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00:00:11wherever the big news stories happening we're get up to
00:00:15break it tvc news first with breaking
00:00:18news.
00:00:44On TVC Breakfast this morning, the federal
00:00:48of government opens the conversation on state police, seeking
00:00:52public views to help shape its operational
00:00:58of framework.
00:00:59of
00:00:59of and later in the
00:01:03show we turn our attention to
00:01:05of the national policing bill and the task before the presidential working
00:01:09group as efforts implement
00:01:11of state police
00:01:12continue.
00:02:28vecetile media will bring us everything. on the newspaper we get to disect
00:02:31it right here on the show. later a guest will join us and we will speak about
00:02:35state police and very very important conversation. mr. patrick abangbu will
00:02:39join us and we get to dissect it and also speak about the future of it. now what
00:02:43we take you all the way to Abuja still conversations concerning state policing as is
00:02:47on the lips of every Nigerian as we speak and then much later the very beautiful
00:02:51allami day will bring us everything trending in the world of social media and more. I
00:02:55employ you
00:03:00show. Now we will start with the story. Minister of Education, Tunje
00:03:03Alawasa has
00:03:04of unvealed a major federal government initiative to transform autism care in
00:03:08Nigeria through
00:03:09of expanded specialist training, targeted investment in tercer
00:03:13institutions and the establishment of autism centers across the
00:03:16country's six geopolitical zones. Now speaking during an engagement
00:03:20with stakeholders, Dr. Alasa said President Bolatu Nubu's administration
00:03:24is investing in the human capital needed to strengthen
00:03:27diagnosis, therapy
00:03:28of and rehabilitation. services while
00:03:34of of ensuring that Nigerian families can increasingly assess quality care within the country. The minister said the initiative
00:03:37represents a significant step towards addressing
00:03:40of the nation sort shortage of highly skilled professionals in
00:03:44audiology. now the speech language therapy and also
00:03:47occupational
00:03:48therapy.
00:03:51we have day shortage of
00:03:55of ideologists, occupational therapists and speech
00:03:58therapists and we have. have increasing number of
00:04:01autistic children, children with h
00:04:05hd disorders and it's so unfortunate that
00:04:09people don't have that, cannot access the services here in
00:04:13Nigeria, people are going to Ghana to get the
00:04:16services, we do not have enough schools offering this, I've
00:04:20made, you were not
00:04:21of vice chancellor
00:04:22of before, I've called head of institutions and I've
00:04:26gotten commitment several
00:04:28of them to start this program.
00:04:32All right, so this is the conversation we'll be having this morning talking about autism, Mr. Show me,
00:04:36we know how much uh, that affects the
00:04:39of neuro of system, and oftentimes we've said, do we have enough care uh
00:04:43of it in Nigeria, you
00:04:44do we have enough hospitals, do
00:04:45of we have enough people that are well trained, not just having people, but people that are actually
00:04:49well trained, well I don't even,
00:04:53I hardly do we have any dedicated services to deal with
00:04:57autism and tr the country, I
00:05:00It's that's nonexistance um
00:05:04when you talk about autism you're looking issues right from the point
00:05:07of but the point of detection
00:05:11right up to. you know the point of um
00:05:15going into education, then you look at the social
00:05:19component, the social care component, there's also the health care
00:05:23component, so what we have currently is at least an
00:05:26initiative from the educational viewpoint, from
00:05:30the minister for education, but do not forget that you have the
00:05:34social care content, before you get to the point of education, what are we
00:05:38doing from the beginning, what's the involvement of social care
00:05:42services? caring for people with
00:05:45autism and the level of support given to parents to
00:05:49deal with that, before you get to the point of specialist care, you need to start
00:05:53from that primary level and then establish support
00:05:57services when parents are going through difficult times where they can go
00:06:00to, where they can take um like daycare centers for autistic
00:06:04children and all that before you get to this point, i think we still need
