 Welcome back. It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa glad to say we have joining us now Guess that's we analyze the headlines on the front pages of today's national dailies chartered arbitrator Chris candy Wando is joining us for some from somewhere in Lagos Chris. Good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time I was I was about to ask you the same too because I wouldn't want you to get stuck for someone as busy as you are You know, well, yeah, I've planned my movement. We have the mother of all rallies in Lagos today indeed Everybody this is really the biggest rally in the history of legal state. So I mean, we're expecting some traffic Interruptions but indeed the authorities in Lagos have put out traffic advisory. So it'll be easy, you know for For us to move around that's why Lagos is center of excellence. You know, yes Yes, we Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. I hope you remember that on Saturday. Let's go Let's go to the first paper this morning. The punch has some very interesting Interesting headlines This one says a big one there. Excuse me. Let us pull puts tiniboo ahead of all latest poll puts tiniboo ahead of all and their details on page eight of the punch in East River Another one of four days to polls Naira chaos grounds economy for days to polls Naira chaos grounds economy Banks Russian 200 Naira notes Nigerian Slamen to hardship Protesters raised to ogrum banks vandalize LG office My I'm more from the paper Okay, I think we'll leave the one at the bottom petrol rose by 55 percent to 257 Naira per liter in January NBS as an algebra of statistics With a picture rightly so of Timmy Prince silver many self-state for a petroleum resources All right, but that first headline the one on top. There's an advertorial Okay, means that someone paid paid for it So you might want to better the mind while reading that particular story All right, let's move on to the leadership interesting stories on the front page or headlines on the front page of leadership The big one there 2023 polls security agencies to spell postponement rumor We're already set for Saturday's election says CVS as the chief of defense staff Commonwealth observers task Inic candidates incredible Elections will that work only Nigerians can determine their leaders Quite interesting as a picture on the front page there or former South African president Thabo and Becky is a leader of the Commonwealth delegation of observers to the election He is with a chairman of Inic Bermuda Kubo during the Commonwealth Observers visit to Ainec in Abuja yesterday Looking good quite looking quite good purple Becky Indeed the path to Nigeria's door has been beaten by a lot of observers members of international community media international media Organizations are all here for the 2023 elections more from leadership Tinibu leads in closing poll as OB article true. I don't know if this is a An avatar or look at details where we get to that point 2023 how candidates may perform may perform in states Again for police men three gunmen killed in a number. This is a similar number where you had attacks on a police station over the weekend article Tinibu Bicca over APC governor's insistence on all Naira notes Allege three billion narrow fraud of governor Yahya Bellows and nephew three others get 500 million Naira bail each Interesting way the paper puts it and the final one from the leadership our endorsement of Peter will be sacrosanct. Okay, Pandev Another group that has endorsed will be of course the star Alliance including the ADC African Democratic Congress. All right, so let's move over to the next paper We have two more to go the daily Independent has an interesting picture on its front page. You can see President Buhari Right there at the Namdeh Zikwe International Airport on his return I think he went to Addis Ababa Ethiopia for the 36th African Union Summit You can see Professor Ibrahim Gambari was the chief of staff to the president right there Mohammed Bellow, minister of the FCT and you have Usman Al-Khalib Abah, who you see IG of P That's the inspector general police and a very very interesting salute. Shonsa is all the policemen Normally say. All right. The big headline on that front page are protesters set to banks ablaze in Ogun Over Naira scarcity in very local government secret cut away mace. These are Bank customers or Chris K. Don't want to tell us if he believes so 2023 election endorsement of Peter B is sacrosanct Pandev PSC Replaces Najatu as Northwest police coordinator after a PC protest as a police service commission Court stops I neck from engaging MCL or more for election materials distribution Why now? Election security. We are good to go defense chief Malami meets Adamu Bagudu L5 others over Naira swap policy DPO six others killed in fresh gunman attack on Onitsha police station Allege the three billion our fraud caught dismisses EFCC's counter affidavit grants Ali bellow three others 500 million Naira bail 23 presidents here election tinnable leads in closing poll. I wonder if that is also an editorial This is on the headlines on the front page of dealing better quite interesting Edition of the paper you might add the final one The nation newspaper some interesting headlines as well Naira customers over whom banks with cash demands Customers overwhelm banks with cash with cash demands a rider to that one 30 held after arson on four branches Malami in talks with a PC leaders All right amalgamation of full any groups and those tinnable Pipeline of vandalism oil theft hurting economy who harry meets Ethiopian Airlines over Nigeria air We're still there Southwest leaders back tinnable command APC on power shift and Paul tips tinnable to win Chris. Let's start with that particular story of a pole Tipping tinnable to win What the nation is a process is going by the pole conducted by Fred and services Fred and services All progressives Congress presidential candidate She won jibola meeting with projected to win Saturday's presidential