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No Peace In Sight After Putin, Trump Nearly 3hrs Meeting In Alaska
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#Issues #Nawrocki #Poland #Putin #Russia #Trump #Ukraine #US #Zelenskyy ©August 16th, 2025 ®August 16, 2025 5:48 pm There is still no peace in sight after nearly three hours of meeting held in Anchorage city in Alaska, a state in the United States, US, between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States, over the war Russia launched since 2022 in Ukraine which has led to thousands of deaths mostly Ukrainians, which, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine who was not invited for the meeting on Friday in a statement said that it was time to end the war but Russia must take the necessary steps to a genuine peace deal, and while commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki on Friday via X social media platform to mark Poland Armed Forces Day which coincided with the day Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenskyy said that; “Ukraine’s independence strengthens Poland’s independence, And we must always remember that the Miracle on the Vistula was made possible through joint efforts, and it saved Europe”, and the Polish President, Karol Nawrocki had said that: “Today we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the great Polish victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, The Polish Army, together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army’s westward march, safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution, For centuries, Russian imperialism has been a mortal threat to our freedom, Poland’s political tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the ruler himself, But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of free peoples, My nation halted Russian imperialism at Orsha (1514), Klushino (1610) and Warsaw (1920)”.
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Peter Obi Faults President Tinubu Trip To Brazil, Frequent Foreign Travel
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#Politics #Brazil #Lulu #Obi #Tinubu ©August 15th, 2025 ®August 15, 2025 1:47 pm Co-contestants in the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the President frequent travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned  pressing issues of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the Nation bleeds, specifically, Peter Obi said; “the situation we find ourselves in is deeply worrisome, Our President, who has not found it worthy to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in travelling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse, Often departing several days even before the events he’s invited to”
FG Withdraws Police One Sided Court Case Against Attacked Ibom Passenger
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#Breaking News #Bob #Emmanson #FAAN #IbomAir #Keyamo #Lagos #Police #Tinubu #Uyo ©August 13th, 2025 ®August 13, 2025 11:50 am Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly instituted against an Ibom Air Passenger, Comfort Emmanson who was seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after a group of Ibom Air personnel and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her to action, the FG position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo in a press release the Minister signed and made available few minutes ago, although Festus Keyamo reversed his self and acknowledged that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 26 years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines who in the new press release admitted that the staff of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport authority team acted wrongly, but, the Minister did not state how the attacked passenger would be compensated most especially when her chest sexual organs were seems to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious intention to expose the passenger’s nakedness, the action of the Federal Government may eased the tension among millions of people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force of aiding and abetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bob who is also identified as Comfort Emmanson by thus supporting the statement of Ibom Air management who in their first press release made statement that seems

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
There is still no peace in sight. After nearly three
hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a
state in the United States US between President Vladimir Putin
of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States
over the war Russia launched since twenty twenty two in Ukraine,
which has led to thousands of deaths, mostly Ukrainians, which

(00:22):
President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, who was not invited for
the meeting on Friday, in a statement, said that it
was time to end the war, but Russia must take
the necessary steps to a genuine peace steal And. While
commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland
Karl Navroky on Friday via x social media platform to
mark Poland Armed Forces Day, which coincided with the day

(00:45):
Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenski said that
Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence and we must always remember
that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through
joint efforts and it saved Europe and The Polish President
Karl Navoki had said that today we celebrate the one
hundred fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory at the

(01:08):
Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, together
with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army's westward march,
safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of

(01:29):
domestic despotism, in which the only freeman is the ruler himself.
But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom,
Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of
free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Usha fifteen fourteen,
Klashido one thousand, six hundred ten and Warsaw nineteen twenty.

(01:52):
It was probably a sinnature of world attention when Air
Force one and Russia presidential aircraft officially wheeled down a
joint and bas Seldendorf as President Donald Trump and President
Vladimir Putin met face to face for the first time
since the war in Ukraine started on February twenty fourth,
twenty twenty two, and the Friday meeting marked the first

(02:13):
time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on western
country soil since he launched the war against Ukraine. He
was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US
is not a member country of the International Criminal Court
Ices that issued a warrant of arrest against the Kremlin
leader since twenty twenty three over alleged war crime in Ukraine.

(02:35):
It would be recalled that the Russian President Vladimir Putin
did not attend the twenty twenty five annual Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa Summit known as Bricks Summit in
Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant
for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed
in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid Yuri Yashikov, President

(02:59):
Vladimir Putin did not attend the summit due to certain
difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement, adding in
that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear
position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting. Instead,
the Russian leader joined his Bricks colleagues via video link.

(03:19):
Futen was declared a war crimes suspect since the ICC
named him in a March twenty twenty three arrest warrant
over the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused
of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children,
with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob

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them of the Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity.
The alleged mass abductions, according to observers, may qualify as
genocide according to the nineteen forty eight United Nations Genocide Convention,
which identifies forcibly transferring children of the group to another
group as one of five internationally recognized acts of genocide.

(04:02):
As a signatory too the Roman Statute that established the
icc Brazil would have been obliged to arrest Putin if
he entered the country. Addressing the ICCA warrant in twenty
twenty three, Brazilian President Lewis In or cho Lula dar
Silva initially dismissed talk of detaining the Russian president, before
backtracking and distancing himself from the issue. If Kutin decides

(04:26):
to go to Brazil, it's the justice system that will
take the decision over whether he should be arrested, not
the government or Congress. Lula stated. Kutin faced similar uncertainty
two years ago ahead of the annual gathering of Bricks Leaders,
which was then being hosted by South Africa. The South
African authorities reportedly came under considerable pressure from their Russian

(04:48):
colleagues to provide assurances that the Kremlin dictator could travel
to the August twenty twenty three event without fear of arrest.
Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president
would be a declaration of war. South African President Cyril
Ramaphosis stated then in the build up to the summit,
the African country was ultimately unable to offer any guarantees,

(05:11):
forcing Putin to abandon his plans to attend the summit
in South Africa. Fox News reported that the Russian President
Vladimir Putin makes a rare public appearance of the monument
honoring US cooperation during World War II just hours before
his summit with President Trump on Friday, and after the
summit in Alaska, local media showed a video of President