00:06:08to get oters, i understand that is not the job the minister
00:06:12for... education to deal with that aspect, but is the
00:06:15responsibility of social welfare and health, to pick it
00:06:19up right from you, very highly in
00:06:23life until when they get to the point
00:06:26of education, so but that's my viewpoint
00:06:28on this, i think we need to provide such services, if you ask me, i think it's a
00:06:32step in the right direction, knowing what parents actually go through when their
00:06:36kids have autism, but olamiday, the world health organization estimates that
00:06:39approximately one in 127 people globally had
00:06:43autism in 2021, however, Nigeria still
00:06:47lacks significant and comprehensive national data, so
00:06:51this is what we're hearing, we know that there are lot of kids that actually suffer from
00:06:55autism in Nigeria, some parents do not even know that their children are suffering
00:06:58from autism, they'll tell you is village people, not even knowing that something is actually wrong with the kid,
00:07:02but I think it's a step in the right direction if we're actually able implement it, not
00:07:06just get centers, get people that are well trained to deal with kids that have autism, because you
00:07:10need a certain kind of patience, a certain... kind of training actually to deal with those
00:07:14kids? absolutely, you know, i think um autism
00:07:18is it's a it's a cognitive blessing if you will, but we all know they exist a
00:07:22spectrum you know from lesser traits of of autism to more
00:07:26and severe traits of autism, but they are very very special children. reports are shown
00:07:30us that they are gifted in various things in maths in arts, when they are locked
00:07:33in and for lack of better phrase, they are actually locked in, it's time that
00:07:37we we utilize their very unique and diverse minds and it's
00:07:41glad to see this - at at the from the minister of education,
00:07:45because it it hinders them from learning, and if you don't know how to cognitively reach
00:07:48them scientifically with the data, you
00:07:51are you're going to have a demographic in our education system that is neglected
00:07:55because we don't understand their specific nuance needs, i think this
00:07:59is very, very welcome, and i always push and advocate for those
00:08:03who are marginalized or misunderstood in our society to be considered by
00:08:06institutions to be considered by the people who are making policies and and making
00:08:10decisions, this is very very... welcome the autism is very um it's a silent
00:08:14struggle because there are many parents who are they they've had to go out by
00:08:18themselves and and they're dealing with these children and they're not getting any help or
00:08:22support any level in terms of education in terms of welfare in terms of
00:08:26financing and so it's good to see that at the institutional level we are trying
00:08:30to understand them in order to help them and incorkate them into our
00:08:33education system successfully and i'm happy that we're actually picking this up i
00:08:37remember i was at the airport i was going to abuja and
00:08:39there was a particular kid you could see that he had autism and I just saw the
00:08:43cry the parents how they were even
00:08:45able to put him together because he was having a crisis there and I
00:08:48believe that whatever it's a blessing in this guys you know buse like
00:08:52olamide has said these people some them are very very intelligent there's also family on tiktok that
00:08:55her
00:08:56son has autism and I told you he draws so well he can actually draw
00:09:00anything and we're also hearing that we're seeing that the six geopolitical zones
00:09:03in uh you know Nigeria across Nigeria as well so we're just hoping that it
00:09:07will extend to all those people even in the rural areas as well yes no
00:09:11doubt about
00:09:12that all they made very fantastic point about the struggles of parent, yeah,
00:09:16it's not just the parents, it's the frustration experienced by autistic children
00:09:20also, in some cases, parents because of lack of
00:09:23understanding of what autism is all about and how to handle
00:09:27them, you see some parents trying to beat those kids to
00:09:31confirm to their own expectations, and well don't you think that's when the
00:09:34parents do not even know that the child is autistic, that's another thing again, some parents actually do
00:09:38not know, look, that's a major problem, particularly.