election The result of the opinion survey conducted in all 36 states of the Federation and in the federal capital territory FCT rate of the APC standard bearer ahead of other contenders. They say four key variables political geography religion Resources and class were used by a team of data and list during the eight-week survey and Those filtered along Tinnable are the paper says a tick of work out of PDP P2B of liver party and a rabbi o'connor silver NNPP the paper says out of the 287,000 and 33 that responded to a 770,000 questionnaires distributed 106,000 that's 37.2% of them projected tinnable ahead of others It was trailed by Peter B of the Labor Party M Chris We've had says a number of polls including the NOI polls in our polls and all that that have consistently put The Labor Party presidential candidate ahead What do you think about this new one? That's putting the APC Presidential candidate ahead What do you think may have happened to sway the minds of most Nigerians in in his direction in just the past few days? Confusion believe this you believe anything. I don't believe it. So it doesn't make any difference to me Even the ones that have had in the pool but in the past All those are just conjectures by some people who decided to just sit down and copy just probably can be it for people The The Captured it effectively by placing a banner that was an auditorium which means that all the stories that we are reading as sponsored by some individuals that we are the presidential candidate Of the APC don't be surprised if tomorrow one of the help that Mr. Pasadena you see that another one saying that I took a look back at is the I read one last yesterday or so This time of politics and politicians can Just a daily three days look at the clock I think you know your your screen Just see what happens even in Advanced countries where there have been predictions and likes we came to realize that time is that it's also known Remember what happened between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the presidential election where Hillary Clinton was TQ win that election only for the election to come and And as other like Donald Trump won that election so is the Nigerians Not just There's going to be a lot of things A lot of things Women also Don't forget that we have over 94 million experience that have been certified to vote at the election What are just over that millions with two parts and then come out and put like what we've had in past Well, we have this high number of Voters, but at the end of it all we've come to realize that we really have Up to 45% to 50% And we see that look at the figures and president Muhammad Wari won the election on that I think on that 20 million The last time if you had that of article, which is about 11 million We just realized that we have been up to 50 million people which is cool just about 50% So that Nigerians must come out and exercise their franchise on on Saturday. That is where what matters to me All right. Thank you, Chris. Let's look at another one The big one there on the front page of Daily independently we had that a bit of a look at that in our top trending segments We've seen attacks on banks continue You know by people who are said to be angry that they can't find Naira and You know ATM machines are destroyed You know the smashed the bank windows and all that stuff I have to escape and jump by jumping the first the latest one in Oregon State in Shagam you have apart from Setting two banks on fire in Oregon State over the nearest can see the protesters also attacked Local government security invaded the local government secured and cut it the maze away and I said something when we had a Top training segment I said something I've been in issue that These people some people feel they are sponsored by Politicians and so to you at these are these guys Genuine, you know what you're seeing these are these people attacking banks and throwing stones You know and then burning them and all that are they are they genuine you have genuine reason So at you follow you agree with those who say they may be someone else playing the drums for the dancer They're dancing I totally agree with you. These are not genuine Agitators if you have money in a bank, you will go to the bank and destroy the bank if you do that You can bring back your money. The first remains that these are people that are good loans Probably politically motivated by a certain interest who are ready to cost mayhem and probably Truncate the election coming up on Saturday and the one of March 11. These no longer agitation Better ways of When you go to plan to plan do that vote Destroy their properties go to local government. Do you let me ask you coffee? Do the local government is human? That is what you ask yourself today is humanly today. We did distribute to 2,000 They went with the mace of the local government Somebody want to use it for firewood Somebody want to use it for fire probably doesn't have a firewood But I on the most just one of my friend the classmate of mine Yesterday was really really bitter when he spoke to me It was a general manager sideways of one of the banks that was for my general manager That was of one of the bank and he was complaining bitterly to me that one of the bank that was borns 230 bonds that he came from not only he said when he was a general manager of that way He built that band and it has been burnt You also spoke of another one that was burnt in a big shot or whatever area in the state that this is a cultural loss and lost to the banks and You come to realize I asked myself what's the place of the police intelligence? What's the place of police if the police in this state like we've been state and rest of them We're not able to get the necessary that people are going to practice over five or six months Act and destroyed in Shagam in noon yesterday along the Akari Load away in Shagam all the banks there were destroyed and I asked myself where were security agents? It's in a city arrested 27 people