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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski
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has continued to make phone calls with
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world leaders since President Donald
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Trump of the United States. US announced
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that President Vladimir Putin of Russia
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will meet with him next week, Friday, in
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the US state of Alaska and stated while
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answering questions from the White House
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reporters that there will be some
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swapping of territories to the
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betterment of both Ukraine and Russia,
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specifically saying, "We will get some
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back and we will get some switched.
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There will be some swapping of
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territories to the betterment of both. A
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statement that immediately and
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apparently drew the attention of the
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Ukrainian president Vladimir Zalinski,
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who have issued series of video and
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written press releases since President
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Donald Trump made the announcement,
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insisting that Ukraine will not seed any
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of its territory to Russia for the
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purpose of peace or to end the war,
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emphasizing that it was because
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President Putin occupied part of Ukraine
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territory in the past and assembled its
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troops Ukrainian borders without
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preventive punishment.
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made him to start full-scale war with
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Ukraine since 2022, adding that the path
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to peace for Ukraine must be determined
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together with Ukraine. This is
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fundamental. It is important that joint
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approaches and a shared vision work
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toward genuine peace, a consolidated
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position, ceasefire, end of occupation,
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end of war. According to Trump, the
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highly anticipated meeting between
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myself as President of the United States
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of America and President Vladimir Putin
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of Russia will take place next Friday,
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August 15th, 2025 in the great state of
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Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank
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you for your attention to this matter.
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Zilinski in a series of press releases
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on Saturday said, "I have not heard any
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partners express doubts about America's
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ability to ensure that the war ends. The
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president of the United States has the
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levers and the determination.
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Ukraine has supported all of President
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Trump's proposals starting back in
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February. Ceasefire. All formats have
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been supported. What is needed now is
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not a pause in the killings, but a real
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lasting peace. Not a ceasefire sometime
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in the future, in months, but
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immediately. President Trump told me so,
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and I fully support it. There must be a
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just end to the war, and it is Russia
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that must end the war it started.
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Ukraine and all partners share the same
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understanding of the need for a
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ceasefire, for an end to the killings.
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There is only one actor opposing this,
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Putin. His only card is the ability to
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kill and he is trying to sell the
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sessation of killings at the highest
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possible price. It is important that
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this does not mislead anyone. Results
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are needed at the leader level.
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Dignified results, results that will
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save lives, that the world will value
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and for which it will be grateful to the
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leader who delivers them. Everyone
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clearly sees Putin's tactics. He fears
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sanctions and is doing everything to
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bail on them. He wants to exchange a
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pause in the war, in the killings, for
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the legalization of the occupation of
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our land. He wants to get territorial
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spoils for the second time. Putin was
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allowed to take Crimea and this led to
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the occupation in Donesk and Luhansk
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regions. He received no preventive
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punishment when he amassed a contingent
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on our borders. This led to the full
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Nigeria police force has refuted claims
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that its men manhandled. Sahare
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reporters publisher Amy Saware inside
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cell after the media personnel honored
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the invitation sent him from the office
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of the inspector general of police IGP
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over allegations of forgery and criminal
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defamation of characters with the police
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stating in a press release signed and
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made available after the detained media
3:54
publisher was released on Friday night
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that Saware allegedly brought bandages
3:59
alongside other personal items when he
4:02
came to the station to honor the police
4:05
And when the IGP ordered internal
4:07
investigation to ascertain if truly the
4:09
media publisher was tortured as claimed,
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Sare refused to allow medical personnel
4:14
from the Nigeria police force check the
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alleged injury on his hand he had
4:19
claimed he suffered as a result of the
4:21
police personnel brutality while inside
4:23
cell. Meanwhile, as at the time, Sare
4:27
was released on Friday night, bandages
4:29
were still seen wrapped around one of
4:31
his hands, as seen in the video while he
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was coming out from the IGP rapid
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response team, IT police detention
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facilities in Abuja, as stated by Saware
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in the video. Shortly after his release
4:44
from detention facilities at the IGP
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rapid response team on Friday, Saware
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posted on his social media handles and
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said that freedom is never given. It is
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not a gift from the powerful nor a token
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handed down by the oppressor. It must be
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seized with raw courage, with clarity,
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and with collective will. Those who sit
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in power never give it up willingly.