00:09:42"when you leave the elites, go to the rural areas, you see it's a major
00:09:46problem, lack of information, they do not even understand how
00:09:50to deal with it, it's frustrating for parents on one part in on
00:09:54another, in another way also it's frustrating for the children who
00:09:57felt autistic children uh that they are being
00:10:01misunderstood, they could not understand why the parents are behaving the way they're
00:10:04behaving, also the parents could not understand why the children are behaving the way
00:10:08they are behaving, at times they think is the which is from the village you." "
00:10:13exactly, that's what i i was just saying, because you hear so many stories and people are saying,
00:10:17oh my family people have done me, but do they actually go for the test? the first
00:10:21step that we're taking, the first major step we are trying to do with.
00:10:25autism so minister allows are well done, but we need to go back
00:10:29you to and but don't you think another thing should be awareness also to
00:10:33make parents actually do parents understand what
00:10:36autis autism is? i think that okay yeah go ahead i was going i was also going to
00:10:40just like you said
00:10:41you know i want to commend the grassroots and the community stakeholders they have so many
00:10:45initiatives that are being funded by parents and grassroot stakeholders i went to
00:10:49event a couple of months ago and it was it was a golfing class for children with
00:10:52autism so the people on ground
00:10:54are actually doing so much to cater to these children, to understand them, to help
00:10:58them live full, healthy and productive lives and it would be great to see a
00:11:02government meet them more than halfway, the non-governmental organizations can
00:11:06step in with a view you know through advocacy and try
00:11:10and help parents to understand lot of things, so these are some the things which
00:11:14CSOs and NGOs should be doing um with government
00:11:17support obviously yeah, but if you ask me, I believe
00:11:21that the step
00:11:22in the right direction, one the first thing we need to do
00:11:24is to make sure that these parents actually understand what autism is, if you ask me,
00:11:28I believe that it starts from there, because uh some these parents are beating their children, not even
00:11:32knowing that this is actually the struggles that they are facing uh, so it's a
00:11:36step in the right direction, we wish to hear more of this as unfolds, we'll
00:12:09Very warm and spirited, welcome back Nigeria, thank you for
00:12:13staying with us up to this point on the TBC Breakfast show, it's now time
00:12:17to have review the newspapers, we'll have closer look at some the
00:12:21stories that have made it to the front of today's Dailies, let's dive.
00:12:25writing, we begin this morning with the newspaper of record, which is of course the
00:12:28nation newspaper, and the headline there reads, the lead story
00:12:32tells us that troops and DSS, the department of state
00:12:35security, free 308 in biggest
00:12:39rescue operation, we get more information in the
00:12:42byline as President Tinubu hails intelligence driven
00:12:46action that brought backkara and Niger
00:12:49victims. Let's move over to the
00:12:53first daily news. paper and more good news here as
00:12:57176 have been freed from kidnappers,
00:13:01there's mass rescue as victims regain their freedom in
00:13:05kwara state. we get more information in the byline, the Nigerian
00:13:09air force kills 12 insurgens in Burnaau air
00:13:12strike and 17 Boko Haram family members have now
00:13:16surrendered to troops. let's
00:13:20mozi on over to the leadership newspaper and the main
00:13:23headline here: President Tinubu applaud the rescue of
00:13:27308 Quara and Niger kidnap
00:13:31victims. The biline tells us that 163
00:13:35Woro and Quara abducties were freed and
00:13:38145 Niger victims were released. The
00:13:41victims that were rescue that were rescued by the military and the DSS and the
00:13:45police from Kinji Lake National Park forest. This
00:13:49was told to us by the presidency over on the blueprint
00:13:53newspaper, it's a same line of thinking. Here how
00:13:56308 karara and Niger abducties regained
00:14:00their freedom, this is being said and by President
00:14:03Tinubu. We get more information in the by lines as President Tinubu lords
00:14:07our security personnel and he urges more early
00:14:11warning mechanisms. The army has now placed a 60 million
00:14:14narr bounty ice swap leaders and community
00:14:18policing is key to tackling our nation's insecurity. This is being
00:14:22said by Sultan. Let's move over to the
00:14:26platform Times newspaper: troops on mass top
00:14:30eye swap leaders and they declare 38 terrorists wanted. They
00:14:34also offer a 60 million nayer reward. We get more
00:14:37information in the byline, apparently a forensic analysis of
00:14:41seized devices exposes insurgents operational
00:14:45networks. The military is now warning Nigerians against
00:14:48attempting to arrest any suspects themselves. They've now
00:14:52identified Lake Chide High. after successful
00:14:56offensive and rescues. Let's take a walk over to the
00:15:00Nigerian tribune. And the main headline here.