(05:34):
Putin kneeling at every Soviet pilot grave in Alaska as
both leaders met on the tarmac of the US military
base airport. A flyover of American military planes passed overhead,
including fighter jets and what appeared to be a B
two stealth bomber. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir
Putin emerged from a nearly three hour meeting on the

(05:56):
Ukraine War and gave public statements, but left without announcing
any agreement or cease fire, and they refused to take
questions from the press. US fighter jets were seen escorting
Vladimir Putin's plane out of Alaska after the summit with Trump.
The Kremlin posted a video on Telegram appearing to show
at least two USF twenty two fighter jets escorting the

(06:18):
Russian president's plane out of Alaska following talks with Donald Trump.
There's no deal until there's a deal, Trump said. The
White House had said there would be a news conference
after the closed door meeting, but both men walked off
stage without taking any questions. Trump hosted the summit at
a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to

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brok her a peace deal and stop a three year
war with Ukraine and its ever rising body count. It
was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks.
We didn't get there, but we have a very good
chance of getting there, Trump said. President Donald Trump added
va a post that a great and very successful day

(07:00):
in Alaska. It was determined by all that the best
way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine
is to go directly to a peace agreement. President Zelenski
will be coming to d C the Oval Office on Monday.
While President Putin and Trump were on the way to
meet in Alaska, Voladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, in a number

(07:20):
of press statements made available via his verified ex social
media account, said he held a staff meeting to discuss
three key issues the front, particularly the Pokrosk sector. We
are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a
foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier.

(07:40):
We are succeeding. Units of the seventy ninth and eighty
second Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the
Domropilia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce
this and other areas in the Danyesk region. Special attention
was paid to positions in the Zaporigia region. I thank
all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian Army continues

(08:04):
to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more
favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting
in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our
partners about the real situation. We also discuss today the
development of the contract system in the defense forces and
the funding of Ukraine's defense and security forces for twenty

(08:26):
twenty five twenty twenty six. Under any circumstances, our army
will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats
to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a
contract army. Today, I also expect a report from our
intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and
its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed high stakes.

(08:51):
The key thing is that this meeting should open up
a real path toward a just peace and the substantive
discussion between leaders in a trilateral format US Ukraine, the
United States and the Russian side. It is time to
end the war and the necessary steps must be taken
by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready

(09:11):
as always to work as productively as possible. I held
a meeting with the government team, the Office and the
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss
our diplomatic work the highest priority areas. In particular, we
address the funding of Ukraine's defense forces, auditing the effectiveness

(09:32):
of coalitions with partners, special formats, the substance of our
bilateral relations in key global areas, and our work at
the EU level. I instructed that the foreign policy plan
be updated for the period through the end of the
year on Monday. I expect the updated plan to be
presented with a neighbour like Russia. Only the co operation

(09:54):
of free nations can effectively protect each of them. We
value Poland's support for Ukraine. Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence,
and we must always remember that the Miracle on the
Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe.
In the same way, Ukrainians have been defending our state

(10:15):
in the full scale war for four years by repelling
the Russian army in Ukraine, Nakiv, in the Sumi, Kharkiv
and Darniesk regions, as well as in the Black Sea.
Ukrainians are truly ensuring the opportunity for all Europeans to
live freely, free of Moscow's madness. I thank Poland for
walking along this path shoulder to shoulder with us. Congratulations

(10:39):
on Polish Armed Forces Day, and best wishes for our
and your independence to always remain strong. President Karol Navroki
of Poland had said that today we celebrate the one
hundred and fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory. At
the Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army,
together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Armies westward March,

(11:03):
safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism
has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of
domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the
ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy

(11:24):
of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an
alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at
Warsha fifteen fourteen, Klashino one thousand, six hundred ten and
Warsaw nineteen twenty. The Polish people know that resisting Russian
imperialism is not merely an economic matter. It concerns the

(11:46):
very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless.
It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended.
This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the fifteenth century.
Light all who cherish freedom and peace to join my
fellow polls on August fifteenth in celebrating the halting of
despotism and the defense of liberty. WI co contestants in

(12:29):
the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor
of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Ahmed
Tenubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent
travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned pressing issues
of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically,

(12:50):
Peter Obi said, the situation we find ourselves in is
deeply worrisome. Our president, who has not found it worthy
to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse,
often departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
The Presidency had in a statement on Wednesday, said that

(13:12):
President Bola Tanubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August fourteenth
for a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The
President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before
proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tanubu will attend the
ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in

(13:35):
the city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two
with the theme co Create Innovative Solutions with Africa. TICAD
nine will focus on Africa's economic transformation and improvements in
the business environment and institutions through private investment and innovation.
It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society

(13:57):
for human security, peace and STAB. In addition to attending
cleanery sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian
President will hold by lateral meetings and meet the chief
executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria.
Initiated in nineteen ninety three by the Japanese government and

(14:18):
co hosted by the United Nations UNDP, the African Union Commission,
and the World Bank. TICAD is a triennial conference held
alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took place
in August twenty twenty two in Tunisia. The forum fosters
high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners.

(14:41):
At the end of the TICAD nine, President Tanubu will
leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil,
on a two day state visit from Sunday, August twenty
fourth to Monday August twenty fifth. This follows an invitation
by the Brazilian President Luis Aetio lu La da Silva.

(15:01):
While in Brazil, President Danubu will hold a bilateral meeting
with his host and attender business forum with Brazilian investors.
His delegation, comprising key ministers and senior officials, will explore
opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memoranda of
understanding maus with the Brazilian government. Bao on Anuga, special

(15:24):
Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, stated on
August thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Peter Hoby, the Labor Party
presidential candidate in the last concluded general elections in the
West Africa country, in a statement on Thursday, said again,
our president moves as the nation bleeds amid the deplorable

(15:44):
state of our nation in all ramifications. We have a
virtually indifferent president who has continued to display insensitivity to
our situation. How can anyone explain that a president who
came from Brazil recently and met with the President is
returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of
challenges at home unresolved. The latest itinery of the president

(16:06):
shows he will depart Abouja on Thursday, August fourteenth for
a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The President
will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding
to Japan. In Japan, President Danubu will attend the ninth
Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in the

(16:28):
city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two. The
itinery is silent on the president's return date to his
visibly troubled nation. The situation we find ourselves in is
deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy
to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in
traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitationer excuse, often