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That's why we take it back because
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freedom is ours and we will fight until
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it is no longer a dream but a lived
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reality. Nigeria police force in a
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statement issued on August 8th, 2025 and
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made available to the public said the
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Nigeria Police Force is compelled to
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address and decisively correct the
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recent wave of disinformation being
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pedled in connection with the lawful
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arrest and detention of Mr. Ali Saware,
5:36
a figure known for manipulating public
5:38
narratives and weaponizing propaganda to
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malign state institutions and their
5:42
leadership, particularly the office of
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the inspector general of police.
5:46
Contrary to the falsehoods being
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circulated, Mr. Saware was arrested
5:51
based on credible corroborated
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allegations involving criminal offenses
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such as forgery, cyberstalking, and
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other infractions currently under active
6:00
investigation. The arrest was affected
6:03
in full compliance with extant legal
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provisions and with strict adherence to
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constitutional safeguards, due process,
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and the rights of the suspect. To be
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clear, Mr. Sare was released on bail
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well within the 48-hour constitutional
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window in accordance with the provisions
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of the 1999 constitution of the Federal
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Republic of Nigeria as amended. He is
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fully aware of the nature of the
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allegations against him and has been
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duly informed of the charges. He is
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expected to appear before a court of
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competent jurisdiction in the coming
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days to answer to the accusations in a
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lawful and transparent judicial process.
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Equally false and grossly misleading is
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the narrative suggesting that Mr. Saware
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was tortured or subjected to any form of
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inhuman or degrading treatment while in
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custody. The Nigeria Police Force
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maintains a zero to human rights
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activist and founder of Sahare Reporters
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News Network, Amy Saware, has been
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reportedly manhandled on Thursday early
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morning inside police cell by offices
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from the Inspector General of Police IGP
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monitoring unit after the journalist
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honored the invitation sent him from the
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office of the Inspector General of
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Police for a reason not stated, but the
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media personnel working with Amiel
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Saware in a statement on Thursday made
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available through the verified personal
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social media handles of Saware said that
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the police presented two petitions
7:35
against Saware over alleged forgery and
7:38
defamation of character adding that some
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police officers from the IGP monitoring
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unit as early as 6:00 a.m. on Thursday
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entered Saware cell at the force
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intelligence department in Abuja with
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alleged pretends to take the media
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publisher to court. But when the
7:55
journalist demanded to see the charges
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against him, he was allegedly handled
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roughly by a team of armed policemen.
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This barristister Adanju Deji petitioned
8:04
the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed
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Tanubu, demanding the immediate
8:09
dismissal of the IGP, Kyote Egen for
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allegedly abusing his office by thus
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using his highranking office in the
8:17
Nigeria police force to settle personal
8:20
scores. Although the Nigeria Police
8:22
Force has not reacted to these
8:24
allegations, but the force in a press
8:26
release on Thursday afternoon apparently
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made statements in relation to the
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current matters involving the detained
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media publisher Saware by insisting and
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stating in the press statement that the
8:38
recent promotions in the Nigeria Police
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Force was based on merit and not
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selective, accusing an unnamed online
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platform of allegedly sponsoring
8:48
deliberate falsehoods to tarnish the
8:50
image of the force while also calling on
8:52
officers and men of the force to desist
8:54
from lobbying to get promoted saying the
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IGP has warned that any police personnel
9:00
caught lobbying to get promotion will be
9:02
made to face disciplinary action.