00:15:03I believe this is the big story the day. There's anger as the EFCC
00:15:07freezes oshun government account. This is
00:15:11power abuse taken too far. This is being said by the
00:15:15imole campaign council. The action is unlawful and it is
00:15:18politically motivated, says the accord national
00:15:22chairman. It is political terrorism. ADC state
00:15:26government goes to court, but on their part,
00:15:29EFCC um gives an account and their reason for
00:15:33this. We'll move over to the punch newspaper and it's a legal aspect to the freezing
00:15:37of. the ocean state government account. the Nigerian bar association
00:15:41false EFCC as Aushen account freeze sparks
00:15:44a row. We get more information in the byline. The opposition is
00:15:48accusing the federal government of using the EFCC to weaken
00:15:52Adil. Just 10 days before the Aushen uh governance
00:15:55poll. Uh the election timing is irrelevant. Suspicious
00:15:59transfers forced aus account freeze says EFCC as
00:16:03Oshin government kicks back against this
00:16:05freezing. Let's move over to the van God
00:16:09newspaper, the same line of thinking here, on EFCC,
00:16:13outrage greets EFCC's freezing of oshin government's
00:16:17account. Why we froze the account, says the EFCC. A
00:16:21delegate is now to um challenge his action in court as as were being
00:16:24told by the byline. The anti-graft agency lacks
00:16:28the power to freeze the accounts. Aug.
00:16:32Let's move over to the Guardian newspaper. Main headline here
00:16:36reads oshun 20. 26 adelek and APC
00:16:40bicker over fraud and vote buying plot as well as
00:16:43intimidation. Let's take a little walk down to
00:16:47the observer times and it's still on the same
00:16:51story
00:16:51here. Aushen and EFCC clash over account freeze ahead
00:16:55the August 15 election. We get more information in the bylines
00:16:59were told the antig graph agency sites suspicious mass
00:17:03transfers from the Aushen government account and the AB
00:17:06AD. now labels this move, political
00:17:10terrorism. Let's head over to the this Nigerian newspaper.
00:17:13Lead story here. August 15, tension mounts
00:17:17ahead the Aushen governorship poll. A delquet is
00:17:21alleging that EFCC freeze his
00:17:24froze his state accounts and David Dow calls for a peaceful and very
00:17:28credible election. The anti-graft agency sites alleged 11
00:17:32billionaire fraud and the suspicious for fraud fund
00:17:36transfers for action. Let's move over to the Nigerian news
00:17:40direct, a main story here reads a del k heads to
00:17:44court over alleged EFCC freeze on Ocean Government
00:17:47accounts. EFCC says we frose Aushen accounts for
00:17:50suspicious transfers and 11 billion naira funds
00:17:54mismanagement
00:17:56and let's move over to the new telegraph here, different part of of
00:18:00our country where presidency knows Catholic bishops
00:18:03mirrored current realities. This is being said by Professor.
