor who spoke on the base of anonimity because he
[00:08:57] was not authorized to come and confirmed that one the state government's account
[00:09:01] had already been restricted. take a
[00:09:11] we receive letter. from our
[00:09:13] banker, forwarding letter from the
[00:09:17] EFCC, instructing the bank to
[00:09:20] freeze orsu state government
[00:09:23] account. this
[00:09:26] action was taken without any court
[00:09:29] order, we are supposed to be in
[00:09:33] democracy, we are the rule of law
[00:09:37] must always prevail, we will
[00:09:40] therefore, not as any situation
[00:09:44] where we have we have federal agencies
[00:09:47] trample on the constitutional right of subnational
[00:09:51] governments. this is a thread to
[00:09:55] democracy. if we all keep
[00:09:58] quiet and allow this
[00:10:01] illegality, very soon whatever is
[00:10:04] left of our democracy will be fully
[00:10:08] eroded. all i asked.
[00:10:13] is for the EFC chairman to explain to the good
[00:10:17] people of Fortune state and to the Nigerian in
[00:10:20] general, why it throws us state government
[00:10:23] account and show? proof to support whatever
[00:10:26] reason he presents,
[00:10:30] these and all and all
[00:10:34] illegalities being visited a shoe say
[00:10:38] is turning our democracy into a huge
[00:10:42] huge joke. governor
[00:10:45] of
[00:10:46] there earlier today to
[00:10:49] the streets of lagos and abuja, we are the take it
[00:10:53] back movement. stage protests in
[00:10:56] Lagas, Abuja and other parts the country over
[00:11:00] what they describe as worsening economic heartship,
[00:11:04] insecurity, inflation and what the organizers describe
[00:11:08] as political repression under the ballatinobu administration, the
[00:11:12] protests held under the banner the festival the
[00:11:15] oppressed, saw demonstrators in both cities calling
[00:11:19] for urgent government action on the issues affecting Nigerias in
[00:11:23] Lagos protest gathered. in the Maryland area where they
[00:11:27] sang and chanted slogans including Royal Revolution
[00:11:30] now before the protesters were dispersed by
[00:11:34] security operates. Security operatives were also deployed
[00:11:37] around a protest venue where tear gas used to
[00:11:41] disp the
[00:11:42] demonstrators.
[00:11:45] Today, August 5th, we have come to
[00:11:49] remind the whole country that the revolution is necessary
[00:11:53] and imminent. and that nothing can stop that
[00:11:57] revolution, not all these zombies behind
[00:12:00] us, when the people are ready, babaya will not stop
[00:12:04] us, the police will even join, the army will join,
[00:12:08] yes, but we have number of demands that we must retarate
[00:12:11] here, and they include that nigerian workers must be paid
[00:12:15] 500,000 per month as their minimum
[00:12:19] wage, we have also
[00:12:22] asked that they release.
[00:12:25] the and unlawful
[00:12:28] detention
[00:12:33] from AS candidate and unjust one the leaders the
[00:12:37] revolution now protest which we saw today and some part the
[00:12:41] country. the conversation is growing louder and
[00:12:44] mergent, are the government's economic reforms beginning to
[00:12:48] deliver or millions of nigerians still struggling under
[00:12:52] the weight of rising living cos. shrinking purchasing power
[00:12:56] and persistent hardship, as a political class gradually
[00:13:00] turns his attention to the 2017 elections.
[00:13:04] questions are also mounting over the role of faith in politics, the
[00:13:08] performance the tunabu administration, the credibility
[00:13:12] the opposition, the state the nation's democracy, the
[00:13:16] independence the national assembly and whether there is enough civic
[00:13:19] space for decent and constructive
[00:13:47] as disastrous um government they have some opposition
[00:13:51] figures that say this is the worst that we have seen in the history of this country. "you
[00:13:55] are a leader the party and interestingly, you are
[00:13:59] also member the Catholic Church. yesterday we
[00:14:03] had Mr. Richi who says that this government is
[00:14:06] insulting the catholic church of about 35 million people. do
[00:14:10] you as catholic member feel insulted on one hand
[00:14:14] by uh the activities of this government and the
[00:14:17] hardship that the clergy and the bishops in their conference
[00:14:21] uh went to the president to say people are suffering in.
