NewsHour @9am 6-12

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Nigeria police force under the leadership of IGP Car Yodken has kept
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months since reports indicated that the US trained private intelligent officer
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Harrison Guamu who was invited to facilitate the rescue of a married couple husband and wife simply
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identified as Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim that was kidnapped since late November at their home in Aili community, a village
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near Achi Polytenic in the Etsico west local government area of Edeto state has
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been arrested and remanded to prison by a court sitting in Benin City, the Edeto
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state capital over allegations that the private intelligent officer Harrison Guamu underpaid the ransom money given
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to him to give to the kidnappers to rescue the married couple in captivity. The reports of Harrison Guamishu's
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arrest and subsequent remand to prison custody became widespread after a popular Nigeria social media activist
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Vincent Martin's oxay in a video statement on Friday morning alleged that he has facilitated the arrest of the
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private intelligent officer Harrison Guamnishu for allegedly removing 5.4
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million naira from the total amount given to him by the victim's family to help pay as ransom to the kidnappers.
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This occurred after the sting operations Guamnosu had prepared the ransom money
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for was probably aborted after a man whose real names may be Oshio Rema job
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Ace G leaked revealed and exposed the plan sensitive security information online. According to the suspect who
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leaked out the sensitive security operational plans of Guamu, Harrison Guamu never told the family he was going
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to remove some money from the ransom that the kidnappers said the money was not complete, hence only the wife was
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released. The man still held in captivity due to the incomplete ransom payment. The suspect Oshhio job Ace G in
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a video recorded statement stated that he was the one that helped facilitate the service of Harrison Guamnau when the
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family of the kidnapped victims requested for it. The action of the suspect may have prompted Harrison
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Guamnau to abort the sting operations. Obviously, for the safety of his personal life and the lives of Nigeria
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soldiers and other security operatives, he does use to execute and complete his sting operations against kidnappers,
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which often leads to the killing of the kidnappers and recovering of the total ransom paid. For the purpose of clarity,
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sting operations is a deceptive practice and undercover tactics used by journalist or intelligent officer or
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security operative to get closer to a suspected criminal or criminals in order to be more familiar with the criminals
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and the environment they operate. And the deceptive practice may include the journalist or intelligent officer or
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security operative pretending to give ransom money to kidnappers in a manner that can cause a delay and proper
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assessment of the environment before the security troops may launch offensive attack against the criminals. The action
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of ACE of leaking out sensitive security information may be of interest. Why Nigeria soldiers and other security
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operatives are being killed in large numbers whenever in previous and recent years the Nigeria security troops are on
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rescue missions including the recent mass killing of soldiers along with brigadier General Uber Musa and civilian
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JTF members at Wajerro village in Boro state by criminals. We are convinced
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that if Mr. Ace G and the family of the kidnapped victims were suspicious that Harrison Guamnau wanted to steal part of
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the money. They would have played along and allowed the private intelligent officer Harrison Guamnau to complete his
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sting operations. If only had Harrison completed the security operations and
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thereafter refused to disclose the money removed from the ransom money, then the
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accusation and allegation of possible stealing would have been reasonably acceptable. Harrison Guamnau in a
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statement said in reaction to the allegation of stealing that the kidnappers demanded 50 million naira
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from the family and the family negotiated with them. I don't negotiate with kidnappers. My assistance is to
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follow them up using tech which the police, military and local vigilantes are aware of. The family raised 20
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million naira to the kidnappers and the kidnappers told them that they will free only the woman because they were begging
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that she's pregnant. The family told me the kidnappers insisted on freeing only the woman. On Monday, I received a phone
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call from them saying the kidnappers are requesting for 20 million naira and I asked them for the two of them or just
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the woman. They said for the two. My work is to follow up with the money so
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we can get a realtime location and get the military to the exact location as we've done in the past with evidence to
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back it up. They took the money to the kidnappers and they released only the woman and didn't release the man. The
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people that went said the money was not counted by the kidnappers to know if he's below 20 million naira or above.
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They said the kidnappers only told them the money wasn't complete and they should go. They returned back and
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started a blame game and write in the DPO's office. I explained to them the
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strategies and plans we use. They said why didn't I tell them? I said I did
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because I remember telling them we will work on the money but how it's going to happen is what is not supposed to be
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revealed to anyone. I have informed the authorities who brought me to Edeto state and who understand better the
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strategy and I did not steal any money as alleged. I am open to investigation
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and the findings should be made public. Good afternoon. I get I very very down. So I just want
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explain my part for this matter. What I observe and what I know for this matter.
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Know they kidnap couple some days ago. We talk this matter. We
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beg the government they come help us maybe we stop his security.
