 Today on the breakfast, Federal Ministry of Transportation direct resumption of the Abuja Kaduna train services on Monday, 23rd May, with victims of attack still in captivity. Also on the breakfast, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Arrest Accountant General of the Federation, AGF Ahmed Idris, over 80 billion Naira Ford. And like always, we will be reviewing the major stories making headlines across national dailies. Good morning to you. This is the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. I am Justin Acadone. And I am Merciable for a beautiful morning to you. Yeah, it's glad to have you join us. We trust you. You had yourself a rested night and you are braced up for the day ahead. All right, without further ado, we just get straight to the business of the day. We'll just slide into what is trending. Indeed, a whole lot is trending. I've been talking about a whole lot of things, you know, big things, the good ones, the bad ones, and of course the ugly at the same time. But let's start off with the issue of bribe or bribery and corruption. And this time around, it involves a police officer who is actually asking for bribe amidst, you know, lambasting Bakalibuskaya as he's speaking and talking about it. So there was a video, you know, that trended over time. But let's take the video. Okay, I understand we don't have the video anymore. Anyway, so, Merci, it is, it got a whole lot of... I wish we could actually play that video. It would make a lot of sense, but that's fine. Let's go ahead. Yeah, it is, it is really a very, very... It was funny at the same time, but it is really sad, you know, that this issue of bribe and corruption, it's not going to leave the fabrics of our society any time soon. So you remember that sometime in March, you know, those threats by personnel of the Nigerian police were asking for the... They were going to come back on the strike asking for the implementation of the, you know, salary structure. And at that time, you also want to remember that the president had asked that there be some increment in terms of salary and allowance. But this is not trying to hold bribe for bad behavior and unprofessionalism, however you want to look at it. Well, it still brings us back to the fact that if you look at the welfare of this police officer, it was really comic looking at that video. And I know that we're definitely going to put out that before we get over this particular conversation that generates a reaction. Very comical because the police officer was seen to be preaching the gospel. He sounded very spiritual and we're talking about the Christian religion and he went on and on. But I played that video a couple of times and what I could deduce was I think he was just trying to beg for money. By preaching? Yeah, he was just... All he was just trying to do was just find his way to ask the young men involved that, hey, come on now, find me something. You know, do well. All this kind of conversation. That's exactly what was going on. He went on to say, oh, there's nothing wrong with your papers. I'm just saying, you are a chairman and all of this language. And it's not acceptable because if you also follow the conversation with the person or the vehicle owner, he had impounded or whatever it is that he was having conversation with. You find that he had his papers. He was very sure that everything in the papers were correct. And so what's the reason for all of that? But I could just see a little bit of trying to say, hey, come on now, give me some money. I have, in the course of this job, you know, sometimes we get to move out in, you know, late hours and all of that. So once upon a time, not in, you know, this regional in this state, I remember being out and about for an assignment and of course I had to be out very late. We're costed by checkpoints and what have you. So you have the military personnel, you find them on the road checking because of crime and criminality that's happening. Even though you ask yourself, why do you have to have a military officer on the road? It's not their business. They have no business being on the road. And that's the honest truth. But, you know, one of the things that he said, I gave him money. I didn't give him money because I was going to bribe him. But he said, when I told him who I was and he saw my ID card, he was like, you're enjoying. You're inside a car that's fully conditioned and everything is going on for you. You don't even have water to drink and that broke my heart. So I gave him money. I didn't bribe him, but I just gave him because... Yeah, because you felt like that particular time that he needed to make up for human kindness. Exactly. And it can really be very emotional and very, very sad that those who protect us, those who should be, those who are under these essential services are not treated fairly. They don't have what it is. I mean, because I feel like it's people who just have to come up here. I'm wearing a uniform. Then I have to bully you. I have to find a way to intimidate you because I have the uniform. I have the gun. And then you have to respond to all of this dis-extortion. But also, it's wrong. It's not acceptable. It's not an excuse. But I think that the Nigerian government needs to pay attention to those who we have said should protect us. Look at the welfare. I have gotten several reports. It's nothing to write home about. Even when you look at the police officer, a lot of them don't look... They don't look well. They don't even look fit. They're not properly taken care of from their uniform being very tacky to the kind of gun that you're holding with shallow tape. Have you seen it? It's really embarrassing. And when things happen, sometimes I would be