out But if you have been able to preempt this and make sure that all these banks this this banks are good like I and areas that are prone to Attacks are respected as security agents would have lies and pressure that secure As I said earlier on this goes just beyond agitation and protest This is politically motivated by individuals who are taking trying to take advantage of the situation on grants to loot And also to destroy the parties and I hope those behind it Interesting. All right. Let's look at some more stories coming from the the papers The the security situation of course the defense chief is saying that he is good to go We have that taken from the front page of the daily independent and a couple of other papers are also mirroring that the security chief saying that He's good to go. In fact, it is a CDS as quoted in one particular Paper the chief of defense staff and are you are you concerned about? you know the ability of the security operatives and agencies in the country to To to to to ensure public safety and order ahead of the election and to help us have a free and fair election on Saturday I'm not afraid. I know that we have the capacity in terms of security to be able to Handle a situation like this This is not the first time we've had a lesson since 1999 two days and the security agents are up and doing and The I let through the electoral at a lot of weeks is much more easier for people to go and put the introduction of the beavers It's going to happen lots. So the issue of snatching up a lot of parties which have been prevalent in the past is the team of the past so That's in this a will be some level of tension in the pooling boots the security agencies not as it is the army been mobilized and the civil difference and all the security Mobilized to be able to give adequate protection to all the And those are going to participate in the election So I have no doubt that They'll be able to get this done, but my own worry is the assistant attack on police facilities and stations, especially in the south east which Especially again in an umbrella state the past four or five days since series of attacks on police stations in an umbrella state and several policemen have been killed by so-called unknown And I hope that this meeting but as quickly as possible to move towards the issue so viewers that certainly Don't want addition to pose in this in that part of the country and so much I've brought new race and the one son is new race about the security situation in the south east Prior to this generation and I hope that this is sorted out the same thing good to the north North east and also north central Where we've seen the issue of banditry kidnapping killings That is going on There's anything that it wants to do with nuclear Free All So I hope that the security agents already Strategize particularly to make sure that Every part of this country is very secure when I jump to two parts and make the address All right, we'll stay with the election stories and we'll go back to the daily independent Look at this particular headline on the front page of the daily independent Quite interesting. It's also carried by a number of other papers 2023 election Endorsement of peter ob is sacrosanct pandev. This is the pan naja delta forum The pan naja delta forum of edwin clark and what the paper says is that The pan naja delta forum has affirmed that the endorsement of peter ob The presidential candidate of labor party by the forum is sacrosanct and urged the public to disregard The reported rejection of obese endorsement by so-called youth after forum You know the president by ken robinson the national publicity secretary pandev noted that this is what the paper says The report is born out of infantarm useings pointing out that in the first place pandev doesn't have wings And stress that the forum maintains a consolidated framework of the national state And local government levels. So, so um, you know, I was saying something to someone Yes, there the forum where I was that um, one of the reasons why maybe a ticker book May have made a u-turn regarding his uh, his uh view or his position on narrow policy and was um A certain r y youth group that made some noise last week saying that uh, he's an enemy of the masses You know, and you know a ticker has this Thing he always wants to be seen as pro arawa. So so but but one thing I said I asked people Yes, it was you know all these groups, you know youth wing and all that Maybe if the politicians can't get the main group to do their bidding They would look for some youth group or some state wing, you know, some of them just start things Okay, take this and just see something for us. So Um, um, what do you say about this because pandev is saying see we don't know This youth group or youth wing people are talking about we've made our position known and we're not shifting We're supporting and throwing away and endorsing pita b is pan nagin delta forum Um, what do you say to that? I have a second question for you. But what do you say to that? Well, the question you have to ask yourself all the endorsement they've done all these people have done in the past to what if they haven't been As they move people from voting What when they talk of block what block are we talking about? So to me it's just uh They are just trying to secretly run and the self-willed That's what you are your pandev. So your pandev they are representing the south where the south is that the south and North central and from the south that does your decision affect It doesn't affect me and how i'm going to put so when they are saying they're representing What are they representing? Is uh, I think that is just as I said it said that just as uh, the pandev said they are endorsing Which of which of me is okay? You can also see that also already one of the people that uh, one particular group from pulani said they are endorsing to You know They are in a fanny parade He said they are endorsing to supersome and also common around I don't think I think