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According to the post published via
9:06
Saware social media handles, the media
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team of the publisher said, "This
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morning at 6:00 a.m., a police team led
9:14
by a chief superintendent of police from
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the IGP monitoring unit forcibly gained
9:19
entry into Amy Saware's cell at the
9:22
force intelligence department in Abuja,
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claiming they were taking him to court.
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The team of nine officers, including
9:29
eight heavily armed personnel, handled
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Sore roughly when he asked to see the
9:33
charges and notify his lawyers, breaking
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his arm in the process before taking him
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to another police facility, the media
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team stated. In another post, the media
9:44
said the notorious former SARS officer
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DCP akin Fakared presented two petitions
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to Saware from the illegal IGP's office.
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one alleged forgery and the second
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written by Bukola Yiki who was promoted
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to ACP because she's mistress alleges
10:02
criminal defamation. Saware had before
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honoring the police invitation on
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Wednesday said in a number of posts
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previous day that the IGP monitoring
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unit has scheduled my interview for
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tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Yet they have
10:17
refused to provide a copy of the
10:18
purported petition against me. It is now
10:22
clear that their intention is to conceal
10:24
the sinister plan of the illegal IGP and
10:26
continue operating in darkness. Despite
10:29
this, Anamra is no doubt one of the
10:32
states in Nigeria experiencing incessant
10:34
and very high rates of kidnapping that
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in some cases do lead to the death of
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the abducted victims and killing of
10:40
security operatives and some other
10:42
persons around the scene of the mostly
10:44
monetary crimes of hostage taking for a
10:46
ransom. Specifically, our crime
10:49
reporters gathered that there is hardly
10:50
no week without one or two persons being
10:53
kidnapped along the Anicha Aeri federal
10:56
road in an amra state, especially
10:58
between Oba community and Aiala town. As
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we gathered that most victims of
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kidnapping in the state are hardworking
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small and medium-sized business owners
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who most of whom struggled out of
11:10
poverty to become wealthy, successful
11:12
traders. This we learned there may be no
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wealthy successful business owner along
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the Ahala Olu road left to be kidnapped
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or forced to pay ransom to the
11:22
kidnappers. While in Ober wealthy people
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are being kidnapped quietly and ransom
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in millions are paid in silence to the
11:29
kidnappers. According to members of the
11:32
community, a young successful
11:34
businessman was kidnapped recently at a
11:36
location between the Ober New Road and
11:38
Old Road junctions shortly after he
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visited his building construction site.
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While we also learned that some people
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in the state to report or contract their
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friends to kidnappers just to get a
11:49
share from the ransom that will be paid
11:51
afterwards or when such people have
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issue or dispute with their friends or
11:55
co-raders. It may interest you to know
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that the Anamra State Police Command
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recently arrested a 24-year-old male
12:03
suspect, Muan Victor, for allegedly
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luring his friend to be kidnapped by his
12:08
criminal gang in Uli, Iiala local
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government area of the state. and they
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reportedly collected a ransom in dollars
12:15
equivalent to 5.3 million naira with his
12:18
gang members just as gunman in a not too
12:21
long distance time abducted a lawyer and
12:24
two other persons in in Polyu Auata
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local government area of an amra in
12:29
addition to previous cases of kidnapping
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of the owner of de Porsche club Chief
12:34
Igi by unknown gunman after the gunman
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killed numbers of persons along the new
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Oberi road in Idily South local
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government area of an amber state with
12:45
the number of those killed at the
12:46
Porsche nightclub said to be seven. But
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one of the security operatives was
12:50
beheaded and another had his foot cut
12:53
off and made away with by the invading
12:55
deadly kidnappers. This occurred shortly
12:57
after a well-known native doctor or
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aka Aqua Oko Turaki was kidnapped after
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his two personal aids killed in the
13:08
vicinity of his hotel at Ober community
13:10
before the kidnappers effortlessly took
13:12
him away and was released after ransom
13:15
in millions were reportedly paid. That
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not all. On May 21st, 2022, shortly
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after Professor Chukuma Soludo was sworn
13:24
in as governor, gunman abducted the
13:26
lawmaker representing Auata 2
13:28
constituency in the state house of
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assembly. Oak Chuku Aoy Okoy, also known
13:36
represented Solido's state constituency,
13:39
Isuopia. Aoy was killed and beheaded
13:42
alongside his aid Siril Chioka 6 days
13:45
after they were abducted along Agular
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Ziggbo road anoroka local government
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area of the state and their heads and
13:52
bodies dumped along a roadside in the
13:54
state. And in December 2024, another
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lawmaker in the state house of assembly
13:59
was killed. Ghana Minister of Defense
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Edward Omain Bulmer alongside seven
14:04
other top government officials and
14:06
military personnel have been confirmed
14:08
dead after Ghana armed forces in a
14:10
statement on Wednesday had declared the
14:12
Z9 military helicopter missing stating
14:16
the helicopter traveling from the nation
14:18
capital in Ara to Abuasi in Ashanti
14:20
region went off from radar at 9:12 a.m.