like, is this officer that would run? Can he even run? So it's okay for us to say that there's an extortion. These persons are extorting people. But it's also okay to think about it. I couldn't even hold myself when he said, we can't even drink water. We've been here all night and there's no provision to drink water. That's really sad. It is a sad one. Like you have said, the government and the police service commission, those in charge, you know, and showing the welfare of these officers who risk their lives or lead them, their lives are to ensure that, you know, orders are assured in the society. They need to be well taken care of. Let's take the video and come back and talk more about the welfare of these officers in Nigeria. Bruce, I told you about Prince Victor. He's training me. What he's training me is the word of God, the functionality of the word of God. If I stop you and I don't see, what are you talking about? See, if I stop you and I refuse to see what the host of heaven has made me to stop you, I stop. I leave this thing. This is your host of everything. What is wrong with you? Have you followed you with humility of the way? I need to go. Okay, you need to go. Give me a document first. Before you go, give me the ten dollars. Let me see your document. What document? Am I teasing your document? Give me a test now. So that when I give you a finish now, you drop? How you go around? No, you can't run. See, do you know who arrested you? It's not police who arrested you. God arrested you for me today. Hallelujah. Thank God I'm born again. What is the meaning of born again? I've given my life to Christ. Have you been converted? Have you been recreated? By the grace of God. By the truth of the world of God. You are still a church man. Watch me here. Do you know what is biting you? Except you cannot understand me. Yeah, I've heard you. Even I tried to show you something here, you are not even interested. What is wrong with you? Ask Sweden if you give me ten thousand. It is not money. It is not money. It is not money. I am the husband of the husband of the husband. Which one? The husband of the husband. Why are you talking like this? Why are you trying to be very stingy? Which one is it? Don't call me a man of God. I am not a man of God. You are talking flesh. You must say that. What do you want us to do? Give me a document. Package me first. What are you talking about now? See bros, I am not here to play with you. Make sure they go. Bros, take me to the office. Chief, make sure they go. Why are they going to go to the office? Because of the papers. Which paper is not complete? Which paper don't I have now? Please, I don't like this argument. I have shown you this chance. Let's go and let another senior officer enter into it. Chief, I am not going. I am not going. Chief, what are you making? All right. That's the video we've been talking about. A sentiment about the guy just has to do his job professionally. If you checked his papers even if you needed to check his papers and you found out that there was nothing wrong. So why stall him? Why delay him? And if he has to give you anything even if he wants to these should be from his own volition you should not force him. Insisting that he has to give you 10,000 if you do not love mercy. After all the preaching that you've preached you fight the guy. So let's even come to the part of preaching, right? Even the Bible would say those who believe in the Bible if you read it very well you would say that you have to test all spirits. You don't need to believe everything. So anyone can come in the disguise of saying they are preachers. I mean he sounded very spiritual. You could take him seriously. Not so spiritual. He could just also be a way to cajole people to get to. Just a complete gimmick. If you were preaching then you preach and go and let him just go. What's the essence of the preaching? Because if you follow the conversation if you follow the conversation it wasn't that. He didn't stop the guy because he was led to stop the guy. It was not even him. He was very spiritual. You know how Nigerians can be very gullible when it has to do with a lot of people who just fall for this and it's spiritual and then you fall for it and say oh man I've got to take this take this. But I just see a police officer who needs money. He tried to be decent in asking for the money not going the regular round. He was asking for a bribe. That's what it is. Of course that's a bribe. He was asking for money but I'm saying that he tried to be very decent in all of this. What stylish way to ask for a bribe. Exactly. Disguise. Come with the fact that he tried to proclaim that you're Christian and it's a lot. I'm going to move on. I'm hoping that because his face was identified so we hope that he's been sound. Well this type of interaction should be you know made it out to him. My director says he was just hungry. Hungry? He would have stepped aside. If I don't say oh god you're hungry buy me food now. Alright. Still talking about divinity, providence, divine intervention this time around it was at a church service you know how people you know could be and how people could get very spiritual you know when it comes to the innits and how I'm trying to avoid some water and I know you see so I actually envisaged this. I knew you were going to laugh a lot. It feels like you're trying to put yourself together so if you want to laugh. I don't know but the last time I clapped I was so loud. This time around some you know congregants single ones that they were desperately asking God to intervene in their singleness or singlehood as it is right now. I wish I could hear the sound of it. It will bring more icing to the tank. Way to go. Merci. Where did they