(16:52):
departing several days even before the events he's invited to.
In his last trip, for instance, he had a one
week six state visit to Saint Lucio before attending the
Brick's Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer,
though the role was dressed up as partner to the invitation,
which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries

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who attended only arrived a day or two at most
for the event. Nigeria's insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human
suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among
the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the
hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the

(17:35):
full attention of mister President, and his travels should be
more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on
the ground and taking decisive action to alleviate the people's suffering,
rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no
tangible value to our nation's woes, and where the trip
is necessary at all, it could be attended in just

(17:57):
a few days, rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences
from a country that requires twenty four seven attention. What
our nation needs now is security of lives and properties,
economic stability, and ensuring that our people have food on
their table. Our presidents plan trip of twelve days departing
to day if necessary, should have been at most of

(18:20):
five day trip as the event he was invited to
in Japan commences on the twentieth. Nigeria to Day demands
competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with
the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required.
Mister President must, as a matter of urgency, commence towards
of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for

(18:42):
jetting out of the country every month. These visits will
enable him to see, listen, and learn more about what
Nigerians are going through. Though Nigerians know that our huge
problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see one
hundred percent effort and tireless commitment to solving them. Most importantly,
our President must know that he's not a tourist but

(19:04):
the chief executive of a troubled nation, so he must
have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict traveling schedule
to show that he has a troubled country to quickly return.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
To Gingi Ingim.

Speaker 1 (19:22):
Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola
Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge
of Lagos Airport to withdraw the one sided and obviously
biased court case the Nigeria Police Force may have wrongly
instituted against a Nibom air passenger, Comfort Emanson, who was
seen in viral videos retaliating and defending herself physically after

(19:45):
a group of Ibam air personnel and Lagos Airport team
had attacked her and provoked her to action. The FG
position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria
Minister of Aviation, Festus Kamo in a press release the
Minister signed and made available few minutes ago. Although Festus
Kmo reversed his self and acknowledged that the issue was

(20:06):
a case of confrontation between the twenty six years old
passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines, who in The
new press release admitted that the staff of Ibom Air
and the Lagos Airport Authority team acted wrongly, but the
minister did not state how the attacked passenger would be compensated,
most especially when her chest sexual organs were seemed to

(20:27):
be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom Airline staff pulled
off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious intention to
expose the passenger's nakedness. The action of the Federal government
may ease the tension among millions of people who have
accused the Nigeria Police Force our aiding and a vetting
the Ibom Airline company to continue to attack and oppress

(20:49):
the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is also identified as
Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement of Ibom Air management,
who in their first press relief diast made statement that
seems to have some level of deliberate falsehood and raising
up a dead issue to win undue public sentiments manipulate
the Nigeria Police forced to help them secure detention holding

(21:12):
charge from the Lagos State Magistrate caught to further oppress
and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically, Ibom Air stated in
her first press released that shortly after the plane landed
at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited for every other passenger
on board the plane to disembark, and thereafter, without provocation,
went to one of the plane hostesses, Juliana Edward. The

(21:34):
IBOM Air management described as purser, stepped on her forcibly,
tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it
to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her.
She slapped her several times, and when the other cabin
crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She
then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use

(21:55):
as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and
grounded the aircraft. Soon after the IBOM Air management released
the statement on Monday, her video surfaced on the Internet
that probably invalidated the statement of the IBOM Air management
and stood out as an acceptable evidence that the management
of IBOMB eer people who may be rightly described as

(22:16):
pathological liars who probably believed in telling lies as a
way of managing crisis and handling difficult customers relations, has
seen in the viral video that surfaced the internet after
the apparent falsehood of Ibom Air Management. The attacked passenger
was seen politely telling the air hostess Juliana Edward to
leave the doorway so that she can disembark from the plane.

(22:38):
The senior aggressor in this matter, the air Hostess Juliana Edward,
refused to yield to the appeal of the passenger, and
IBOM Air Management in their first press release, confirmed that
the air hostess Juliana Edward deliberately blocked the doorway to
prevent the passenger from disembarking the aircraft, and in the
viral video, the attached wighair on the head of the

(22:58):
air hostess was still seen on her head and intact
while the passenger was telling her to leave the doorway
so that she can pass. Obviously, this is in contrary
to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted and stated in black
and white by the Ibom Air management that the air
hostess attached wig hair was destroyed by the passenger without provocation. Also,

(23:19):
the attached wig hair on the passenger head and the
jacket she was putting on were still intact as at
the time she was telling the apparent aggressor the air
hostess to leave the door and another viral video later
showed both the air hostess and the passenger dragging at
the point of the plane divider cotton and at this time,
as seen in the video, both the passenger and air

(23:40):
hostess wig hair were pulled off, including the passenger jacket
she was putting on to cover her body completely. The
natural hair on their heads could now be seen as
they continued to drag each other at the plane doorway,
and IBOM Air management, in trying to seemly win undue
public sentiments, raised up a dead issue of a minor
quarrel the passenger had with the air hostess and co

(24:01):
passenger over the passenger alleged initial refusal to switch off
her phone during the plane take off at Uyo Airport.
The IBOM Air management in the press release confirmed that
the minor quarrel the passenger had with the air hostess
and co passenger over switching off phone at Uyo Airport
was already a dead issue and the action of the
passenger never led to threat of aviation safety or violation

(24:24):
of aviation safety procedures. Hence, the passenger was not the
plane at Uyo Airport, but we don't know why the
management of Ibom Air decided to advertise and bring up
the minor quarrel as a way to seemly win public
sentiments to cover up the true picture of a separate
event that occurred between the passenger and the air hostess
when the plane landed at Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria

(24:47):
Police Force in the five count charges filed against the
passenger at the Akeja Magistrate Court in Lagos State, did
not state or even mention the event that occurred at
Uyo Airport before the plane took off. Announcing them withdrawal
day early morning, the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kmo
said and in quotes that one in the last forty

(25:10):
eight hours, I have been in consultation with critical stakeholders
in the aviation sector and those involved in the unfortunate
incidents regarding the unruly behaviors of certain individuals at our
airports of recent two. Though regrettable, we think valuable lessons
have been learned by all sides to these incidents, and
airport security protocol especially have been well highlighted for the

(25:34):
traveling public. If nothing at all, the episodes have undoubtedly
helped to raise public awareness about appropriate conduct within the
aviation space. Three. As highlighted in my previous statements on
the last two incidents, clear wrongs were committed by both
the offending passengers and staff of the airlines involved. From