the is the politicians are just trying to Find where are swelling? People's opinions and first of them Um, Nigerians no single person we come out of so called leader that come out We are very educated. We are dynamic In our thinking as Nigerians nobody can tell even myself to be who the proper me to go and tell my wife This is where to vote In as much as I just said that you know, he votes for this It is our choice when she gets to the po that day. I'm not going there to it She will decide somebody she's whoever she wants to vote or she'll vote for you So anybody's saying uh, we can't also so person that is how we are going to vote It does not go beyond their personal personal one one put each so The the presidential candidates should continue to swear the masses across border Respective or wherever they are However, the thing that they can get the goods they should go for them and make sure that it copies them But all this unnecessary. Let me also tell you I can feel that most of these indoors may come with huge pockets Most of these people collect money from super political parties and politicians Telling them they are going to impose them don't just think that some of these things go for free They are not More patriotic and patriotic than you are nine. That is the true situation. Most of these people Is for their pockets and the line that they're lining it's not just because they believe in an individual Most of them are not principled Shocked that when you see them outside beyond where they're making up their statement Then you will be shocked by what they be saying that now also from what we are here They're divided Down the line if the youth wing which I'm sure constitute majority of those That organization says this is where they are going to go. Is anybody this so-called eddars Pandem is saying they don't have a youth wing That's the same thing they say that so are you telling me the pandem is only made of 80 80 year olds people like uh by Edwin clark And is that what you're telling me he's saying that on on paper like they They reformed the group called pandem that they don't have a youth. They have not formed a youth wing Let me tell as I said kofi take my words It's like saying nothing if very has no youth Are you telling me that the only people that are for them are people from 70 to 80 years? That's just because I'm not I'm not saying that I the youth there's no there's a youth wing I'm not just saying that what I'm saying in essence is that it will be difficult for anybody to tell me that You have an organization just made of good men that called themselves leaders of that particular organization And that is where it ends. It's not possible But I don't know even with your organization You know that hundreds they also have their own you do it I pretty pretty should have there and so many other organization along that line But as I said, whether you wing or not you each and every of these organizations I can give you I can give you I can I can boot up my whatsapp So we can look at the messages that I received from time to time from the spokesman of oane's in the ego, you know Several times he has had to come out to To debunk Prested men by people who say they are speaking on behalf of oane's in the ego several times and you can even leave them Oane's in the worldwide to go to the state chapters You know, some of them sometimes I can give an example of it said I was in river state You know, we had a A faction or a group of some people come out to say oane's is endorsing A group maybe go on a weekend for this that that I was saying something about and then I'll get calls from the The the leadership of the group in the states. Hey, no, we never we never said that it's a faction We know who they are, you know So so so if these groups are set up they have their official recognized structures, you know, I remember there was once recently A particular youth wing came out to say something that was opposite to what oane's in the ego said now These are leaders of thought leaders of opinion, you know, who are entrusted in You know with with with them who are seen held in high esteem as people who speak for For maybe an ethnic nationality for instance And then someone just sits down somewhere and says we will start a youth wing to counter What you're saying so that a politician pays us This is what says that they don't know this group. They don't know them Go through specific oane's Or an easy has That I know I know the officers They are well recognized Um, they had a lesson that we are recognized and they were sworn in by the late Professor was a former The late president of oane's. So if I'm talking let me talk specifically of oane's They have it. I know the publicist circuit is I'm not talking of a mandate for whichever one I'm being specific on Or an easy now or an easy in the world has a youth wing which is functioning, which is Also, but it is on that the oane's a In the general worldwide that they have a youth wing that I know that is a fact I will give you one that Achieve alex obonia said to me. I don't know which let me see where I can find There are several this one. It says ignore it at home order another one. He you know several ones Rejecting someone someone saw something some group said that they are not the ones who who said I don't have time to go Um into that bubble another endorsement story. This wasn't carried by the uh, the papers at this point I think you would love to say something about this Uh, and you know, you talked about the fact that these uh, social political organizations Sometimes the social cultural groups rather, you know, when they they embark on endorsements It doesn't affect the choice of the common man Who comes from their area? Um, so you tell me if you think this will have any impact uh rough and also Who is the chairman of of the embattled african democratic congress? 