00:18:07gay senior advocate of
00:18:44begin with the nation newspaper and it's good news here it's the same line of
00:18:47thinking with the first daily newspaper as well
00:18:51as the leadership newspaper 308 victims were
00:18:55released by and rescued by the department of state
00:18:59security 163 victims were abducted from mor
00:19:02community Kayama local government area ekwara
00:19:06state and from Niger. 145 victims, according to
00:19:10the presidency, they've been following the story, weeks of intelligence gathering and it
00:19:14was executed inside Kaingi Lake National Park, and they
00:19:17now uncover the long established criminal hide out. Mr. Show me, what do you
00:19:26first time I, I can clearly say that we are
00:19:29really doing everything possible to deal with um
00:19:32terrorism and um kidnappers and also
00:19:36to free. uh the victims without necessarily paying
00:19:40ransom, i cannot say that it's not been paid in some cases in the
00:19:44past, but likely we are now beginning to see that the federal government
00:19:47is serious you know to deal with this problem. now the president
00:19:51inted at something you know after the oly raise abduction
00:19:55sager when he said we understood uh
00:19:59we had the map the park now probably we
00:20:02now have the map of um this um
00:20:06kanj dam
00:20:09loka uh forest um area also and I'm sure probably we're doing the
00:20:13same thing for all parts the country and it will now become a
00:20:17very difficult thing for people abdoting people to run away thinking
00:20:20they can keep people in the bush and the military will not come for them but I must
00:20:24also commend the Nigerian military we've seen the good
00:20:28investment which we are making into the military is beginning to yield the result they
00:20:32deserve every up applause on this absolutely aria
00:20:36you know lot of times w
00:20:38were focused on one agency, just the DSS or just the air force, but this was a
00:20:42combination of efforts from several agencies, the National Counter Terrorism Center got
00:20:45involved, the Nigerian army, the DSS as well as the police, and so this is very
00:20:49successful. joint operation, exactly, when we say one broom cannot swip a
00:20:53forest, this is exactly what we mean, at the end the day when we work together, we work with
00:20:57intelligence, wel achieve lot of greatness, but I'm very happy to see this, and I love the
00:21:01fact that this administration is not joking, we're sending a signal to this people
00:21:05that we will protect our citizens, which is the main duty of every
00:21:08government, but yes, as we celebrate this, I also believe that we should make
00:21:12it, you know, be a Nigeria that we don't get to see these kidnappings happen then we
00:21:16rescue people, because my only problem is that I think about the trauma that these people.
00:21:20even after they come out, it's a step in the right direction, but then again olam, how do we protect
00:21:24this kingi park now, how do we make sure that it's not a place for you,
00:21:27criminality to happen, so as this has happened, the rescue has happened, what are we now doing to
00:21:31make sure that that park is cleared, that park is not a place that we see lot of
00:21:35criminality happen, it's a step in the right direction once again, but what are we doing to make
00:21:39sure that this doesn't happen again, and i also like the fact that we're doing this without
00:21:43paying ransom, well without paying ransom, if that's not happening, because
00:21:47i've said it all oftenimes, pain the ransom is telling the... people that we at your mercy and we
00:21:51cannot keep telling them that we need to take really bold steps against this kidnaper
00:21:54sending message very correct mr show me it's the same line of thinking with the
00:21:58leadership newspaper president tinubo has applauded the rescue these 308
00:22:02victims uh but let's move over to the platform times and it's still issues of
00:22:06terrorism here but slightly different angle the main headline
00:22:09reads troops on mask top eye swap leaders
00:22:13and they declare 38 terrorists wanted and they're now offering
00:22:17a 60 million nayer reward. and now we forensic analysis
00:22:21of sees devices we're seeing here in the byline the platform times paper has
00:22:25now exposed insurgents operational network, but the military is also warning
00:22:29people that even though we're offering a bounty and
00:22:32we're offering bounty for these terrorists don't arrest any suspects by