carry me to go? You know and the lady who was singing was singing I think she needs to go to the studio and she sounds like one of she sings very well you know okay yeah she sings very well and carry me to go my husband in my mind I'm just thinking that song should be released as a single. Sexy trust me I mean it's a lot so I saw this video yesterday and it's been generating a lot of reactions. It's very comical there's no way we probably would have put this out without laughing if you don't laugh just know there's something wrong with us. But then they are seeking God's intervention. What sort of intervention? They need husbands in their lives. So I don't know what it is I don't even know where to start from. No they want me to carry them go house by house. How? I don't know God would bring men to their lives. No so I think that you know the issue of marriage is very great for us. We've actually had this conversation maybe not you with Kofi or maybe one of us right in the system and we talked about the fact that we live in a society where marriage has been it feels like when you graduate from the university from the time you start school your parents have already sorted out how your life should work so marriage is a priority that is on top of the list and no one says that it is bad. Do you understand? No one says that marriage is a horrible bad thing. It's not it's okay to be married and all of that but when it gets to the point where it feels like then we have to be seeking prayers for these and then begin to ask that's because some people have been it's how we have prioritized that African parents Nigerian parents if you want to say so it feels like when you get to a certain school from Nazri Primary School and then you get to secondary school you get through the university at a certain age is expected that you should marry so it's not even so first of all educational if you follow the process because there are some parents who are very, families who are very specific that you have to go through the educational process so as soon as you're done you have graduated the next thing is you're getting married that's the charts, that's the process that's it entirely but someone made a comment yesterday that got my attention and this person is very I think she's a journalist I read that comment about all of this and the person said some of these persons who are asking to be married don't even have a job, they don't have any sort of livelihood, there's really nothing to write them about and they're just waiting to be married they're not doing their single they're nothing of what they can bring so I feel like this is coming from the pressure from society this is as a result of the pressure of society all of the making women to be desperate so this is actually and you look at some of the people who are really here really, what exactly are we talking about it comes from the parity the society have put in front of us and the fact that there's a lot of pressure you still have people call you you're not married, what's going on why you're not married and all of that it would be responsible why some of these persons have some sort of problem there's no problem but Justin have you also thought that just as we're going to have the poor the poor would always be with us have you also thought that it's not everybody that's going to get married I was going to say that because in life you should understand what your purpose is really most people think their life is just to go through primary secondary school university then get into marriages give birth and have children to start going to school and everything just like a circle but then have you actually asked yourself have you ever tried to discover why you are in this world what's, or have you been brought here to do what's your purpose in life what is your contribution to the world exactly so most times in as much as you want to get married and you're still single you should try to understand your singlehood enjoy your singlehood make the most of your singlehood and of course build on yourself so I'm not trying to do some maybe single and married classes here well maybe I should be doing some counseling but the truth is that the fact is really enjoy your singlehood until when that time comes you will get married if you desire it and again to the society I don't know why you put so much emphasis marriage is good, it is an institution made by God we understand all that but some people just might never get married some people just don't want to get married for themselves, I mean it is their prerogative they can do whatever they want to do, don't pressure them first of all it is their life, they can live it the best way they want to, so long as they are not hurting anyone, they are not going against the law, so let's just slide away from that then again here in not here in Lagos, in Oshim state now remember the Senator Adelike this time around he was boastful as it is his financial capabilities, he said I've come with money, Adelike boast during campaign ok we understand we have to track, we'll take that track and come back and talk some more Welcome back, that was at the campaign rally in Oshim state, you know the elections are just around the corner but let me just translate a quote into my director he was speaking in Yoruba I might not say whatever he said verbatim but he says people of Oshim, it's time to decide, don't be scared if it is about money I have brought money half patients I have money in Naira dollars and pounds we talk about money politics and campaign and everything and we're just seeing this in broad daylight it's not just about whether he has money whether he's boasting about his money so he's telling the people that he