(25:54):
all the evidence available to us in those available to
the public, it is clear that all the actors involved
cannot continue to highlight the injury or injustice done to
them without acknowledging their own equal culpability. Five. Therefore, after
reviewing the entire incidents, including appeals made by well meaning
individuals and remorse shown by the actors, the following decisions

(26:17):
have been reached. A. In the case of the unruly
passenger comfort Emnson on the Ibom Airline on Sunday, the
tenth of August twenty twenty five, I have conferred with
Ibom Airline to withdraw the complaint against her. Today, when
the police took her statement in presence of her lawyer,
she exhibited great remorse for her conduct. B. Subsequent to

(26:41):
the withdrawal of the complaint by the complainant, the CP
of Airport Command and the Police Prosecutor will immediately take
the remaining steps to facilitate her release from Kirikiri Prisons.
Within this week. C I have also conferred with the
leadership of the Airline Operators of Nigeria AON and have
appealed to them to lift the lifetime flying ban imposed

(27:03):
on her, to which they agreed. The details of the
resolution will be made public by the AON subsequently d
In the case of quam Ie, the NC Double A
is to reduce his flag ban to a one month period.
FAAAN will also work with the music star with a
view to engaging him as an ambassador for proper airport

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security protocol going forward. E having publicly demonstrated penitence. The
NC Double A is also to withdraw its criminal complaints
against quam one earlier lodged with the police f In
the case of Captain Olerantiagoye and the co pilot First
Officer Ivan Oliver of Valujet, the NC Double A is

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to restore their licenses after the same period of one
month ban after undergoing some mandatory professional reappraisal. The details
will be announced by the NC Double A. Six. I
have directed all relevant aviation agencies, in collaboration with other
complementary agencies outside aviation, to immediately begin a retreat next

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week to properly retrain and prepare our aviation security personnel
on how to deal with errant and disruptive passengers and
how to escalate potentially explosive situations. The retreat will be
fully covered by the press with the opportunity to ask
all the relevant questions. The airlines will also have their
own session when the conduct and attitude of their staff

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towards members of the travelling public will be in full focus. Eight.
These above decisions were taken by government and the airline
operators purely on compassionate grounds, as Government will never pander
to base sentiments, politically motivated views or warped legal opinions
when clear encroachment of our laws are involved. Nine. We

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are also sending a clear message that we take safety
and security in the aviation sector very seriously and we
have decided to draw a line after these clements. Nigeria
Police Force, in the five count charges filed against the
female passenger of IBOM are stated that count one that
you comfort Bob on the ten day of August twenty

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twenty five, at about fourteen thirty hours while on board
IBAM aircraft number s nb x P parked of Matala
Mohammad Airport, Terminal two m m A two per Keja
in the Alkeja Magisterial District, did behave in an unruly
and disorderly manner by shouting on top of your voice,

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abusing and assaulting the flight crew, and refusing to disembark
from the aircraft after landing, and thereby committed an offense
contrary two Section four one unpunishable under Section four two
of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria f a A N
by Law two thousand and five, count two, that you

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can fort Bob on the same date, time and place
in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Juliana Edward
by slapping and hitting her cheeks with your right hand,
and thereby commeted an offense contrary to Section one hundred
and seventy one a b unpunishable under Section one hundred
and seventy two of the Criminal Law of Legos, State

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of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count three, that you comfort Bob
on the same date and place at about fourteen fifty
hours in the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Joppam
Sagon by hitting her face with your slippers, and thereby
committed an o'flin's contrary to section one hundred and seventy

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one a b unpunishable under section one hundred and seventy
two of the Criminal Law of Lagos, State of Nigeria,
twenty fifteen, count four, that you comfort Bob on the
same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district,
did wilfully damage the aircraft divide a cotton value two thousand,

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five hundred U S dollars two thousand, five hundred dollars
belonging too Ibom Airline, and thereby committed an offense contrary
to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of the
Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen, Count five,
that you comfort Bob on the same date, time and

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place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did wilfully damaged one
raided whig by dragging and tearing the whig valued one
hundred and ten thousand naira one hundred and ten thousand
niras belonging to Juliana Edward, and thereby committed an offense
contrary to unpunishable under section three hundred and fifty of

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the Criminal Laws of Legos, State of Nigeria, twenty fifteen.
The Ibom Air management, in a press release issued on
Monday entitled Incident involving an unruly Passenger on August tenth,
twenty twenty five, said and in quotes that Iboma Air
confirms that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an

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incident occurred on board hour Uyo Langos flight involving a passenger,
Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the
safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff
from Muyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard aviation
safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone. She blundly

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refused to comply until the pilot in command made an announcement,
after which a fellow passenger seated beside her took the
phone and switched it off. This action prompted a verbal
tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually calmed and the
flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos, Emanson waited

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for all other passengers to disembark and then proceeded to
confront the purser who had earlier instructed her. She walked
up to the unsuspecting purser stepped on her forcibly tore
off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it the
four and used her footwear to assault her. She slapped
her several times, and when the other cabin crew member

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tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She then attempted
to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use as a weapon,
an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft.
By this time, the pilot in command had alerted airport security.
Before security could arrive, the purser, as seen on the
viral video on the Internet, prevented the passenger from leaving

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the aircraft until security arrived. The arrival of Hibom Air
security personnel did not deter the passenger, as she attacked
him as well, lashing out violently at the security personnel.
She was then restrained and removed from the aircraft by force.
Even after disembarking, she continued to assault Hibom Air security

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personnel and even slapped the ground supervisor. The passenger was
removed from the ramp and taken into custody by FAAM
Security an handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for
further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted a report on
the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and placed

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a travel restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be
permitted to fly on any of our aircraft. Ibom Air
reiterates its zero tolerance policy towards any form of unruly
or violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew
or equipment. Such behavior will be met with the strongest
possible response, including legal action and permanent restriction from our services.