00:22:36yourself so how how are people supposed to to this line and do you think this is going to be a good
00:22:39incentive? yes it is, mean it's a standard practice
00:22:43um globally you know when you have um a threat to national
00:22:47security you are bound to give in inducement, try
00:22:51and get people to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. in some
00:22:55cases, it's always targeted that people within
00:22:58those um kidnappers and terrorists,
00:23:02some them might fall for that temptation and
00:23:06provides useful information that would lead to the arrest of those
00:23:09characters. if you notice one thing, there's a
00:23:13constant threat you know in this battle now, which is
00:23:17is being intelligence driven, the... manag even the
00:23:20troops managed to to identify all the people they need
00:23:24to arrest simply you know by going through some other things
00:23:28and through some other intelligence sources and then be point
00:23:32the leaders and said look these are the people we need and then please bounty on them
00:23:36and as far as i'm concerned i think is
00:23:37a good move already they know they are now being wanted
00:23:41so they probably will be on their hills the most important thing is we don't
00:23:45want them in our country and think a key thing here on the platform times that the troop the
00:23:48troops on mask. top eye swap leaders, masking
00:23:52them, taking away their sort their cover, I'm going to take you over to the
00:23:56Nigerian tribune newspaper, um, and it's on the big story the day, there's
00:24:00anger as EFCC freezes the Aushen
00:24:03government account, uh, everybody is chiming in, the
00:24:07molek campaign council, this is on the Nigerian tribune, says this is power taking
00:24:10too far, I call national chairman, the party which are delicate in says,
00:24:14this action is unlawful, it is politically motivated and just days
00:24:18before the election, servants and
00:24:21other
00:24:29people in your
00:24:30some civil state some palliatives and you were giving them 20 2000 but
00:24:34it seems as though you were attempting to mismanage these funds and put it
00:24:38towards your your election kind of what do
00:24:41you make of this you know that the elections elections are like a hot
00:24:44spots you come the 15th of august i'm going to start to the fact that
00:24:48inec really needs to do lot. to make sure that we get a free, fair, credible
00:24:52election in uh or an election devoid of violence, I'll say it again, an
00:24:56election devoid of violence. now when we talk about why did the EFCC phase it?
00:25:00according to the EFCC, they said it's been investigating on state finances
00:25:04since March 2026, and now the investigation concerns the
00:25:07alleged handling of approximately 11 billion. okay, and
00:25:11also the commission said that a large sudden transfer of government funds,
00:25:15but although with everything that the AFCC has said their delicate
00:25:19administration is actually saying that this is not fair, you're doing this politically to weaken
00:25:22me ahead of uh uh
00:25:24you know what's going to happen on the 15th of August, but whatever it is, my main question, Mr.
00:25:28Shomi, I bring this to you as well, like people are asking, does the EFCC actually
00:25:32have the power uh
00:25:33you know to seize the ocean accounts just ahead the election when we know that is on
00:25:37the 15th of August, almost next nine days to go, actually do you think that they are trying
00:25:41to actually win the I will answer that question by first
00:25:44posing one question, being a governor does he confer
00:25:48a right on you? to take funds not appropriated
00:25:52for a particular purpose you know and then use it
00:25:56as supposedly palliatives not in the budget and then handing
00:26:00that out two weeks. that's the issue is that
00:26:04are you bribing the electorate or what? no one knows, but you cannot use public funds
00:26:08for that. now in terms the legality the action taken by the
00:26:12EFCC, you need to go through money laundering uh
00:26:15prevention and prohibition act 2022. it's quite clear
00:26:19if you go through section 7 subsection 6
00:26:23that the EFCC has a right you to
00:26:27block any account if they suspectum unlawful activities
00:26:31going on or the kind. is about to be committed on that, they
00:26:34have that right, they can only block it for 72 hours,
00:26:38thereafter the EFCC needs to go to the courts, to
00:26:41get an extension, to get a cour order to extend
00:26:45that period, otherwise up till now, I think the EFCC