14:23
with three crew members and five
14:25
passengers on board. Others killed in
14:28
the helicopter crash as confirmed by the
14:30
office of the president of Ghana include
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Dr. Al-Haji Matala Muhammad, MP for
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Tamali Central, Minister for
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Environment, Science and Technology
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Al-Haji Munaru Muhammad, acting deputy
14:44
national security coordinator Dr. Samuel
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Sarapong, vice chairman of the NDC,
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Samuel Aagay, former parliamentary
14:53
candidate, squadron leader Peter Beeala,
14:56
flying officer Tuampedu, and Sergeant
14:59
Ernest Ado Mensah. It was gathered that
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the military helicopter went down at a
15:04
Dani Acroofam in the Ashanti region on
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Wednesday for yet to be stated cause of
15:09
the incident as video footage showed the
15:11
burnt beyond recognition bodies of those
15:13
on board the aircraft. The aircraft was
15:16
from Acra and heading for A Bazi and is
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currently off the radar. All efforts are
15:21
being made to establish contact. The
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Ghana armed forces had stated in a
15:25
statement earlier on Wednesday. The
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government of Ghana has directed that
15:30
all national flags be flown at half mast
15:32
in honor of the late government top
15:34
officials Edward Omain Bulma, Minister
15:37
for Defense and Ibrahim Matala Muhammad,
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Minister for Environment, Science,
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Technology and Innovation among others
15:44
who died in the military helicopter
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crash. According to local media, the
15:49
fatal incident occurred on Wednesday,
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August 6th in the Adansi Acroofam
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district of the Ashanti region. While
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the two ministers along with six others
15:59
were on route to Abuasi for official
16:01
duties. Announcing the directive, Chief
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of Staff Julius Deborah expressed the
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government's deep sorrow regarding the
16:08
loss of the two senior public officials
16:10
and others on board the helicopter. The
16:13
president is emotionally down. The vice
16:15
president is leading a team to formally
16:17
inform the families. Education Minister
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Haruna Idrasu told news reporters
16:23
following the tragic helicopter crash
16:25
that claimed the lives of top government
16:26
officials including the defense and
16:28
environment ministers. While announcing
16:31
the death of the all passengers and crew
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members on board, the Ghana chief of
16:35
staff Julius Deborah said on behalf of
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the president of the republic, his
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excellency John Drammani Muhammad, the
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vice president, Professor Nana Jay Paku
16:46
Aguumang who is with us here and the
16:48
government of Ghana, I have the
16:50
unpleasant duty sadly to announce a
16:53
national tragedy involving the crash of
16:55
a military helicopter this morning
16:57
around the Adansi area in the Ashanti
16:59
region. Government regrets to announce
17:02
the demise of the following persons in
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the tragic crash. Dr. Edward Kofi Omain
17:08
Bulma, Minister for Defense. Al-Haji,
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Dr. Ibrahim Matala Muhammad, MP,
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Minister for Environment, Science and