[00:14:25] Nigeria and the fear that the election may be
[00:14:29] re and they're asking for fairness. You think all is
[00:14:33] where with this country under the government of your party, the
[00:14:48] um, this is not the first time the Catholic Church are going
[00:14:52] to uh, President. in every
[00:14:56] country from DROC to Angola to South
[00:14:59] Africa to anywhere you call
[00:15:03] it, the Catholic Church and other
[00:15:06] churches, not only the Catholic Church, is always the
[00:15:10] conscious the country, and I do not see anything
[00:15:14] wrong in what the Catholic Church, the Catholic
[00:15:18] Bishops sayid and that
[00:15:22] - those discussion were not
[00:15:25] made, it was made by bishop
[00:15:28] Matthew Dana guru of Kaduna
[00:15:32] State, the president, the present president of Catholic
[00:15:36] Bishop. conference and not even on Naika
[00:15:39] himself, so since the military
[00:15:43] rule, since I was in my adulthood,
[00:15:47] every year the catholic bishops
[00:15:50] conference, they hold it, they issue a
[00:15:53] statement, they talk about the state the
[00:15:56] nation, for me uh,
[00:16:00] president is not an enemy to the catholic bishop, is one
[00:16:04] their best friends and um ' 'I don't
[00:16:08] feel any salted, it's just that the
[00:16:11] man who went to president, no means have insulted the catholic
[00:16:14] bishop, I didn't see it, but if you have seen it you can show you to
[00:16:18] me, have you seen the responses from the villa? No, the
[00:16:22] villa is not president, I was a governor, I had a press
[00:16:25] guys, so when a press
[00:16:29] communicator that is not the president himself
[00:16:32] talks, by your will not say what any
[00:16:36] other person will say there'. but by onoga is season
[00:16:39] journalist, he knows the consequences of going
[00:16:43] into argument with institutions like the catholic
[00:16:56] bola which is what you want to say, might have been excited
[00:17:00] to say or sleep of tongue or there about to
[00:17:04] say what he said, presidenti bu? have
[00:17:07] very good relationship with the catholic church, i can tell you
[00:17:11] that, because what's the evidence to show that he has a good relationship? no, he has a
[00:17:15] good relation, this is your friend
[00:17:17] and anyt they have asked for
[00:17:20] audience, he gives to them, because any
[00:17:24] president dodging the catholic bishops is dodging himself,
[00:17:27] because what politicians cannot tell the president, the
[00:17:31] catholic bishop will say it, these are people that have no
[00:17:35] houses, they have no uh children. they have no money,
[00:17:38] although Catholic Church is one the richest church you can think in the
[00:17:42] world, but these bishops do not use that money, it's not
[00:17:46] their money, so uh, they live
[00:17:50] life of a common man and a common person, even
[00:17:54] in eating, in everything they do in life, so I think their
[00:17:58] visit to president Tinibu was very successful,
[00:18:02] because what we politicians cannot tell President Tib,
[00:18:06] they can tell him.
[00:18:07] That is the truth, so you think that the statement was right, the statement was right, to
[00:18:11] tell the president that there is hardship in
[00:18:14] the land, of course yes, because let me tell you the president have stabilized
[00:18:17] economy, the economy have been stabilized from your own
[00:18:20] judgment,
[00:18:25] listen to me, as businessman I'm talking about, the macro
[00:18:29] side the economy have been stabilized, what we are suffering
[00:18:32] today is the micro side the economy where you
[00:18:36] see because the insurgence and all the rest them, people can't go to
[00:18:40] farm, people are running away from what they supposed to
[00:18:44] do because of badnit, so for me
[00:18:47] president have been able to stabilize the macro part the
[00:18:51] economy and the next level is to stabilize the
[00:18:54] micro senator, don't you think he's playing the austrich
[00:18:58] when you when you try to alienate president to
[00:19:01] nobu uh from the statement that came from the villa and and
[00:19:05] give you some the responses? that came uh as attack
[00:19:09] or
[00:19:18] me, these are some the respon said
[00:19:21] quote, politics as clouded the cardinal's
[00:19:24] judgement from the presidency,
[00:19:28] quote, presidentubu is not detached from reality,
[00:19:32] president remains fully in touch with reality through daily
[00:19:35] intelligence briefings intensive consultation and constant
[00:19:39] engagement with Nigerians and of court, the presidential
[00:19:43] spokes person send the direct through the presidency as criticized the
[00:19:46] cardinal public comment, he said also quote, there is something fundamentally
