 Welcome once again to the breakfast here on PLOS TV Africa. Beautiful Monday morning. Let's now get straight into the newspapers and see what major stories are making headlines this morning and right after that we'll be introducing our guests. I'm starting with the Nigerian Tribune this morning and we'll get to share some of the stories. It's going to be on your screen in just a few seconds. Yes, that's it. All right, it says here, Tinubu Bajabia Mila, APC Southwest Leaders and Governors, oppose secession. Secession not solution, 1999 constitution, is the problem says Adi Banjo, and also how fuel price increase will worsen poverty situation. Or your local government poll, PDP clairs 32 local government areas, inauguration holds today. We can also see here stocks and bonds, Naira head south. The PDP may have lost $50 million to delayed pilotage tender process. Sorry, the federal government, not PDP, the federal government may have lost $50 million. Also on the Nigerian Tribune this morning, NDLEA intercepts $8 billion worth of cocaine, arrests corporate at Lagos airport, seizes $24,500 offered as bribe to compromise investigation. 72 injured in Kano petrol tanker explosion. We can also see here reps member for Moryo petitions presidency, demands compensation for kidnapped victims in Ibarapa. President Buhari calls wife of late chief of army staff, says he and nation will never forget supreme sacrifice of Atahiru and others, and also national flag to fly at half mast. Let's sit down and talk, Mitya Latel's head south in Kaduna union. And the last one here says treat military plane crashes as national emergency. That is from Khan to president Buhari. On the punch newspaper, chief of army staff, send others death, air force to decide on military jets after probe. NAF says we want to rush to take decisions that will hamper our operations. Nigerian Air Force plane crashes claim 33 officers, 11 aircraft in six years. Above the headline on the punch newspaper, national assembly to bar NPA NCC Nimasa from spending revenue. GDP grows by 0.51% in the first quarter of the year. Economies still weak. Experts lament. Baron caught with 8 billion Naira cocaine in Lagos offers $24,500 in the first quarter of the year. On the punch newspaper, Bello begins southwest youth mobilization ahead of presidential bead. Saudi Arabia issues 60,000 person limit, age restriction for Hajj. Also on the punch newspaper below the headline, we see a story here saying fire me at Kewa Joloo Absent, a southwest force ranching state police, PDP wins or your local government elections, Amoteco confronts armed men protesting or shun killed suspected courtes. Naked cops of ex-Uni Abuja female students removed from drain that's sad. Task-fed official FUNAP students to others abducted 150 million Naira demanded how we foiled attempted kidnap robbery by herdsmen along a Kure Elisha highway and that's according to the police. And lastly on the punch newspaper, Lagos motorists driving against traffic risk imprisonment vehicle for feature. Those are the ones on the punch newspaper. Alright, now to the Guardian newspapers this morning. Military plane crashes, civil mishaps raid. We can also see here southwest APC supports southern governors ban on open grazing. Convases true federalism and more power and resources to states. Also see here Tenubu denies endorse in any candidate for Lagos council elections. ICT policy, missteps, lingering challenges weakened GDP growth and also troops foil mass kidnap in Kaduna rescue hostages. I think those are the ones we can also find here. World Igbo Congress denounces declared war on southeast and Federal Government declares 90 I believe travelers from India, Brazil, Turkey wanted for evading quarantine. Those are the stories we can find on the Guardian this morning. Lastly on the Daily Trust newspaper, four policemen 44 others killed in gunman attacks. On the Daily Trust it also reads Tenubu and other southwest leaders reject cessation. Still on the Daily Trust newspaper, only 60,000 pilgrims will perform 2021 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Also Northern Elders kick as Undo introduces Odua Anthem in schools. 64 injured in candle tank explosion. Buhari orders flag to fly at half mast to honor Atahiru ten others. It is hence lobby as Buhari shops for new army chief. Ali Kefi, Ahan Nutsu, Saham, others touted and Jettison Ethnicity expert tells presidents those are the stories we're taking this morning on of the press. Good morning Mr Tunde Kolawale. Morning my sister. The biggest story, lovely weekend. Oh yes fantastic thank you. The biggest story we've seen on our papers today is the very sad incident of a plane crash that claimed the lives of ten officers and our chief of army staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Atahiru and the controversy surrounding the president's absence and his vice president as well with this 48-hour security protocol thrown in between. How do you come in? Well let me say straight away that the crash of those army officers is a tragedy of monumental proportion. It's not what anyone would wish for even his worst enemies. Look at the chief of army staff. He is just about 54 years old. That's a young man in my own blue opinion who ordinarily still have so many, many years ahead of him to render services to his fatherland. Also