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So the if the dad of the wife of the guy they kidnapping and the wife they come
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they tell me say they see say see me and we
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see my picture see when he help the other time all that see they see good
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work they see work for online say yes I get in contact now come carry
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my phone call pull the phone for speaker They say see what happen for the people
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the parents with me for they say they won't talk to you how give no
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they no rush them they let they call them you know he give the guidelines on how to follow up the issue say no worry
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you call help them for the matter so the girl brother can't follow up the
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matter so call me say they don't arrive at certain amount
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See after then um I call Harris tell these people how
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you call use our car he say he and he and them they talk I say good so when
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they call they come I want come out with you the next day call me say come out
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with say and that guy talk they don't meet up with something they don't agree okay good so when he come I call the guy
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say yes say they talk okay Good. I say come I go meet them I meet the guys see
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now people people when I know they very close to me they among good they arrange the money they carry the money come
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where they carry the money come we tell where they work on the money so bas You know I
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be person from this side now somebody know they stay together now from another
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place for come. So we have to tell the girl e brother say stay with inside the
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room stay with inside the room they are they do everything they arrange everything the money the amount where
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they call they inside they intact.
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So everything come everybody come down they wait for the call of the kidnappers
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right there with everybody without the sn maybe say god don't do all those people won't
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come out then we don't post pictures you know so
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next call they carry the money the boy carry follow the boy from this area
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they do all those work together. The boy bring the motor to come because I drive
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her to drive carry the money. So the boy brother
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come the boy brother say you need to follow this these people go deliver this money.
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So the other brother say and the brother go. I said no two brothers no work me one the one go they very very risky.
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I say okay they understand what they talk. Then they go the next day somebody
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around just call me say ah say that let her go say the money give kidnappers not
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correct now only the woman they leave made the woman who say the money they remove the husband follow body I
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surprised I weak I said what you call him brother yeah you see what they tell
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me say with sodia they want go the bush I said go the bush Show even the guy
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tell me say terrorist for say for come back my brother they don't release my brother
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cut the story short they come the next see DPO because before go there tell DPO
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around see what they go on they say okay make work together told
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collect money people come outside when we go come the h driver we drive See
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back they go jet side. So the problem with this with the driver say you know
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they go anywhere come we go back to he say he say following. So when the guy
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want come fight drive the motor back to the hotel where
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we don't then the guy come stand from here gate now say not let that guy go.
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Even the guy we get out the motor they take go be from this side as they let go they put the two from police van all of
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us go station went to station we wait we waited for call number they
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busy probably they make calls I don't know so the next thing they begin call DPO I don't know call DPO they begin
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call say Iris they do good work make work with her so they come call Iris so
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say get name for this town. We get the do our matter from here. All those guys they they lose if they lose patient this
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h this be drive away like we think will happen.
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So I have to talk to him in that manner because drive come
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all of us talk DP come talk to everybody talk say the way they do work you know
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they want person say comm money say you come out with say comm money you
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disappoint me you disappoint everybody you tell us say you want comm money how much you comm
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know how much you come no you don't tell know how much commote that money they say reach 10 million people
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He may follow him they go bring the money come follow him they reach
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the hotel money where you come out for inside money say you come money the
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money they supposed to see there for one place I the bag where they carry put it
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separate the money for all the bags now there police and say they bring money come down for lon car
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um a police station DP come
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5.4 4 million arising come for that money go give kidnapper I down I weak I
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tell them say I want to go sleep make I wait so they agree say go tomorrow make
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it come if the kidnappers come call talk say
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how much they see how much day they will not know how to go give the money with the release so now I move to See
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the day police station is say go do something
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saying 1 hour time we take come now come now you see the trust when we get for
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you disappoint us because you supposed to tell us say you want more money for that
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money you don't tell anybody and I call you when they tell me say that money not complete when those guys they come you
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tell me say the money complete now you come you 5.4 the money you come out you
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don't know but we count 5.4 4 million now come make we know how we want to do
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this matter follow up till now you never still come. So anywhere you har come
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back to no finalize this matter. Nobody know.
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So you know that money where you want. So it not good. They talk about one way
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they pay then you come pay down too big. If take for instance say you money based
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on things where you want do 5.4 for 4 million now you want guy you know they pity all those couples
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you know where they for see this money where they gather where they want give those people
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make I tell my own side of the story I greet everybody thank you very much good evening my name is Guamu okay so
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I'm being dragged on social media for this very case this very case I'm being
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dragged on social media what happened yesterday I was invited nobody paid me one kobo I fed our vehicle
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We left Asaba on our way going on. Our car broke down. Aubazi
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in Asaba brought another vehicle for us in Auchi in um on we travel to Auchi. Nobody paid
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us one ko. I not discuss money with anybody. We went there on our own to assist because we've been doing that for
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long and we succeeded. Yesterday we failed. Now yesterday when I got to um Auchi, I
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know the people want me to say things I'm not supposed to say because one reason why I went for Auchi, it failed.