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We commend the bravery and professionalism of our crew in
handling this situation under extremely challenging circumstances, as well as
the swift support from airport's security and the Nigeria Police.
Safety remains our highest priority. We urge all passengers to
comply with crew instructions at all times for the safety,

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security and comfort of everyone on board. Had reported that
the Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Kamo says the Ministry has
directed for the aviation staff who released the video footage
containing the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson
or Bob Scene in an indecent appearance with her chest
sexual organs exposed. After the passenger shirt was torn by

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an Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen in
the viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the
aircraft following an act of confrontation between the passenger and
Ibom Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the
right of way of the passenger and prevented the passenger
from disembarking from the plane, and after countless warning to

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the airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger went
physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,
which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the
alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which Ibom Airlines
valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as stated in
count five of the five count charges the police filed

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against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.
We had reported that a careful study of the viral
video involving the Ibom Airline personnel, Legos Airport security operatives
and an aggrieved passenger comfort emnson on board the airline
plane on Sunday indicated that while the enraged passenger was
being dragged off the plane by three men who held

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her two hands and legs, suspending her a little bit
on the air. A lady putting on Ibom air corporate clothes,
who was behind the camera lens, could be seen in
the video to have approached the passenger at the door
point of the plane while the passenger was about to
be taking out, apparently dipped her hand towards the waist
part of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers,

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grabbed and pulled the passenger's shirt towards her head, and
in the process, the passenger shirt got tore and the
passenger's chest, sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed.
The action of the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate,
as the airline female staff was not part of those
dragging the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female

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passenger's body was exposed, the Ibom Airlines female staff never
joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger
off the plane. This indicated that the motive of the
female staff of Ibom Airline was solely to remove the
passenger shirt and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule

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Quindi Un, Nigeria Aviation Minister Festus Caamo says the Ministry
has directed for the aviation staff who released the video
footage containing the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort
Hemanson or Bob scene in an indecent appearance with her
chest sexual organs exposed after the passenger shirt was torn

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by an Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen
in the viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of
the aircraft following an act of confrontation between the passenger
and Ibom Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked
the right of way of the passenger and prevented the
passenger from disembarking from the plane and after countless warning

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to the airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger
went physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on
the face, which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led
to the alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which
Hibom Airlines valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as
stated in count five of the five count charges the
police filed against the passenger at a Kejer magistrate caught

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in Lagos State. The Aviation Minister Festus Kmo, who described
the behavior of the passenger as unruly, said, although the
airline staff is right to video record the event of
the passenger's behavior for the purpose of legal action, but
it is totally unacceptable for the staff to release part
of the video that exposed the passengers nakedness, especially her breasts.

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Details of the Minister's statement reads verbatum below. Enough is
enough reading the Riot Act on Aviation Safety and Security
in reference to the case of unruly Comfort Bob on
Ibom Airline and related incidents. Earlier today, we again woke
up to viral videos of a female passenger on Ibom Airline,
now identified as Comfort Emanson or Comfort Bob, who went

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berserk and physically assaulted both the flight crew and the
ground staff. The incident took place yesterday, August tenth, twenty
twenty five, on Ibom Airline flight number Q one hundred
and fifty three from Ruyo to Legos at about fourteen
fifty four hours. Ibom Airline has since issued a statement
to provide some context to the effect that the whole

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unfortunate incident arose because of the refusal of the passenger
to switch off her phone during takeoff as required by
extant international civil aviation regulations. Consequently, in the line past
few hours, I have been speaking with the Commissioner of
Police of the Airport Police Command, the DG of the
NC double A and his team, the end of FAA

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N and her team, the COO of Ibom Air and
his team about the incident. Apart from the indefinite flight
ban imposed on the said unruly passenger both local and
international by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NC double A,
the police has promptly arraigned her this morning at the
Akeja Magistrates Caught for criminal offenses and remanded her Kirikiri

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Prisons as she could not provide adequate sureties in court.
I have attached the charge sheet and remand order for clarity.
We also note the scuffle that took place between the
unruly passenger and ground personnel before she was eventually subdued.
This was because of her uncooperative attitude. Whilst we support
the filming of her recalcitrant behavior as evidence to prosecute her,

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what is deplorable is to release such evidence containing indecent
expose to the public to ridicule her that is totally
unacceptable to us. We will not fold our arms and
tolerate the debasing of womanhood. I have therefore directed that
whoever released that part of the video containing the indecent
exposure amongst the staff should be singled out and adequately sanctioned.

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I have also directed that the airlines must continue to
train and retrain their staff in public relations and how
to deal with potentially explosive situations in order to diffuse
them promptly or nip them in the bud, except when
it becomes inevitable. I have also directed a joint security
meeting between relevant agencies next week for better coordination of

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security measures in situations like this or similar ones we
witnessed recently. For genuinely aggrieved passengers, there are clearly laid
down remedies to address grievances. The Consumer Protection Directorate of
the nc double A has consistently advertised these remedies, and
there is no point trying to take the laws into

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one's hands that may lead to dire consequences. We will
continue to apply equal sanctions available to us in aviation
on any such airing passengers that is, lengthy flight bands
and report the matters to other law enforcement agencies to
do their bit within their powers. We have reported that
a careful study of the viral video involving the Ibomb

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air Line personnel, legos, airport security operatives and an aggrieved
passenger comfort E Manson on board the airline plane on Sunday,
indicated that while the enraged passenger was being dragged off
the plane by three men who held her two hands
and legs, suspending her a little bit on the air,
a lady putting on Ibomb air corporate clothes who was

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behind the camera lens, could be seen in the video
to have approached the passenger at the door point of
the plane while the passenger was about to be taking out,
apparently dipped her hand towards the waist part of the passenger,
untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers, grabbed and pulled
the passenger's shirt towards her head, and in the process
the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest, sexual

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organs or private parts were completely exposed. The action of
the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate, as the
airline female staff was not part of those dragging the
passenger off the aircraft, and after the female passenger's body
was exposed, the Ibom Airline's female staff never joined or
assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger off the plane.

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This indicated that the motive of the female staff of
Ibom Airline was solely to remove the passenger shirt and
expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule.

Speaker 2 (43:44):
Madam verver m.

Speaker 3 (43:56):
Naraswala Asad and here was doessus Saniel who.

Speaker 2 (44:02):
Will lady Windy ringe.