look at the pilot, the man who flew the aircraft. His father said he's the only son that he has and about the brightest one of the brightest in the family. You can also say that for most of the other army officers who lost their lives in this violent crash. I condone with the families of these people. I condone with the Nigerian army and also condone with the Nigerian people. The death of just any one individual is a blemish on all of us. But without us it may just like calm and I think as you have drawn our attention to require to focus attention on the state of our aircraft, the capability of our pilots and the ability to fly and also the weather leading gadgets that we do have all over the country. When we are told that the weather is partly responsible for that crash if we had an effective weather leading gadgets in the different air ports and all over the country it would probably have been predicted that it was not safe to fly to Kaduna at that period in time because of the weather situation. And remember there was a time in this country when the contours were awarded for gadgets to predict the effect of the weather effectively and also to do rather coverage of the entire country. Further here there is any plane that includes into our airspace. Mr Kala Walee Mr Kala Walee, quickly the main conversation this morning is the president of course asking that flights be flown at half mast and of course calling the wife rather of the later chief of army staff without being able to attend the burial ceremony of these soldiers and of course same with the vice president. Do you think that there is some reason why the president may not have been able to attend but it's not such a big issue because that's where the major controversy has been over the weekend? There could be but it's difficult to read their minds in the sense that first and foremost we are told we all know there is the COVID pandemic outside. That has not totally gone away it's not impossible but the vice president and the president are trying to stay away from a very large crowd that is all. Secondly you and I knew that the president is an old man he just returned from France where he had a grading session or now the African economy can be revitalized. That's me taking a toll on him I was also reading the paper that the vice president was cited at the hospital here in Lagos we don't know whether he went in there to greet somebody or for treatment. That is another angle to it. Thirdly when you look at the president and the vice president they hardly go on condolence visits in most of the things that have happened in the country in the recent times in the place like France for example one person was killed in means and the president had to leave Paris to go and condole with the family. We haven't been seen that kind of a thing around here. So this may be our conjecture and of course it is obvious that these two people may not be enjoying the best of us. It could also be that they have not placed much priority on the crash that happened for a soldier like the president himself is just one of those things that happen in the sense that if they were on the battlefield and they lost their lives and all that generals don't engage in long series for long mornings over casualties that are recorded in the army. So let's give this to them. You think you know there should be or the president the way he visited France for a summit that is more important than the life of an army general that was fighting. No never tell school. I said the dwelling session I said the dwelling session he had in there he had a weekend camp. You and I know that the president is a very old man and it's not a 20 report of health now. I remember at one of the each prayer the only one of the each lecture after passing he had to sit down on the chair at the prayer ground in the past he would not have done that if he was in the best of health. Furthermore let me raise this issue this is very important. You and I will know throughout the era of the military rule the military never developed the Nigerian air force they never equipped them. They never allowed them to go on training because they were scared that the air force could be used to overthrow their government just like Jerry Rowling did in Ghana and because of that they paralyzed the air force. The air force just revitalized the air force coming back now that is why they have not been too effective in combat operations in this fight against the Bukwara. Ok let's move to something else. I want to believe that you know we have very well trained Air Force pilots and fighters. But let's move to the south west now where APC south west leaders have opposed the calls for secession if you remember over the weekend also Tunde led a rally in Akure asking of course for the european nation to break away from Nigeria. The news this morning says the south west APC leadership and governors have opposed the calls for secession but of course I have given a go ahead for the ban on open grazing. Quickly also respond to that one. Let me quickly say that I have seen different headlines in the different papers with regard to the meeting that was held between the so called south west leaders and the figure now. The headline in the Guardian is based on the one in the Sibion. But let me correct an erroneous impression