[00:19:50] wrong when confidential conversations with the president are public
[00:19:54] distorted in ways that inflame public sentiment rather than enlighten
[00:19:58] it, but let me be honest with you, the
[00:20:01] discussion the catholic bishop had with
[00:20:03] president is not personal, is not because they
[00:20:07] had cameras there, so it's public discussion, so you don't see
[00:20:11] anything wrong if Cardinal Nayekon had gone on television to
[00:20:15] say, it doesn't look like the president is listening, no, no, no, but
[00:20:19] cardinal Nikon did not go with other catholic bishops, that
[00:20:23] might be his opinion, there was a president of Catholic
[00:20:27] Bishop conference who read the communique, so any
[00:20:31] other cardinal and any other archbishop or any other
[00:20:34] bishop has his own opinion to say: possibly the
[00:20:38] way the cardinal put it is not what the
[00:20:42] entire catholic bishop conference meant because they have read
[00:20:46] their conferences that whatever
[00:20:52] have been saying the same thing since
[00:20:54] 1979 today when he was bishop of
[00:20:58] lore if you check history he was saying the same thing when he was
[00:21:02] made bishop of abuja it was also saying the same
[00:21:06] thing he has not spared any government as far as i
[00:21:09] know there's no government he has spared
[00:21:13] from uh the military regime to
[00:21:16] shagari to anybody to all the people you want
[00:21:20] say he is living on his own word to
[00:21:23] say things the way he sees say yeah some the
[00:21:27] response and some the things that cardinal
[00:21:31] said he
[00:21:32] said
[00:21:36] no mind you that cardinal gave different
[00:21:39] interview not from where then i understand and that's what i'm
[00:21:42] saying nobody no no i'm coming
[00:21:46] nobody the cardinal was present there he was there but
[00:21:50] interview he gave was not in the villa, the interview was in
[00:21:53] another place, it was a no, i'm coming, you
[00:21:57] cannot capate entire catholic bishops that they
[00:22:00] said, they they read the and that's why we're making we mentioning the
[00:22:04] name both
[00:22:07] of just i can play to remind nigerians what
[00:22:10] the bishops told president, yes of course and the bishop were
[00:22:14] right, yeah you thought that of course they were right, you
[00:22:18] agree that your party is... if if the bishop have said anything
[00:22:22] less than what they have said, it means they are no longer the conscious the
[00:22:26] country. the bishops you are right, let me let me then and president
[00:22:30] principle himself do not take
[00:22:31] any offense in what
[00:22:33] the bishop
[00:22:35] say no, but you said president did not take offense, this
[00:22:39] is what cardinal on said, quote, frankly speaking, he told us quite
[00:22:43] clearly that he did not agree with us and of
[00:22:55] me be honest with you, if I'm in position of
[00:22:59] a president yeah and somebody tell you something which
[00:23:03] you have not cross shake, you say yes, I don't agree with you, he
[00:23:06] said quote, we told him the economy is not helping our poor people, he told us the
[00:23:10] economy is doing fine, is the economy doing
[00:23:23] aspect of is doing very well, this polity is being
[00:23:27] stabilized, the exchange rate is being stabilized, the
[00:23:30] f price is being stabilized, everything you can see,
[00:23:34] foreign direct investment are coming in, so what
[00:23:37] is left, remember the problem we
[00:23:41] have is from the sahel, the problem is not just a male
[00:23:45] problem of nigeria, not the problem of buari again
[00:23:48] because I'm coming, the problem
[00:23:51] we have, whether Buhari or Tinibu or Basanjo, the problem we have is
[00:23:55] problem of sahil, when the arms out of
[00:23:59] Libya open up, arms out of uh
[00:24:02] Mali, arms out of those uh places open up,
[00:24:06] Nigeria is no longer safe with our minerals in the northern part of
[00:24:10] Nigeria, this is what we are suffering, and there is a worldwide
[00:24:14] reception as I'm talking to you now, whether you are in the US, whether
[00:24:18] you are in Canada, whether you are in UK, "there's a problem the economy
[00:24:21] because the two big wars going on, the Iran
[00:24:25] US-Israel war and the Ukraine Russia war is putting
[00:24:28] pressure under lot of economies in the world,
[00:24:32] so we are not exceptional, but so if you
[00:24:35] ask president, when you see the indices
[00:24:39] up there going on, unless you take people coming from
[00:24:43] the farms telling, oh we are no longer farming, we are not, this is
[00:24:47] why the microeconomy we are not gotten right." and a
[00:24:50] reform, it's not a christmas party, it's not
[00:24:53] a salar party neither