Speaker 1 (44:09):
In a careful study of the viral video involving the
Ibomb Airline personnel, Legos airport security operatives and an aggrieved passenger,
comfort a manson on board the airline plane on Sunday
indicated that while the enraged passenger was being dragged off
the plane by three men who held her two hands

(44:29):
and legs, suspending her a little bit on the air,
a lady putting on Ibomb air corporate clothes, who was
behind the camera lens, could be seen in the video
to have approached the passenger at the door point of
the plane while the passenger was about to be taking out,
apparently dipped her hand towards the waist part of the passenger,
untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers, grabbed and pulled

(44:51):
the passenger's shirt towards her head, and in the process,
the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest, sexual organs,
or private parts were completely exposed. The action of the
Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate, as the airline
female staff was not part of those dragging the passenger
off the aircraft, and after the female passenger's body was exposed,

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the Ibom Airlines female staff never joined or assisted the
security operatives to drag the passenger off the plane. This
indicated that the motive of the female's staff of Ibom
Airline was solely to remove the passenger shirt and expose
the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule. The video of the
passenger's partial nakedness, especially her two breasts completely exposed due

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to the apparent action of a yet to be arrested
and prosecuted female staff of Ibom Airlines has since gone viral,
with some pornographic channels already updating their channels with the
partial nakedness of the Ibom airline's passenger. According to Punch newspaper,
Comfort Emanson, the passenger accused of assaulting airline officials aboard

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an Ibomb Air flight from Muyo to Lagos, has been
ch ardged in court and remanded in Kirrikiri Correctional Center
in Lagos. Tunday Machud, Special Adviser on Media and Communications
to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus kmo San,
confirmed the development in a post on his official ex

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handle on Monday. The more reason the flying public should
be more careful. The unruly passenger on the Yuyo, Lagos
bound Ibomair Miscomfort Emanson, has been charged to court and
she's now cooling off in Kirrikiri, Machud wrote. IBOM Air
in a press statement on Monday, said that Ibomhyr confirms

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that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an incident
occurred on board our Uyo Lagos flight involving a passenger,
Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the
safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before takeoff
from Uyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard aviation

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safety procedures, to say switch off her mobile phone. She
bluntly refused to comply until the pilot in command made
an announcement, after which a fellow passenger seated beside her
took the phone and switched it off. This action prompted
a verbal tirade from Emmanson. The situation was eventually calmed
and the flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos,

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Emanson waited for all other passengers to disembark, and then
proceeded to confront the purser who had earlier instructed her.
She walked up to the unsuspecting purser, stepped on her, forcibly,
tore off her wig, removed her glasses and threw it
to the floor, and used her footwear to assault her.
She slapped her several times, and when the other cabin

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crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She
then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use
as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and
grounded the aircraft. By this time, the pilot in command
had alerted airport security. Before security could arrive, the purser,
as seen on the viral video on the Internet, prevented

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the passenger from leaving the aircraft until security arrived. The
arrival of Ibom Air security personnel did not deter the
passenger as she attacked him as well, lashing out violently
at both Hibomair and Faan security. She was then restrained
and removed from the aircraft by force. Even after disembarking,

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she continued to assault both Hibomair and Faan security staff
and even slap the ground supervisor. The passenger was removed
from the ramp and taken into custody by Faan Security
and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for further investigation.
Ibom Air has since submitted a report on the incident

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to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and placed a travel
restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be permitted to
fly on any of our aircraft. Iboma Air reiterates its
tolerance policy towards any form of unruly or violent conduct
that threatens the safety of passengers, crew or equipment. Such

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behavior will be met with the strongest possible response. Management
of National Youth Service Corps under the leadership of Brigadier
General Holukunlee Nephew, has given reasons why serving Nigeria Youth
Corps member Hashier Rita Aguamaye was denied NYSC discharge certificate

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that could have enabled her exit the one year mandatory
program after she completed the one year paramilitary service to
her nation as a new graduate. And according to a
statement posted and made available by NYSC on Sunday with
no name of the authority responsible for the press statement
written or mentioned in the statement, the NYSC said Corps

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member Retur Aguamei's discharge certificate was withheld and her service
year extended by two months following her alleged absence or
failure to attend the April twenty twenty five NYSC biometrics
clearance at etiosa Local Government Area Secretariat, and the month
stated by NYSC was barely few days after the Corps

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member had cried out loud in the month of March
twenty twenty five over the apparent increasing high rates of
hunger as a result of rising costs of living in
Nigeria and as such, she described the President Bola Ahmed
Tanubu as a terrible president. In a swift reaction to
the reason given by NYSC, Reta Aguimea's lawyer, barrister and

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nibihe f Young while answering questions from channel's television program
presenters on Monday morning said the statement issued by the
management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC on its
decision to extend the service period and withhold the certificate
of National Service of Corps member Hashie Reta Aguamaye alias Raye,

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does not represent the truth of the U s the matter,
saying on April seventh, twenty twenty five, Rita was physically
present at the Local Government Secretariat for the head count
and clearance, with the NYSC official at the local government
level deliberately refused to attend to her, even after six
hours waiting, during which she was asked to go back

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and queued up on the line. Repeatedly, the NYSC official
still refused to attend to her, and thereafter, on April eleventh,
twenty twenty five, the CORE member went to meet the
NYSC official and begged her to allow her perform her
April twenty twenty five biometrics clearance. The NYSC female official
refused and asked the CORE member to leave. This, Amnesty

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International said the National Youth Service Corps NYSC must rescind
its decision. The Amnesty International described as arbitrary and outrageous,
saying NYSC allegedly used bureaucratic tricks to extend the core
member national service year over the government's unacceptable intolerance of
dissenting voices, with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubaka describing

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the NYSC action as impunity and as such cautioned the
government against subjecting everything to politics. And on Monday morning,
the former governor of an Ambra State, Peter Hobe, issued
a statement and said in our country today, hunger and
poverty are not just distant statistics. They are the harsh
reality that millions of our people face daily. Recently, the

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United Nations stated that about thirty four million Nigerians will
face acute food insecurity and about sixty three percent of
our population, which is about one hundred and thirty three
million people, now live in multi dimensional poverty. Inflation, even
with the suppressed statistics, is nearly thirty percent, while unemployment

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and economic mismanagement have nearly wiped out our once vibrant
middle class. Families who once lived stable lives are now
slipping into poverty. Omi Yle Sir Warret, the founder of
Sahara a Reporters News media, said he was ready to
stand beside the Corps member and escort her to collect
her NYSC discharge certificate last week, but the government of

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President Bolahmed Tanubu prevented him by thus unlawfully detaining him
at the police station. In quotes, Sir Ware said, it
is with deep sadness and renewed outrage that I addressed
the ongoing injustice against Rita Iguamaye Raye. Nigeria's National Youth
Service Corps NYSC has seized her discharge certificate because she

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criticized the Tanubu regime over economic hardships. I was fully
prepared to stand beside her to help her receive her
NYSC discharge certificate. However, the criminal Assawaju bolah Ahmed Tanubu
regime unlawfully detained me in Abuja this past week. This
regime thrives on intimidation, repression and silencing the youth. We

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had promised to fight for her justice and that promise
remains unbroken. We will not stop until we achieve victory,
not just for Raye, but for every Nigerian denied their
rights by an oppressive system. We must not forget that
Rai's courage and uncompromising stance compelled the authorities to increase
the monthly allowance for her colleagues to seventy seven thousand niras.