people met in Lagos at the loyalists and supporters of a study I made in Obu you can't adequately describe them as south west leaders furthermore you could see that there appears to be a crack within their rank the governor of the kitchen says for example and that state didn't attend the meeting for me that is significant. Furthermore you talked about the rally that was held in Akure and since the parties with him the governor of those states usually speaks from both sides he said he didn't attend the meeting in Lagos he also said it doesn't support sufficient and that the claim by Sunday go that Akere Dulu is supporting them Akere Dulu has denied that it's not supporting them in order but at least he allowed the rally to be held in those places. This is our minimal sign that the south west may not be speaking with convoys in this issue and that is the tragic I expected the so called APC leaders in the south west to have put their partisan interest behind them and support the positions that the generality of their people are taking and maybe one Sunday if we're always doing why do I say this if they support him or say look whatever direction people are going is where we are going to go to that will put a lot of pressure on the northern leaders and compare them to come to the negotiation table even though when you get to the negotiation table you may not be asking for sufficient but at least you could put some others very charming and important programs to research the country or the agenda with the northern leaders to be compared so either to you or allow you to have some of the things you have put on the table but what they have done now they are weakening Sunday go and the other people who are advocating for the sufficient of the south west more worrisome is the involvement of a chief in all this matter I do know of the fact that in 1984 there are about 28 of the unity party of Nigeria he was the deputy governor for your state and the returning officer for the UPN at the INEC office it was right in his presence that certain policemen were brought from certain parts of the country to come and provide the integrity of the election and returning officer for the unity party of Nigeria all the results from the field were taught they feared it and then they wrote a fresh result that brought Dr. Mululu loyal to power as governor for your state the uprise in the protest against that black and reading of the election was also met with a lot of brutality a lot of people were killed all over your state if a man has gone through or has had such an experience in the past one would expect him to be more patriotic and society when issues are complex well just the same way loyalty is to his friends just the same way a lot of people would argue that the views of Namdi Kanu and the IPOB represent the views of the whole of the southeast it might be the same way you know that Sunday Goho and his followers don't necessarily represent the views of the southwest so when you're saying that the governor should take a stand with the people the people may not be on the same page with Sunday Goho he is having his own narrative the rest of the southwest might have a totally different opinion so maybe that's where the governors have decided to stand I'm not sure when you look at what all of us are going through today in terms of life course of living in terms of corruption in terms of life of power supply in terms of the infrastructure everybody whether in the south south, in the southeast, in the southwest they are taking the same thing the governors are taking this position simply because they are also architects of some of the inequities of some of the things that their people are suffering take for example their kind about true federalism which one of them has allowed true federalism in 1936 when local government elections are conducted it is the party in power in the southwest the dominant party that will win all the elections a local government election has just been held in New York State the PDP cleared all the seats to tell you that those people are not on the same page with their own people they are totally alienated from them the governors are being killed and what are they I strongly suspect that it is because of their political interest and the ambition for 2023 that is why they are taking a divergent position from that of their people furthermore like I said before the structural and state police is not the issue even we are in the southwest all the police instructors like a minister, like a last man like the neighborhood security ward which one of them has financed properly which one has not deployed against their political opponents for their selfish interests whether it is the evil leaders or the southwest leaders they are all not on the same page with their people and when leaders' political interest is at variance with their people then you could respect that what is likely to happen is that those who are detecting for this decision may have to forth and confront the leaders at home before they even confront those who are outside alright Mr. Tunde Kalawali we appreciate you every time you come on for the breakfast to analyze issues with us thank you very much and have a great day we will take a break here to return and discuss key events that shaped our history do stay with us