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It may be true that there are certain
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things people do to others. They may not
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take the same from anyone. This
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assertion appeared to have come into
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play in the current administration of
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Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tanubu who
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in the era of President Good Luck Abel
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Jonathan apparently used spin logic to
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always make false statements, incite the
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public against the government, destroy
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the reputation and personality of the
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then president Good Luck of LA Jonathan.
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As you may know, spin logic in
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communication is a public relations
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campaign strategy that uses deliberate
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biased or misleading interpretations of
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events and information to influence
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public perception. In one of the viral
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videos between 2012 and 2014 in the
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history of politics in Nigeria,
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President Bola Ahmed Tonubu, who was
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then a chieftain of the defunct action
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congress of Nigeria, ACN, and later All
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Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly
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told a gathering of thousands of people
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that the then President Good Luck
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Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should
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face death or starve to death. directly
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or indirectly saying that the then
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president Jonathan did not care about
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the well-being of his people. Till date,
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Tonubu has not shown any evidence to
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back up his claim that the people are
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hungry. President Jonathan said they
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should face death. And in some
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occasions, Tonubu called on the police
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not to attack protesters. Specifically,
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on November 29th, 2013, Tonubu tweeted
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via Twitter now exocial media platform
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that police do not attack protesters.
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Your children are involved. Your lives
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are involved. Your children's future lie
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here and urged millions of Nigerians to
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protest peacefully against the Jonathan
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le government. And in one of the
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protests, occupy Niger allegedly
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sponsored by Bola Ahmed Tanugu.
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According to Reno, who was then a media
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spokesperson to Jonathan, the then
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president Jonathan's photo was placed on
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a coffin as a dead man and the coffin
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was labeled RIP, meaning rest in peace.
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Also in February 2011, as reported by
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Nigeria media, Tonubu described the then
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president Good Luck Jonathan as a
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drunkard sinking fisherman. A word that
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appears to falsely describe the then
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president Jonathan as a man that always
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take too much of alcohol to the extent
3:03
of losing control of his behavior. But
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under the same tonubu who is now the
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president of Nigeria, the state security
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service ss also known as the department
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of state service has filed a court case
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against Facebook and exocial media
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companies over a post published
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separately on August 25th and 26, 2025
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by a well-known human rights activist
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and anti-government critic Samare and
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his online media Sahare reporters And in
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the fivecount charges, the DSS accused
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Amy Saware of making defamatory or false
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statements against the person of
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President Bola Ahmed Tonubu for
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describing the president as a criminal
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after the president allegedly said there
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is no more corruption in Nigeria. In the
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legal battle, Amy Saware has also gone
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to court to stop Facebook exocial media
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from deleting his posts and sued the DSS
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for unconstitutional media censorship.
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The DSS in the suit marked FHC ABJC Cr
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also joined Meta, the parent company of
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Facebook and Xcorporation as defendants
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at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The
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criminal charges filed and dated
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September 16th was filed by Muhammad Abu
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Bakr, Director of Public Prosecutions,
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Federal Ministry of Justice after the
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DSS wrote to Facebook, Hex and Saware to
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delete the post and deactivate Saware
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account, but the parties appeared to
4:38
have refused to honor the DSS requests.
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In the 5-count charge, Saware, the
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publisher of Sahare Reporters, was
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alleged to have made a false claim
4:48
against the person of the president by
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referring to him as a criminal. Saware,
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the presidential candidate of the
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African Action Congress, AAC, in 2019
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and 2023 in the charges accused of
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contravening the provisions of the Cyber
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Crimes Prohibition, Prevention, etc.
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Count one of the charge alleged that
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Saware on or about August 25th did use
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his official exhandle page at Yellow
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Saware to send out a message tweet. The
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message is said to be this criminal at
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official Pabat actually went to Brazil
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to state that there is no more
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corruption under his regime in Nigeria.