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Yes, it failed. All right. Um the two victims that were kidnapped, the husband and wife, the wife was released before.
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Now the kidnappers told the family that they're going to release only the wife.
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Some things happened behind the scene which I cannot say here. There is no way I can say it. All right. But number one,
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nobody stole any money from anywhere. Nobody was arrested by the police.
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Nobody was h nobody ran away from from um from Edo state. Yesterday I was
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threatened. My life was threatened. My team people, my team members, Peter Chi,
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our life was threatened while in DPO's office yesterday. DPO
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said Harrison drop your car. I said you you said drop your car and thank God I dropped that vehicle because if not
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maybe I would have betrayed and have happened to me on the way. All right. So I left the vehicle. The vehicle is not
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my own. It belong to my colleague. I left the vehicle at the station. Nobody impounded the vehicle. DPO said please
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keep your vehicle here. I will give you security. DPI said this.
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If you're going anywhere I'll give you security. my policeman will go with you anywhere you want to go with when I know
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say such promises sometimes not they happen so this early morning I said no I have to leave I have to leave with you
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because the family said since they not released the man they have released the woman they don't want our services anymore we should pause we have to pause
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I can't say these things on social media space I can't a lot happened a lot happened behind the scene a lot of work
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we done already a lot of work we done already I was only trying to assist. I came I went there
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with intention to help and which I did. Unfortunately, the man was not released and now the
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blame is on me. They trying to shift the blame on me. Well, um it's fine. I'm not
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going to debunk anything. I'm not going to Okay, this is debunking. Yes, but I'm not going to say some stuff that we, you
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know, that we weaken what we have already built. I told you guys before that there are
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technologies that can be used to get the kidnappers and we've succeeded lot of
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lot of them has been utilized a lot of guns recovered millions of NRA
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ransom recovered which I do tend on social media space 5 million 400,000 NRA
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is not what will stay my name not on this mission it's not possible so every mission to strive every mission every uh
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plan to see how to weaken me to make me to stop doing this. It's not possible.
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If anybody have any um grievances against me, against my work, what I
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expect you to do is just put up petition, let the police investigate thoroughly. The police, DSS, the
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military can investigate thoroughly to know what went wrong. Last time we were in a DSS was was with
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us. I was the one who was leading who was providing the lead for what we were going for.
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We were in Obia a few days ago. I was the one who was at the forefront like
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like I'll be at the front. The ones carrying gun will be at my back.
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The ones with gun the ones with gun will be at my back. I'll be at the front leading the way. That is how risky it
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is. But there are things we are doing. There are things we are doing involving
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everything that I cannot I cannot talk about on social media space. All right. So, sorry guys if I disappoint you with
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my response like this. This is my response. All right. If you want to drag me anywhere, drag me. But one thing you
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should know is you cannot weaken what we have ped
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for free. Not just not for individual but to but to government, secret agencies and everybody. Love you guys.
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Thanks for your concern. Thanks for your fidelity. God bless you all. All right. So, Aris Guamu is in the
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police custody in Benin Edo state. He was arrested yesterday night. In all honesty, I initiated the call that led
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to his arrest. I did. And uh first of all, I'm really disappointed in
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everything, but I would wait for him to come out. And this time, I would want him to use his mouth to say the truth
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about what happened in Aji. You see when the whole thing happened they called me. When they told me I was
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surprised. So I had to make other calls spoke to the police
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asked different question. And when the story was true I was sad right immediately I told them something. I
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said I don't want to see this thing on social media. Please nobody should post it for a reason. They said no that they
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going to. I said no don't post it. And they assured me that they were not going to post it. Then later
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I saw a video online where one guy Z4 posted it. I called him. I said, "But I
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told you guys not to post this video." He said um that they accusing him because he's the one that called
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Harrison to come to Edo state. That they accusing him that him and Harrison did the business together and that if
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anything happened to the husband that in the bush that seen that would take responsibility for that. that that was
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why he panicked and he went to go post to clear his name. I said okay no problem. Then I went back online and saw
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that had now made his own video to explain but when I watched the video it was really gaslighting especially
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because I know the truth was gaslighting. I was more disappointed in him because he didn't manage it well,
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right? Trying to counter narrative and just seek sympathy and emotional
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manipulation and emotional blackmail of people. I was disappointed. Right.
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Anyways, he's in the police custody. I made that call and um when he comes out,
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I hope he would come and tell the public truth. As for the money whether he took it or not, this is a video when he
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returned the money. You see this? You see this bag like go bush? You need to upload it. Do you
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understand? You understand? Even the guy must go for must go. You upload them if you not do.