00:26:49is still in order, they may still approve the call today, show me quickly, what we
00:26:53see here is that according to the addelic he's saying that the EFCC can investigate a
00:26:57state but should not freeze the account without a judicial
00:27:01administration, but law is very clear, look, go,
00:27:04let me read, do you want me to, I was just going to take you guys over to the punch
00:27:08newspaper, the Nigerian abbar association is now faulting EFCC,
00:27:12they are saying that you must obtain a court order before you freeze government
00:27:15accounts and it's the same line of thought on the vanguard newspaper and the guardian
00:27:19newspaper as well, there's outrage, everybody is saying this is
00:27:22unlawful, this let me quickly money laundry now,
00:27:26anybody can google it, money laundering um money laundering
00:27:30prevention and prohibition act? 2022 go to
00:27:34section 7 subsection 6 subsection 6 says not
00:27:38withstanding the provisions of subsection 5 the unit or the
00:27:42commission or the authorized representatives shall place a stop
00:27:45order not exceeding 72 hours don't forget shall
00:27:49is obligatory not any account or
00:27:53transaction if it is discovered that such account or
00:27:56transaction is suspected to be involved any unlawful
00:28:00act thank you for that m good. so why do you think the nigerian bar
00:28:03association is kicking back if this people are playing
00:28:06politics has a right to do what they are doing
00:28:10nobody is talking about whether a governor has a right to take public funds
00:28:14and start giving 2020 is
00:28:18also saying is saying
00:28:19that what has happened as well will delay payments of salary you see
00:28:22the thing you see
00:28:23the thing with
00:28:26the end the month the election is on the 15th do you
00:28:29take public funds not appropriated?
00:28:34now now we've touched the legal angle of it, we've heard EFC side, you give us point,
00:28:38let us go to now
00:28:39the the political side of it, the ADC is chiming in and they are putting their
00:28:43lawyers behind this, ADC lawyers, let's go over to the vanguard newspaper, the ADC lawyers
00:28:47in the builline says they slam EFCC, they're calling for
00:28:51adherence to due process, to think that the ADC is supporting
00:28:54um a way the accord party,
00:28:57what is the politics behind that, oh look and
00:29:01then and then say that
00:29:02it is political terrorism um is
00:29:06attempt attempt to aid APC when you know
00:29:10when people have um how do i put it when they have a high
00:29:14tolerance for corruption they would not see what is wrong
00:29:17with a governor dipping his zan into the wallet and giving money
00:29:21out which has not been appropriated for that purpose you know
00:29:24because everything show me allegedly because we didn't
00:29:27see allegedly well allegations the fact the
00:29:31matter is um adc and accord party are inbed
00:29:35together, absolutely b the same ferther flock together, but
00:29:38quickly with the people of Aushen State Madeia will be done, and honestly speaking, I want an
00:29:42election devoid of violence, buse the way is going, I just hope we don't record any violence in that
00:29:46election, absolutely, same line of thinking on the guardian, the observer times and the this
00:29:50Nigeria as well as the Nigerian news direct will be following this
00:29:53story very closely, and I urge everybody to open your your mind to the parallels the
00:29:57EFCC, Adelk, the APC and now the ADC, let's move
00:30:01on, new telegraph paper, Mr. Shomi, the presidency knows
00:30:05Catholic bishop bishops mirrored our current realities, this is being
00:30:09said by Professor Sagei, the senior senior advocate of Nigeria and an author
00:30:13a very learned man. What do you make of this? remember there was that whole
00:30:17bruhaha if you will, what do you make of it? yeah uh we do
00:30:20respect to professor Sesage, the truth the matter is
00:30:24um uh we should not forget that we all know what
00:30:27happened uh we knew what happened at the last election 2023 and the
00:30:31roles and and steps taken by some uh fait
00:30:35in the country and then realizing that of course
00:30:39the president is not um you know is secular in his
00:30:43perspective in handling issues in the country and then
00:30:47you now go to the president and then you raising some issues what do you expect the
00:30:51president to say to you the president gave the b of
00:30:55religious standing does not automatically mean i must take your
00:30:58recommendation.
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