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This significant improvement was won through her sacrifice, and it
is an injustice of the highest order that she continues
to be denied what is rightfully hers upon completion of
her service year. We will not abandon her. Her fight
is our fight. The struggle continues until we win. We
reject the nysc's spurious position in its entirety Youth Corps

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member Ashier Retur Ghumaye Rai's case could not and should
not be dismissed as a mere biometric clearance issue. This
was not about paperwork. This was punishment in retaliation for
her public criticism of Assawaju Bolahamed Tanubu's disastrous economic policies.
Silencing dissent is not service to the nation. It is

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a service to tyranny. We stand with Raye. We will
continue to fight against NYSC until the injustice is corrected.
Revolutional NYSC in the press release, has said that the
NYSC management wishes to clarify a misleading information circulating on
social media regarding Corps member hshier Rita Iguamaye State Code

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number twenty four B eight thousand, three hundred and twenty five.
Contrary to false claims that she was denied a Certificate
of National Service CNS due to critical remarks about the government,
this assertion is entirely unfounded and false in its entirety.
Rita is among the one hundred and thirty one Corps

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members whose Certificates of National Service CNS were withheld for
valid disciplinary reasons. Specifically, Rita's service year has been extended
by two months for failing to retain en the April
twenty twenty five biometrics clearance, a decision that aligns with
the NYSC by laws. It is important to note that

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this extension is a standard procedure and not unique to
her case, and the principle of equal treatment was only
applied in this case. The NYSC management thus urges the
public to approach this matter with understanding as extending service
for non compliance is a long standing tradition within the
NYSC and should not be politicized. The NYSC scheme remains

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committed to discharging its mandate in line with the dictates
of the Constitution. Nigeria is Ours, Nigeria. We serve. Former
Nigeria Vice President Hatiku Abu Bakha said, what manner of
impunity is this? Everything should not be subjected to politics.
I hope that Ashie Rita Aguamea's NYSC discharge certificate is

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not being withheld because she had the courage to complain
about the economic hardship under the President Bola Tanubu led administration.
It is unacceptable that the young lady who had served
her country without queries should not have received her National
Youth Service Corps certificate one year after passing out. The
appropriate authorities should take urgent steps to ensure that she

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gets her discharge certificate. Amnesty International, in a press release
said the National Youth Service Corps NYSC must rescind its
arbitrary and outrageous decision to Denyrita Ashier, widely known as Raye,
her NYSC discharge certificate upon completion of a year of
national service. Using bureaucratic tricks to extend her national service

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shows unacceptable intolerance of dissenting voices. The flagrant decision to
withhold her certificate may not be unconnected with her comments
on social media on the widespread economic hardship as a
result of President Bola Tanubu's economic policies. It is perfectly
within her right to express discontent peacefully. Instead of punishing

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her by withholding her NYSC certificate for her opinions on
rampant inflation, the authorities should prioritize addressing the country's escalating
economic woes. The Nigerian authorities must stop responding with abuse
of power and intimidation to individuals and groups who express
dissenting opinions in utter disregard for the Nigerian constitution and

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international law. Holding and voicing dissenting views is not a crime.
In March, Ritaashie faced threat to life and violence for
her viral TikTok video criticizing President Bola Tanubu's government over
unprecedented economic hardship that plunged millions of people into abject poverty.
Since May twenty twenty three, series of economic policies introduced

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by Nigerian government have been undermining the ability of people
on low incomes to secure their right to adequate standard
of living. Millions of people in Nigeria are increasingly unable
to meet the costs of education, food and health care.
No one should be punished for expressing dissenting opinions. Authorities
have obligation to uphold and respect the right to freedom

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of expression without discrimination. Former Governor of a Nambra State,
Peter Obey, in a detailed statement on Monday, said, in
our country today, hunger and poverty are not just distant statistics.
They are the harsh reality that millions of our people
face daily. Recently, the United Nations stated that about thirty

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four million Nigerians will face acute food insecurity and about
sixty three percent of our population, which is about one
hundred and thirty three million people, now live in multi
dimensional poverty. Inflation, even with the suppressed statistics, is nearly
thirty percent, while unemployment and economic mismanagement have nearly wiped

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out our once vibrant middle class. Families who once lived
stable lives are now slipping into poverty. But this is
not just ordinary. It is as a result of incompetent
leadership without capacity and compassion, who were not interested in
putting the Nigerian people first in their actions. Other nations
have faced similar challenges and turned their fortunes around through

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disciplined leadership, sound economic policies, and a total commitment from
the leaders to invest in human development and pulling their
people out of poverty. A recent example is what is
happening in Argentina. In Argentina, over fifty two percent of
its population lived in poverty by early twenty twenty four,
according to the World Bank, with millions of Argentines unable

(01:00:38):
to meet basic needs, Inflation was above two hundred percent
and economic confidence had collapsed. Yet within two years, through
decisive action to cut waste in governance and prioritize economic stability,
the newly inaugurated president was able to cut down the
poverty rate to thirty eight point one percent from fifty

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two per sent in just two years, and extreme poverty
fell to eight point two percent, with inflation just around
two to three percent monthly. As at twenty twenty five,
the urban poverty had declined to thirty one point six percent,
lifting millions of people out of poverty. Investor confidence grew
in the economy began to grow. The people now see

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real improvements in the daily lives. Both Argentina and the
current Nigerian leadership assumed office in the same year, and
this proves what I have always stated that two years
may not be enough to change a nation with a
one hundred percent turnaround, but it is more than enough
to kick start the transformation journey that will change the
fortune of our dear country. With the people witnessing real