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So you could hear his voice there because they told them not to record. But one person managed the DP instructed
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him not to record. One person managed to bring that. his truck is in the police station in the do state and write down
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his opinion. So this way he's going to come out then if he come out and he does not say the truth I guess I will have to
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say it. Now I also need to highlight something. Some people say very dark man is probably jealous because um Harrison
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is getting audience of course because lately they've been comparing the both of us is the best activist very
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blah blah blah. So truth is um I am not an activist. I hate to be called an activist and I don't really care about
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that. When it comes to the audience, I have more audience than I do everybody. I get more engagement than it's not
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about jealousy. You know what my platform is for? My platform is for the truth. And when I see evil, I spill. But
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for arising, sentiment entered because we have we talk sometimes in the DM. Not always,
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but and I just go straight to the point with him in the game. straight to the point, you know, but I'm just
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disappointed honestly because honestly I thought he had changed,
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you know, but this one is just Yeah.
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If you didn't make that video to that light yesterday, I probably would have just let everything play out. Make it
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carry. Come on. Come on. Come on. Anyways, let's wait for to come out.
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Peace and love. Don't play. If you play gun I just want to make you people understand that arising is in police
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custody now and don't they agree
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on so many things I say if say you know they police as I
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talk to you make common on IG make it make video we see so my people this
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matter God will help us All right. So
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why did the kidnappers suspect that the 20 million is not complete? And why did the kidnappers start arguing with the
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people that came to make the drug? Because according to the kidnappers, the last person that paid ransom of 20
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million which they came to make the drug is about a girl. That money was not complete. When they released the girl,
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they found out that millions of NRA were missing from that money and it was replaced with cattle.
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So that was why they suspected immediately that that 20 million was not complete. But there was no time to count
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it. And the person that came to make the drop with Harrison's driver, the person
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that came to make the drop also suspected because the way they arranged the money,
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it's not the way the money came out. The money was scattered and then they arranged the money. So, but they had to
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confidently argue with the kidnappers because they know that there's no time for them to count it. At the end of the
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day, the kidnappers say, "Okay, I have been doing this business for 15 years. If I see 100 million, I know it's
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100 million. This money is not 20 million but this is what we'll do. We'll give you the wife to take.
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Do you understand? Listen, we'll give you the wife to go with then we'll count the money. If we count the money and it
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is complete 20 million, we will give the husband transportation money to come back home. But do you know where the
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problem is? They did not say what they will do if they find out the money is not complete.
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You see where there's a problem now? So they left with the wife and when they
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got there the guy started arguing that Harrison the way they rearranged the money and when we got there is different
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some money is missing. Harrison argued eventually Harrison
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agreed say carry money. You remember the goal of all of this is to make sure
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the husband and wife is released. They don't release wife he remain husband kidnapper don't talk say they could
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release the husband if the money they complete but they did not say what they would do if that money is not complete
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and as I speak to you now kidnappers have still not reached out to the family as I speak to you now they are still not
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sure if kidnapper don't buy the man or not but god forbid now
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when I heard about it I told them do not come on the media because I had calculated a lot of things. I said just
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keep quiet. Keep the kidnappers guessing. If you people made a mistake
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or not, let's just wait for their call. That was what was going on in my head. Then one of them I went to go and make a
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video out of the threat that they were threatening him that he is the one that brought Harrison
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and if anything happened to their brother now him they will enter. That's why I went to go and make a video that
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Harrison carried money but Harrison made one mistake.
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Remember somebody day in captivity with kidnappers. Harrison would have just
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made a video to say we are working on getting the guy out for now. I don't have anything to say. That will also
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keep the keep the kidnappers guessing. But that is he made a very big mistake.
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Do you understand? Because those people, the family, they are waiting that if the
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kidnappers call, they will tell them that see the person that is supposed to come and make the drop took some money
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out of it. It has nothing to do with us. We are not playing with you. So their prayer of the family is that they call
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back. Then these people went on the media. Now I see now further made a mistake.
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What is the mistake? Number one, nobody stole any money from anywhere.
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I told you guys before that there are technologies that can be used to get the
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kidnappers and we've succeeded lot of lot of them has been utilized a lot of
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guns recovered millions of some recovered said no money was missing
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by saying no money was missing remember these people did social media this kidnapp on social media by saying this
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no money was missing is indirect ly spoiling the chances that the family have
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that chance of saying if kidnapper later call them they go tell them say see what happened it is not us see who carry
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money no ve but we'll bring the money back please return our brother we did not plan to scam you we did not plan to
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lie to you we are sorry ruined the chance
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by saying nothing was missing he didn't just stop there he went on to say they have technologies to neutralize to
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collect and all that Another message to these kidnappers that are holding this man. There's a possible
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chance that they are being set up and that money that is missing is a sign of
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something a technology that is somewhere. You see this is the part where I decide
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to step in. I also needed to send a message because Harrison has a big
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bigger platform than the people accusing him. So I needed to send a message to the kidnappers that this family did not plan
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to scam you. So I took the money.