has brought money is this some sort of an inducement I wonder what the EFCC does when people just come out if they are sleeping but the truth is that when things are done I just feel that it is not right so it's okay to have the conversation that it's not right first you say it's not right but is this a reality it's another thing that you need to also understand now whether or not we want to agree or we want to believe in it it's what has become it is our reality the money bag politics is what we practice it's just shameful as much as we can't say yes we know that there's a lot of effort to say let's dissuade people but what really happened we see hands, bags exchanging and people doing all sort and so it is really what that has become part of our political process and a lot of times you find that the people would sell their votes you have delegates doing that and you also have the people who are vying for the officers trying to induce the people so in the particular context what exactly is he talking about don't worry that I probably might not be stealing your money because I have money in pounds and dollars or what does it really mean if it's money you want, I'm here to give you the money it could just mean anything really but we can't take that out from the fact that this is the kind of politics that we practice when money would always exchange hands for almost everything and that's why for the likes of him one would say that his he has the guts to really say that not necessarily understanding the context that's coming from in the glare of the public in all of this things happen, the exchange of money money back politics and inducing people behind closed doors even during election grants and inciting them or inducing them with money but this time I'm coming to a campaign grant and that I don't know what context it meant but it could be read from various lines from various perspectives and he doesn't know the people's money or maybe he's here to make the people happy with his pounds, dollars and the money but the fact is that what are you selling to the people let our politics, let our campaigns be issue based, what are you bringing to the table what different are you coming to make and the mean them are not just mere promises not just promising them that you have money and that money is not your problem and they should come down you also know I'm trying not to hold brief for him but the truth is if you also want to understand what context was this put out it could also be because a lot of people think that those who are vying for political office are vying for political position because they probably want to just take the part of the national cake, they want to be part of the national cake and that's what it is so we're here not necessarily as much as we're saying we're here for you, we want to change your story we want to change the dynamics and the situation but on the other hand the essence that you hear is because you want to also be part of the national cake take your own share move on and so it might be from that premise that I'm saying hey relax I have money I have it in Naira I have it in Pound but it could also be in the context that it's okay if you want money I have money I can give you money so just relax I'm here it could just mean anything but like I said it's our reality that's what it is the fact that some people have decided to be bold to come forth and sound this which comes through at some level because I mean if you come out and say I have money it's a lot of arrogance imagine me just saying that you have money okay fine we are almost out of time but let's just try and take this one I know the Lagos state traffic law has been in place since 2012 there's been a whole lot of clam down relaxation resumption of clam down this time around we here that the Lagos state government is about beginning to clam down on commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as Okada there are several routes that the government posted out that should not be applied by these Okada riders and ah you know it was like a few days for corrupt police officers trying to make the most of the situation within the police the Okada riders over time but the fact is that right now there is a law concerning this issue of routes to apply, routes not to apply and I think it's been 10 years most people should be aware of all they need to do by now but Lagos state government is about clamping down on them let's see just how let's just see how that goes but you also understand that this is in connection with man that was actually killed in Lekya day before yesterday if I'm not mistaken and I know that for some states you have that they had actually put out a law especially in Kursiva state once upon a time where there's a serious prohibition on Okada if you like to say I'm in as they are popularly known they have been restricted from certain routes in the state and then you probably only have to find them driving or riding around the Fila road so because sometimes you have I mean the Fida road sometimes you need to get to the road and so they are Fida roads where you have to transport people but that's the much that they can do and it's a lot going on but of course it's a responsibility of government at every time and in different quarters yes well whatever it is let's just try as much as possible to obey all the laws and abide by all traffic rules and it was what really happened with the guy that was killed we talked about it yesterday but I still wish the family of the guy who died of the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss that's as much as we can take on top trending we'll take a quick break but we'll run back shortly with some of the press to join us again