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and genuine change. But only if the leadership is honest,
focused and committed to the people, Nigeria can work. We
can reduce hunger and restore dignity to Nigerians. But this
will not happen while corruption and criminal dominate our governance.
Our nation requires leaders who will put the people first,

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manage resources prudently, and stand firm in rejecting corrupt practices.
Nigeria will work, but only if we as leaders commit
to tackling corruption, cutting the cost of governance, and focusing
on critical areas of development like education, healthcare, and lifting
the people out of poverty, just as other nations have

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done with remarkable results, a new Nigeria is possible. We
had reported that after the Nigeria be Afra Civil War,
the National Youth Service Corps NYSC was established on May
twenty second, nineteen seventy three to give the youths the
opportunity to leave their parents and stay alone to contribute
to the betterment of the West Africa country. Nigeria Interestingly,

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a few days ago, one of the serving corpers, Hashie
Rita Iguamaye, went to the market in Lagos State to
buy foodstuffs, but she was shocked that the prices of
foodstuffs in the month of March have again increased far
more than they were previous months. Apparently faced with the
heat of passion, her Gumaye took to social media to
call on the youths to unite and defend the country

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from total economy collapse, saying it was her first time
to leave her parents and start paying domestic bills alone,
adding that the money she spends on transport is more
than the monthly salary NYSC is paying her, begging the
youths to stage a thirty days non stop challenge protests
to make the country. President Bola Ahmed Tolubu, she described

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as a terrible person to be alive to his political
and institutional responsibilities of making cost of living reasonably okay
for people to afford, stressing that some Nigerians are pretending
to still be rich whereas the bad economy has pushed
them into poverty. This Reno Omekri, former presidential spokesperson, who
have been living abroad since twenty fourteen reaction. Stident said

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that there is no country in the world where a
paramilitary official like the CORPOS is permitted to criticize the government.

Speaker 3 (01:04:08):
She didn't participate in. Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (01:04:11):
I think this is.

Speaker 3 (01:04:13):
In matter that Nigerians who have followed this case since
March when you started closely, would be able to make
reasonable deductions. Now let me start by saying that this
statement issued by the management of the National Youth Service
Corps yesterday is quite unfortunate. It betrays the very idea

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behind the establishment of the vice. In their statement, they
claim that Raya is being punished and penalied in compliance
with the by loss of the Corps and that as
saving spirit had been a standard for.

Speaker 1 (01:05:01):
Two months.

Speaker 3 (01:05:03):
And as a direcate of national service with hell because
she missed or absence from literally the barometric clearance for
the month of April. But the truth of the matter.

Speaker 1 (01:05:19):
Is that.

Speaker 3 (01:05:22):
Not only did write written when am I present herself
for Clarence in the month of April, specifically on the
seventh of April, when people think that she also attended
the citys.

Speaker 1 (01:05:39):
Which took place on the subdate.

Speaker 3 (01:05:43):
Because if you are saying that the Commember did not
Undergod clearance for a particular modes. One would want to
know what what that reason for missing a Clarence.

Speaker 1 (01:05:56):
They haven't said.

Speaker 2 (01:05:57):
I literally went there anything in that regard.

Speaker 3 (01:06:01):
And the simple reason is because what the US has
said publicly is completely false. This lady presented herself before
I held you the Logle government's inspector. I need.

Speaker 1 (01:06:15):
Of it yourself.

Speaker 3 (01:06:16):
Logle governments one missus Veronica Bell. This is the same
woman who not only not her Initially she claim oh
go and join the Q. Go to the back, she complied,
of course, it got to a fund against. She was
then at to the back again. This lady spent six hours,

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Ryan spent six hours hoping, pretty begging, almost prostrating.

Speaker 1 (01:06:47):
To be clear.

Speaker 3 (01:06:49):
She refused to clear. And guess what she sees that
Claires letter. I'm gonna you are saying someone has not
been cleared for you to be clear of the commember.
I also many of went through this, Kim for you
to be clard. Your mother have a Clarence letter from
your PPA with that which even the US cannot clear you.
That is, even if you're sure I have come members,

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who are you serving in her firm and everyone, I
have to sign their Clarence to say that. Look lists,
I've worked the reporter and their PPA for the month
of that reference. Please attend to them.

Speaker 1 (01:07:23):
That is what that puts.

Speaker 3 (01:07:24):
She went there with a Clarence letter from her place
of primary assignments, Missus Veronica Belet, collected Declarence letter, and
then pretended as if she did not want to attend
to her that time.

Speaker 1 (01:07:38):
As I said, when she kept pleading, the.

Speaker 3 (01:07:42):
Woman now started balleys attacking her. She persisted she didn't
told us she was not going to clare I did
not get ask her to get out this country that
she will not attend to her and said, look, madam dad, please,
as only I have done anything, I had to go

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by the YA by laws, which is correct. I am
supposed to face the contes Clary committee.

Speaker 2 (01:08:09):
It's been a long time.

Speaker 1 (01:08:10):
I went.

Speaker 3 (01:08:11):
That infuriated the woman. They move that who are you
to even make a suggestion about what the by law says?
I to leave people think what was she supposed to do.

Speaker 1 (01:08:22):
After six hours?

Speaker 3 (01:08:23):
This is after she has since that clearance. Later she
sent her away. I'm trying to only eleventh of the
prayer Ryah went back to with Veronica be Less office.

Speaker 2 (01:08:36):
Family.

Speaker 3 (01:08:36):
This is a few days after the date the beg
her plea with her, please claim me for the month
of April.

Speaker 2 (01:08:44):
People should I say people?

Speaker 1 (01:08:46):
She said, no.

Speaker 3 (01:08:47):
Problem with you, okay, but nothing can be done now
we are finished monthly clearance. This is eleventh of a
press Did she bring all this to your notice at
this time in April?

Speaker 2 (01:08:58):
I'm a lawyer.

Speaker 3 (01:08:59):
I'm prevented all listens.

Speaker 2 (01:09:00):
I'm telling you myself, how prevented are listens?

Speaker 3 (01:09:03):
I'm telling you as far becas a proof of course,
and me like, get close on you?

Speaker 2 (01:09:08):
What's who? Are unready bringing you? The knees in the
mortgagics outware? What's that I undready bring in you? The
knees in the mortgagic is outwhere