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That's why I initiated the call. But again up till now these kidnappers
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have not called and I hope they've not that man. You see where is the problem now and
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this is why I made the call. It was to send a message to them that the family know. And if they watch this video, the
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family know. It was a mistake.
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They didn't plan to scam you or lie to you.
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Do you understand? That's number one. Number two, you see I am actually
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protecting him because if message come, God forbid say
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they buy that man is going to let everything go to say you don't carry money
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for release and the wife
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you see the problem. So for that station where day is the best place he can be right now and let's
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hope and pray that they release that man. But like I said to the kidnappers now our video the family no plan to scam
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her again I watch the recent video
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why you didn't need to see all of that
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kidnapper talk say the man release the woman release. No,
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he say the DPO now said that that they did not arrest him. The DPO just collected his car that he wants to keep.
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The story did not connect. But yes, the DPO did not arrest him eventually
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because Harrison said he didn't take the money. After a while, he agreed and he brought the one he took. The DP could
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not arrest him. Why? According to the DPU, Harrison told him that his boys are
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already clamping down on the kidnappers that they have seen where the kidnappers are is just to arrest them.
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So the DPO could not arrest Harrison. So that tomorrow cannot say will not say ah
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you almost arrested them. If not that the DPO detained me would have arrested all of them. That's why the DPO let him
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go that night and say okay your truck will be here cuz the DPO it was between the devil and
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the see they say okay they go
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then in the morning he moved the I needed to do some internet control
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that was why that's why they let him go
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do you understand but the main thing is that that man is still there. They've
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not received any call from the kidnappers yet at all.
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See you. And again, yeah, I'm scared because the kidnappers are saying the last money where they come drop for one person
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where they kidnap, they remove money inside, they replace her with paper.
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I needed to do what I had to do to just send the message. I have a bigger platform. They go see. I had to do what
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I just to let them know this family don't get anything to do with the money and miss they don't say they use them
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play from there they come go buy the man that's it nothing more and for those of
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you saying it's a setup a trap that is made for a rat in the
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house cannot catch a cat because the cat does not move like the rat
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I repeat a trap that was set for a rat in the house cannot catch a cat because
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a cat does not move like a heart. If it was a setup, did he take the money? The setup needed to be complete.
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If he took it, if he didn't take it, there will not be any setup. Just for you people thinking it's a setup, there
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will not be any set up. But my point is this to the kidnappers and go, the
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family have nothing to do with that money that is missing and they don't intend to play games with you. Please
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release the husband. Please release the husband. Please to use the husband.
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The money can be completed and arranged and sent back to you. Any location run
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and come change your location anything. In short, you can have it taken anywhere. Please do not hurt that man.
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Has nothing to do with them. Family do not do anything. Please,
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please, please. bring you the news in a more digital
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way. Nigeria's prominent music icon, Innocent Idia aka Twoface Idibia, has
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cried out for help after domestic violence he had with his new wife Natasha during social media live stream
33:50
organized by Danny Freeze on Monday over allegations and video evidence that
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surfaced online showing Twoface Idibia being arrested with the two of his hands
34:00
handcuffed at the back in London due to altercations he had with his new wife Natasha. The act of domestic violence
34:07
between the African queen music kuna and his new wife has drawn the attention of the Edeto state house of assembly and
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the house of assembly on Tuesday summoned the wife. Natasha who is also a member of parliament in the Edeto state
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house of assembly to appear before its disciplinary committee on ethics over what the state assembly described as a
34:28
behavior capable of embarrassing the house. It may be recalled that at the beginning of the year, Twoface Idibia
34:34
announced his breakup with Annie McCauley in January 2025 and presented
34:40
Natasha as new wife to be soon Twoface younger brother. Charles Idibia came
34:46
online and said his elder brother. Two barber has moved from frying pan to burning furnace expressing deep
34:53
displeasure over the choice of honorable Natasha as a wife. Two-faced Idia in an
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Instagram story a few hours ago made a simple post with a write up. Help me. He
35:05
did not state what he wants people to help him with or give a clearer picture of whatever he needed help for. Many
35:11
people in the society included suggested the needed help may not be unconnected with marital issues he's probably having
35:18
with his new wife Natasha. But in a video later today, he said, "This is
35:24
getting out of hand. It's a very dangerous situation. I understand what
35:29
fans can do, but I am perfectly okay. This is putting Natasha at risk. Please,
35:35
I need everybody to calm down and see SF re. We're going to resolve all these
35:40
issues. People day get issues for House Nobi today. Please friends, family,
35:46
everybody cease fire, please. I am perfectly fine. I didn't post that post.