18 hours ago put out a tweet saying A dc and doses would be dirty for president slash vp Form star alliance with political parties civil societies Organization ethnic nationalities professional groups, etc. Market leaders to work for victory today is peter b and that's the environment Um, so a dc said we don't have a presidential candidate. Um, we are going to support peter b That's the first party. I think would this have any effect You use the word embattled that means that you use the word embattled that means that maybe I don't know who the leader of a dc So I cannot be with them But don't forget about five days ago Um about four days ago. That was a press statement that issued that five political parties have endorsed Article one of these political parties also came out. Maybe it's a diss I don't know which one to say no We are not part of that endorsement Kofi as I said, this is the period of talking As we say in local parlance Politicians are bearing themselves Most of the political parties don't have single Candidates by tradition. They just answer political parties for the fun of it Um, what they do is use the opportunity to trade to trade certain Staffs with a major political parties and the candidate so that they can get some crumbs from them They don't have the capacity or the willingness to be able to get involved With the election and every four years they come together at the next year in the city We are endorsing so supressed. We are endorsing so supressed Ask me. I don't know how many House of the status of the leader that the dc have. I don't know how many house of the senator think they have The national assembly as well or even the local government and the rest of them So anybody can endorse anybody But the fact is that what with this in what with this impact on the On the election, the political major parties know where their votes come from And they know who are going to give them their votes. So which is why you see them on the basis Going around campers in football The pdp a pc level party at the extent enemy Those are the major fund runners any other political parties And just I'll just look at them as asadas and then they have the right to endorse anybody The one that the question is What are they bringing to the vote? So so Yeah, very good question very good question. You've asked grace for the a dc Which was is amongst the top on top party in the country after a pdp and a pc before the vote party became What they are today they have a number of polling unit agents About we here they have our 230,917 polling agents Yeah, everybody can have polling that's what I'm saying. Yeah, you have included Every political party would have polling agents no matter how small it is They would definitely have polling agents because even if they're not contest for presidency They're not contested for governorship. They might decide to go for house of assembly They might decide to go for house a house or representative and most of these smaller parties It is more of an individual to ride at the political parties Most of the big candidate. I've seen what is that you see what is happening Um, we had the debates sometimes About two weeks ago And I saw some political parties we are there we are that debates and I was surprised how intelligent some of them most of them have never had of their name to them Very very articulate young young Nigerians If you really are They were putting across their point and I said we have these guys clean. I asked one of them Why We don't have the opportunity we don't have to work with that to go to the media I said, are you sharing that media media collecting money or whatever you can express yourself But we work into any television station if you work into plus TV, I know plus TV I told them I said if you go to plus TV, let me say they will give you opportunity And it's a fact if I'm not just trying to Call you guys. I know what you guys you work into today What to have an idea and you say this is what they have they will give you opportunity So don't just say that we are not being given anything if the bigger ones are not giving you opportunity Then good. There's so many millions. I go to radio stations. Legos. We have over 20 to 25 radio stations in Legos If not to 30 Work into any radio stations The NBC has given the various broadcast organizations the levity to be able to treat all political Candidates equally and be given opportunity to express themselves. That is part of our social responsibilities As a media person and such opportunity. So I don't use that as an excuse, but that is an individual But the party doesn't seem to be you understand what I'm saying So I don't have any problem that as I said the question to us is that what will this endorsement bring to the table? All right, I'm here to see Chris, thank you. Right. You still need I'll need to fact check that Information I have that about on the number of and putting unit agents that ADC has so I withdraw that you know, but Yes, yes, yes, we have to keep people Right. I know there's a publication today one of the papers Where they stated all the pulling I think pdp has the highest about 176,000 something pulling agents or whatever Pulled by apc And I don't know what I thought is the boy is thought. I don't know the other ones Where there's a public you can fact check that it was published today one of the papers. You see the But we can say the more pulling agents you have the merrier Chris, thank you. Thank you very much for your time judgment day just around the corner Three days and 15 hours to go But we look forward to having you next week right here on the breakfast Thank you very much. And quickly another good news is the one by the court yesterday It's hoping Once you know most Yes Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your time, uh, Chris K. Andiwando is a chartered arbitrator UK certified Chartered arbitrator We're right back when we come back. We'll look at um the push By apc governors and national working committee for president Abubakar Malami to Allow nature and spend the old narrow to laughter the elections. Why are they asking for that? We'll be right back