[00:24:57] way, a reform we will have to see the
[00:25:00] good, the best and the ugly, and that is what we are
[00:25:04] seeing from where we are now, we are going to go to the
[00:25:07] destination to be able to manage the microeconomy,
[00:25:11] which mean i am for economic
[00:25:14] growth, but in this is we are seeing does not
[00:25:18] mature because the pressure. from other countries in the
[00:25:22] world, not just Nigeria. Senator, uh,
[00:25:25] you talked about the microeconomy, uh, there are those who will say
[00:25:29] this government is cooking the books, uh, lot of things are not right,
[00:25:33] IMF has criticized the books of this government that there a lot of things that are opaque, you
[00:25:37] need to open it up, you are in the national assembly and there are those who
[00:25:41] wonder how some of you sit there and you are able to allow
[00:25:45] multiple budget segments to run in one single budget time
[00:25:49] when you have a situation where 70% of section the budget is being
[00:25:53] carried over to the next year that those who are worried that some of you
[00:25:57] who are leaders of this country you've served as gover two term
[00:26:01] governor and think are deteriorating in the man in which and these are some
[00:26:04] the things the the bishop's conference have gone to tell the president, but the president
[00:26:08] totally disagree is the veila uh
[00:26:12] oblivious of what is happening to the average person and you have mentioned that they might
[00:26:16] just
[00:26:16] remember
[00:26:26] views and the opinion tonight whether they
[00:26:28] have light to watch this television
[00:26:30] or whether they have money to buy food on their... is the fact that the bishops
[00:26:34] and which you agree, they have told the president there is hardship in the land, the president
[00:26:38] disagree with them, he said the economy is fine, you have said the microeconomic
[00:26:41] side of things have not worked, the president said leave it to me, i ask for the
[00:26:45] job and i'm going to fix it, but it's three years down the line, it has still not
[00:26:49] work, microeconomy, the poor people are more in this country, lot them
[00:26:53] find out to purchase and buy commodities in this country, isn't
[00:26:57] the failure of your party senator, no, i don't think so,
[00:27:01] but you agreed well let tell you it's not looking
[00:27:05] well yeah
[00:27:06] mean i'm a businessman i manufacture goods the micro side
[00:27:10] the economy is not doing that's
[00:27:17] before where you said oh uh president
[00:27:21] tid does he know that nigerian people are so i say yes he knows how do you
[00:27:24] know he knows because we discuss he disagree with the bishops no he did not dis
[00:27:28] the president does not agree that he said
[00:27:32] he what he
[00:27:45] dis he disagree with them on two things he said that he will not
[00:27:48] give red carpet to the opposition on one on the other hand he
[00:27:52] said that uh
[00:28:02] and let
[00:28:03] red campaign for opposition to come and be dancing around if you're
[00:28:07] a politician, you don't think that fairness is, no, it's
[00:28:11] fair, president is fair to them, they are not touched any
[00:28:14] them, unknowingly,
[00:28:23] the law the land, you live well in the country anyway in the
[00:28:26] world, you want to listen to what the president said, yes, I want
[00:28:30] to see,
[00:28:31] I want be a witness. Yes, no, I just want to listen, okay, because
[00:28:35] you say he assted the bishop, can you please put on the
[00:29:15] opportunity
[00:29:15] and like you mentioned are neutral,
[00:29:19] they've never never intimidated
[00:29:23] anybody, if political
[00:29:27] opponent,
[00:29:30] they are afraid their own shadows. and your
[00:29:33] certainty and the
[00:29:35] in the companies the keep, not
[00:29:37] me,
[00:29:44] I'm ready to say, but I won't give them
[00:29:48] right, I offer them the least to time me
[00:29:51] and rope me, no, we
[00:29:55] resume each other, to
[00:29:58] definition, that's the
[00:30:09] break
[00:30:09] up it, if you are, if I'm your enemy, will you give me red carpet?
[00:30:13] do you see opposition as enemies? no, no, no, if I'm fighting with you, will you give me
[00:30:17] red carpet? is that how you
[00:30:18] people, listen to me,
[00:30:30] I come and I will address... my room for
[00:30:33] opposition to come and leave and be insulting my
[00:30:37] children, then i will be a good man. no, it's not true. he said
[00:30:41] that we will have fair context if i had what he said, he
[00:30:44] sayid is not going to touch anybody, but we have fair
[00:30:48] context. any day
[00:30:50] president have disrespect to the
[00:30:54] opposition or have disrespect to the catholic church? i will resign from
[00:30:57] APC, your very good friend rotimach.