35:52
The Nigerian music icon. Two-face Idibia addressed growing concerns after a troubling post circulated online
35:58
suggesting he was in distress and calling for help. The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the wife
36:05
and the lawmaker representing Iiggore constituency Natasha E Robosa to explain
36:11
what members describe as behavior capable of embarrassing the house after videos of the legislator who is married
36:17
to music star innocent two barber Idia kept spreading online. According to the
36:24
speaker blessing Abbeeku, the lawmaker must appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges within one week
36:31
to respond to the allegation of misconduct linked to her recent actions. Agaku said, "Honorable Natasha E. Robosa
36:39
has been summoned to appear before the ethics and privilege committee of the assembly due to her recent conduct which
36:45
has been trending online. This conduct drags the name of the house into the mud and it is the responsibility of the
36:52
members of the assembly to conduct themselves well. This house has cable minds, educated people who had been
36:59
dragged in the mud for too long by our colleague, Honorable Natasha. She has been trending on social media and
37:06
television for the wrong reason. The House has members who know what they are doing and the attitude of our member has
37:13
brought this house to disrepute and we will not tolerate it. The speaker noted that the committee would submit its
37:19
finding to the house in two weeks time. Eroosa has been trending for the wrong
37:24
reasons recently after a video where she was having an altercation with her husband, innocent Idia surfaced online.
37:32
A tense moment erupted when two barber suddenly joined an online meeting Daddy Freeze hosted for the singer's former
37:38
managers. Viewers couldn't believe what followed next as two barber's wife
37:43
Natasha Asawaru bumped into him while he was on air. The social media broadcast
37:49
featured two of the singer's former management associates Kakari Bokay and Lorie Tozen who alleged that Natasha was
37:56
exerting excessive control over his personal and professional affairs. During the session, the duo claimed the
38:03
lawmaker often displayed violent outbursts and referenced previous incidents involving the couple,
38:09
including an alleged domestic disturbance in the United Kingdom. While the claims were being made, Tub Barber
38:15
abruptly joined the live stream and ordered the former managers to stop discussing his private life. Moments
38:22
later, raised voices believed to be the singer and his wife were heard in the background before the session ended
38:28
abruptly. The development has heightened public scrutiny of the couple's relationship which became public after
38:34
two barber announced his separation from actress Annie Idia in January. He
38:40
proposed to Asawu in February and the pair tied the knot in July. The latest
38:45
controversy follows earlier claims that the singer was briefly taken into police custody in the UK after an alleged
38:52
altercation with Natasha during his tour in October. Although two barber
38:57
dismissed that account, insisting he missed a show due to a medical emergency, the claims resurfaced after
39:03
the live session. Kaka Igbokquay, former manager of Two Face and of the late
39:09
Nigerian music legend Christy Essen Igbokquay, confirmed that the old trending video of Two Barber being
39:15
arrested in London after he had a heated altercation with his pregnant wife, Natasha Asawa, was true. Recall that two
39:23
barber traveled to the United Kingdom in the company of his pregnant wife for a concert tour, but missed a scheduled
39:30
show on October 2nd, 2025. His absence led to rumors that he had
39:35
been arrested after a fight with his new wife, who is also a lawmaker in Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Asawaru
39:43
at the airport. However, confirming the report while featuring on Daddy Freez's
39:48
Instagram live session on Monday evening, Igbokquay said, "Everything you heard about the couple's face off was
39:55
true." Narrating how the altercation happened, Igbquay, who was part of the
40:00
London team and was in the same flight with them, said Natasha got upset when she felt two barber abandoned her after
40:07
they landed at the airport and strolled away with fans who ushered him into her shop. However, when the African Queen
40:15
Kruna realized that Natasha was left behind, he hurriedly ran back to her as she lashed out at him, leading to his
40:22
being arrested and handcuffed. The video, which was posted on December 1st,
40:27
2025, had sparked fresh debate online with many Nigerians revisiting a story
40:33
Taba had already denied. In a video posted on Instagram, Tuba denied the
40:39
reports and explained that he missed the show because of a medical emergency. At the time, he and fans dismissed the
40:46
report, but the story continued to circulate on gossip sites and social media. The controversy returned after
40:53
Tosen Silverdom, a blogger, posted what he described as new evidence, a video
40:58
clip on Instagram and X on December 1st, which he said shows two barber being arrested at London's Gatwick airport
41:05
after a heated argument with Natasha. In the caption, he wrote, "Video of Tface
41:11
Idia being arrested by the police in the UK after an alleged altercation with his wife Natasha and video of heated
41:18
argument at the airport. The video is finally out. Screenshots from the clip
41:23
shared by commentators appear to show offices speaking with two barber outside a store before escorting him out of the
41:30
building. We have reported that after watching his elder brother, innocent Idia aka Twoface, took to Instagram,
41:38
social media early morning, midnight to post a video of him, Two-Face, apologizing to Natasha Asawu and the
41:45
general public over the opinion he had expressed in a podcast interview. The African Queen music maestro's younger
41:52
brother Charles Idibia aka Charlie Brave also took to Instagram nearly around
41:57
noon to narrate how his elder brother Too Faced is currently in allegedly living in bondage in the hand of Natasha
42:04
Asawaru specifically stating that it was Natasha Asawu who used Twoface social
42:09
media handle to announce to the public Twofac's marriage breakup with Annie McCauley adding Natasha Asawaru do go
42:17
through Twoface phone deleting WhatsApp messages she does not like. Narrating also how Natasha Asawu allegedly
42:24
impersonated Twoface by thus writing on Twoface social media page where the
42:30
allegedly impersonated Twof Face was seen to have asked the general public to help him beg Natasha Asawaru to marry
42:37
him. This Charles Idibia said his elder brother to Barber has moved from a
42:43
frying pan that almost killed him to an industrial furnace that will completely destroy him and his career legacy.