17:16
Technology. Al-Haji Munaru Muhammad,
17:20
acting deputy national security
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coordinator and former minister for food
17:24
and agriculture. Dr. Samuel Saong,
17:28
vicechairman of the National Democrat
17:30
Anra state government under the
17:32
leadership of Governor Charles Chukuma
17:34
Soludo has said that the state is
17:36
currently in search of justice over the
17:38
killing of a young and creative fish
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farmer Martin Zesac on Yaki well known
17:43
by his business name as fish magnet who
17:46
was reportedly shot on the leg while
17:48
being kidnapped on Sunday the 27th of
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July 2025 at his residence in Azini fet
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village Okuna. O ina the anmra state
17:58
capital this Dr. George Mgalu, the
18:01
Labour Party candidate in the
18:03
forthcoming governorship election in the
18:05
state, said that an amber state is no
18:07
longer safe, adding that people are
18:09
being killed, slaughtered for their
18:11
families to bury in silence. While the
18:13
state governor, Professor Charles
18:15
Chukuma Soludo looks the other way with
18:18
no sympathy, condolence visit, or
18:20
statement. Specifically, Mogulu said, "I
18:24
must speak frankly. An amra is no longer
18:26
safe, not even in the state capital. Our
18:29
people are being slaughtered, kidnapped,
18:32
and buried in silence while the
18:34
government looks the other way. This is
18:36
not leadership. It is abandonment. Just
18:38
recently, we lost over 10 lives in a
18:41
ghastly accident at Amichi. Noi South
18:44
local government area. Yet, there was no
18:46
statement, no condolence, not even a
18:49
visit from the state government.
18:51
Instead, we see street renamings and
18:53
political endorsement rallies. Where is
18:55
our conscience? Mgulu stated while the
18:57
former lawyer to Nami Kanu, the detained
19:00
Bafra agitation leader, barristister
19:02
Afeni AIO said the people of the state
19:05
are currently romancing with crimes,
19:07
hiding criminals, and painting absurd
19:10
narratives on social media to glorify
19:12
and justify the rising crimes in the
19:15
state, saying, "The most frightening
19:17
part, the reckless energy our own people
19:20
expend defending these killers. When you
19:22
shield murderers because they are your
19:24
kinsmen, you embolden them. When you
19:26
justify kidnappings under the guise of
19:29
ethnic pride, you leave the gates wide
19:31
open for the real external aggressors
19:34
like armed herdsmen whose invasion will
19:36
come when we are weakest and most
19:38
divided. An amra state commissioner for
19:41
information. Lor me made the government
19:43
position known on Sunday after he led
19:45
other government officials on a
19:47
condolence visit to the bereaveved
19:49
mother of the victim who happened to be
19:50
the woman leader of the anamra state all
19:53
progressives grand alliance ABGA Mrs.
19:58
According to Punch newspaper, Ona, a son
20:01
of the woman leader of the Anamra state
20:03
All Progressives Grand Alliance was
20:05
abducted by gunman at his residence in
20:07
Ezeni community, Auno, Orca South Local
20:11
Government Area of Anra State in a late
20:14
night attack on Saturday, July 26th, and
20:17
was subsequently killed. In a press
20:19
statement released on Sunday, the state
20:22
commissioner for information l me
20:25
sympathized with the deceased family,
20:27
assuring them that the state government
20:28
is in search of justice while sustaining
20:31
and strengthening security in the state.
20:33
Mea who maintained that such a
20:36
development is an affront to the
20:37
professor Chukuma Soludo government's
20:39
new security architecture also expressed
20:42
delight that the police are on the heels
20:44
of the perpetrators.
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The commissioner was quoted as having
20:48
stated this when he paid a condolence
20:50
visit to the woman leader of the Anamra
20:52
state APA Esther ones. According to the
20:55
statement, the statement read in part,
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the Anamra State Commission
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