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What audacity to lie shamelessly. The
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message which he knew to be false was
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posted for the purpose of causing a
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breakdown of law and order in the
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country especially among individuals who
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hold divergent views on the personality
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of the president and commander and chief
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of the armed forces of the federal
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republic of Nigeria. Bolar Ahmed Tonubu
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The offense is said to be contrary to
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of the cyber crimes prohibition
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prevention etc amendment act 2024 among
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other counts. Meanwhile
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Saware also filed a lawsuit against the
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DSS and owners of Meta and Xcorporation
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not to delete his posts saying the issue
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is about principles not personality.
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Saware originating summon reads, "On
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behalf of our client, Ammy Saware, we
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have filed two fundamental rights
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actions at the Federal High Court,
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Abuja, against the State Security
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Service, SSS, Meta, owners of Facebook,
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and Xcorporation, formerly Twitter.
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These suits were filed to challenge the
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unconstitutional censorship initiated by
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the DSS, SSS, against Saware's accounts
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maintained with Meta and X." The lawsuit
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states categorically that this is about
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the survival of free speech in Nigeria.
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If state agencies can dictate to global
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platforms who may speak and what may be
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said, then no Nigerian is safe. Their
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voices will be silenced at the whim of
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those in power. Censorship of political
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criticism is alien to democracy. The
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Constitution of the Federal Republic of
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Nigeria in section 39 guarantees every
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citizen the right to freedom of
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expression without interference. No
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security agency, no matter how powerful,
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can suspend or delete those rights. Meta
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and X must also understand this. When
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they bow to unlawful censorship demands,
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they become complicit in the suppression
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of liberty. They cannot hide behind
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neutrality while authoritarianism is
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exported onto their platforms. Our
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prayers before the court are simple.
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That the SSS has no power in nor to
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censor Nigerians on social media. That
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Meta and X must not lend their platforms
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as tools of repression. And that our
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clients rights and by extension the
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rights of all Nigerians be fully
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protected against unlawful censorship.
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We call on all lovers of freedom,
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journalists, human rights defenders and
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the Nigerian people to stand firm. Today
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it is sore. Tomorrow it may be you. This
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struggle is not about personalities. It
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is about principle and we shall resist
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every attempt to turn Nigeria into a
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digital dictatorship.
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signed to temoken of toe teoken chambers
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Lagos Esquire on the 16th of September
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We had reported that as people of Nepal
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in South Asia country took to the
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streets in an unprecedented manner to
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protest an end to corruption and bad
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leadership in the country during the
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week after a short-lived ban on social
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media by the Nepalese government.
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Nigeria secret police known as
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Department of State Security Service.
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DSS appeared to have doubled efforts
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apparently to avert the unpleasant Nepal
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situation in the West Africa country. A
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situation where some politicians in the
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South Asia country tasted the bitter
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side of their citizens like never
9:03
before. this the DSS has appeared to be
9:05
on the neck of exocial media management
9:08
to ensure the deletion of a post tweeted
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by the founder of Sahare reporters news
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media and a well-known anti-government
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critic Saware that allegedly described
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the Nigeria president Bola Ahmed Tonubu
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as a criminal a statement Saware made in
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reaction to the words of President Bola
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Ahmed Tonubu over corruption in Nigeria
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while the president was on official
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visit in Brazil the DS SS sensor warare
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misrepresented the president's statement
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and as such the supporters of the
9:38
president are not happy over it. Hence
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the security service demanded a
9:42
retracted publication from saware but in
9:46
a swift reaction declined and accused
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the DSS of always acting illegally.
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Hunger is increasing. They say stop.
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Most of you don't know
9:56
unemployment is a cause. They say yes we
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know in Lagos. Why are the people
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hungry? Then let them face death.
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But again, I can't say it enough.
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That is what is in Abuja with the kind
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in all this in this election.
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The current way of governness
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nation building impossible.
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What it does make poverty and the
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erosion of just society inevitable.
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We have gathered at this hour in this
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place to put an end to the national
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corrosion and corruption.
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We have assembled here today to bring a
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in Nigeria to our people to generate
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electricity. Today the Nigerian people
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are decent and hardworking people.
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