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pressure
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this kind of mind get when
43:14
nobody hear this kind of thing. Wow. Peace of mind.
43:28
Please.
43:47
Don't worry. Don't worry.
43:52
No worries. You are working.
44:05
It's not fair on anybody has joined. It's not fair.
44:11
So please, I need everybody to calm down. I need everybody.
44:16
You need to shut the up. You need to just shut the up. You need to shut the up, man.
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is getting out of fire. Kids, friends, family, everybody.
44:33
I beg you. I am perfectly fine. I did not
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please. Please. I'm okay. Please.
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This is a dangerous situation right now. I know what
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I am.
45:05
Guys, calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Let's Let's It's not fair on anybody to do this kind
45:10
of thing. It's not fair on anybody at all. So, please, I need everybody to
45:16
calm down. Let's hope that there will be some stability so we can
45:21
bring you the news in a more digital way. Presidency under the command and control
45:27
of President Bola Ahmed Tonubu has said that if the ex-president of Nigeria
45:32
Elusigan Obisanj wished to help in addressing apparent worsening security situations in the West Africa country.
45:39
Obisanj must first acknowledge the past failures that allowed terrorists to gain a foothold and then support ongoing
45:46
efforts not undermine them the presidency through the office of the special adviser to the president on
45:52
media and communications. Sunday Dar stated this few days ago in reactions to
45:57
the statement of Aasanjo that Nigerians have rights to call on international communities intervention if the
46:04
government can no longer protect them. Stating that the terrorists also kill people of other religions should not be
46:10
an excuse. This Oberasanjjo said while he was speaking at a Christmas carol event in Jos Plateau state after
46:18
President Donald Trump of the United States. US had raised alarm of what the US president described as Christians
46:25
genocide in Nigeria and threatened to send US troops to Nigeria if the killing
46:30
of Christians continued by the suspected Islamic terrorists. A presidential statement that has seen spike in the
46:37
activities of kidnapping and killings in Nigeria and thus creating more attention to the apparent unsafe nature of the
46:44
country which included the abduction of 25 school girls from government girls
46:49
comprehensive secondary school MAGA Kebi the kidnapping of 38 worshippers in Arku
46:55
quara and the mass abduction of over 300 students and teachers still in captivity
47:01
at a Catholic school in Niger state with daily wave of coordinated attacks across
47:06
the northern and southern parts of the country wherein the bandits often suspected to be fani herdsmen have
47:12
abducted moniks worshippers a bride married couples students and travelers
47:17
taking at least 600 people as captives within 14 days and the rising unsafe
47:23
nature of things could have made the Nigeria's defense minister Al-Haji Muhammad Badaru Abu Bakr to tend a
47:30
resignation letter on Monday while the immediate past chief of defense staff General Christopher Musa has since been
47:36
appointed as the new defense minister and the Senate has scheduled today Wednesday for his screening in line with
47:42
the law and constitutional procedures of the Africa country. According to Oasis,
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no matter what religion you belong to, no matter where you come from, no matter what profession, we Nigerians are being
47:55
killed and our governments seem to be incapable of protecting us. We are part
48:01
of the world community. If our government cannot do it, we have right to call on the international community
48:07
to do for us what our government cannot do for us. And for anybody to say because those who are being killed
48:13
belong to this region, belong to this religion, belong to this tribe and then others too are being killed cannot be an
48:20
acceptable excuse. Before I left government, I know we had capacity to
48:25
pick up anybody in Nigeria who commits crime anywhere. The capacity that we
48:30
didn't have then is after we have identified and located such a criminal. We have no capacity to be able to pick
48:37
him up without moving on land or by air. Now we have capacity with drones. You
48:43
can take him up. Why are we not doing that? Why are we apologizing? Why are we
48:48
negotiating? In a statement on Sunday, Dar warned that Oasis comments risk
48:54
distorting the security realities and undermining public confidence. He argued
48:59
that if the former president truly intends to contribute meaningfully, he must first accept responsibility for
49:05
past failures. Sunday Dar in the statement titled between Tonubu's
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capability and the ignability of pseudo statesmanship stated that the recent
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comments by a former president and a few habitual presidential aspirants attempting to paint the tonubu
49:22
administration unable to protect Nigerians are not merely hypocritical but ignoble. They ignore the hard truth
49:30
Nigeria is facing terrorists. All of them by every definition, be they
49:35
international, regional or local. Yet the very individuals who looked away
49:41
when these threats first sprouted now want to sit in judgment. Nigerians know
49:46
better. The suggestion that Nigeria should effectively subcontract its internal security to foreign governments
49:52
is not statesmanship. It is capitulation. Before recommending surrender, the
49:58
former president should reflect on what he failed to do when these terrorists first began organizing under his watch.
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One, Nigeria is under attack by terrorists. Full stop. No euphemisms. No
50:11
soft language. The people killing Nigerians, raiding villages, kidnapping
50:16
innocents, blowing up infrastructure, and challenging state authority are terrorists. Whether they fly a foreign
50:23
flag or none at all, Nigeria today confronts a multi-layered terrorist ecosystem that includes internationally
50:30
designated terror organizations, ISIS linked and alqaeda linked franchises across the Sahil, local
50:38
violent extremist groups masquerading as bandits, crossber terrorist cells
50:43
exploiting poorest frontiers, ideological insurgents, and criminal terror hybrids operating in ungoverned
50:50
spaces. These actors collaborate. They share money, ideology, weapons,
50:56
intelligence, and logistics. The goal is the same. To break the Nigerian state
51:01
and subjugate its people. Let's call them what they all are, terrorists. Two,
51:07
terrorism took root on his watch and grew because it was not stopped. It is historical fact that the ideological
51:15
foundations and early cells of Boohh Haram were incubated during Oasis civilian presidency. While they
51:22
recruited, indoctrinated, built camps, and flaunted authority, the state failed
51:27
to act decisively. What began as a preventable extremist sect transformed
51:32
into a violent insurgency, a crossber terrorist franchise, a regional menace
51:39
aligned with global jihadist movements. For the leader under whom the first seeds of terrorism were allowed to
51:45
germinate to now issue public lectures is not just ironic, it is reckless.
51:50
Three, Tonubu's strategy meets the threat headon. President Tonubu is not
51:55
facing a conventional security challenge. He is confronting terrorism in full spectrum form both internal and
52:03
transnational. His strategy is clear. Kinetic pressure, modernizing military capability,
52:10
intensifying intelligence-led operations, squeezing terrorist mobility and dismantling logistics, retaking and
52:17
holding territory, non-kinetic dominance, restoring governance in underserved and contested zones.
52:24
Deploying economic stabilization and community programs. Counter radicalization and reintegration
52:30
initiatives. Building trust to deny terrorists the human terrain they exploit. Whole of government. Whole of
52:37
nation. Because terrorists thrive in division. Nigeria defeats them through
52:42
unity. Sovereignty first. Nigeria will cooperate internationally. Yes. But it
52:48
will not outsource its security or raise a white flag because someone who once had the chance lost his nerve. Yes,
52:56
Nigeria needs the support and understanding of the United States and that is already ongoing. And of course,
53:02
the collaboration of other allied nations. The crime at hand is transnational. Every ungoverned space
53:09
must come under scrutiny. Four leaders who undermine Nigeria strengthen
53:14
terrorists. When former leaders disparage the nation's capacity, they hand psychological victories to the very
53:21
terrorists murdering, kidnapping and extorting Nigerians, terrorizing Nigerians in plain language. A real
53:28
statesman offers support, not sound bites. If Aubanjo wishes to help, he
53:34
should acknowledge the past failures that allowed terrorists to gain a foothold and then support ongoing
53:40
efforts, not undermine them. Let him put his position and connections at Nigeria's disposal like he has done for
53:47
other countries. Not seek to put down an administration that is fully engaging in many fronts. Economic turnaround
53:54
providing security and building key infrastructure. Five. Under Tonubu,
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Nigeria will defeat terrorism. President Bola Ahmed Tonubu remains committed to
54:05
securing every inch of Nigeria by confronting terrorists with strength, unity, and a whole of government
54:12
strategy. Let all patriots join hands now and not raise alarms. This
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administration will not be distracted by selective amnesia wrapped in elder statesmanship. Nor will it allow those
54:23
who midwife Nigeria's early security failures to rewrite history.
54:30
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