 Allow me to choose my successor, just as I allowed you to choose yours. It seems to be the message from Nigeria's President, Mohammed Buhari, to the Governors of the All Progressives Congress. We'll look at this meeting he had with the Governors of the ruling party yesterday. And the prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria has revealed details of his abduction and release from kidnappers den. We analyzed these and the overall security situation in the country. And we'll look at the headlines on the pages of today's national newspapers in off the press. Very good morning to you and welcome to the program. My name is Kofi Patel. It's a beautiful Wednesday morning, wishing live from the studios on Victoria Island Lagos. Interesting conversations as you heard in that intro, but let's start off with a look at what's been trending in Nigeria and around the world over the past 24 hours. Let's start with the enforcement of a commercial motorcycle ban, public order of Kadaban, which is to begin today across local government areas, selected local government areas in Lagos State. Of course, the governor of Lagos State, Babaji de Saoulu, had made that announcement in the wake of the killing and lynching of a young man at Lecky Phase One, the sound engineer, David Imor, who was killed at Lecky Phase One. This is in response to the public outcry and the public backlash following the killing of that man by suspected Okada riders. Indeed, there's been an investigation launched into this. We've not seen the results of that investigation to the full. It's still ongoing and the governor did announces Okada ban. Today is June 1, and the day has come for the official commencement of the ban. However, they had gone against out to target and to rid the streets of these Okada riders in some parts of Lagos State. Indeed, hundreds of motorcycles have been picked up. Hundreds of motorcycles have been apprehended in some parts of Lagos. That's by the fact that ban was not already on. We have the following local government areas in view at Ikeja, a local government area. We have Etiosa, Lagos Island, Surulere, Papua, and Lagos Mainland local governments where this is supposed to commence. This ban is supposed to commence today, June 1, 2022. Indeed, the Lagos State government had put out a message on its social media platforms with graphic designs and e-flyers giving the public the necessary information. Let's go back to the leaky phase one and listen to residents of that area give their views on this ban. In Lagos, commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada is an important means of transportation for residents. The reason is not far-fetched. The heavy and frustrating gridlock experience on most roads across the states. Over time, there have been complaints by commuters about the reckless attitudes of some riders which has resulted in accidents leading to deaths and lifetime injuries. Some of these riders have been accused of aiding and abetting crimes due to their quick and easy movement, while some others disobey traffic lights. The Lagos State government in the past years has reeled out laws banning the ride in some areas of the state. In 2006, under the Bola Tsunumbu government, Okada riders were banned from prison between 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. every day. In 2012, the Lagos State government under the Babatunde Fashala administration placed a total ban on Okada riders on the cater access of the state. Same thing in 2017, under the Akinwumi Ambodi administration. The state government announced ban on Okada activities on major highways, bridges, and roads. And under the Babatunde Tsunumbu administration in 2020, the government banned Okada from flying 40 bridges and flyovers across the state. The ban seems not to have been able to get commercial bikers off restricted areas. Recently, a young man and father of two was killed and set ablaze by an Okada rider over a disagreement. These made citizens take to social media to call for the total ban of Okada riders on the state. Residents of Lekiface 1 where the incident occurred staged a protest against Okada riders in the area. This led the player to the indivisible government Lagos State, which had banned the Tsunumbu for 20 school weeks. And that of the entire state. It was protecting the lives of the material residents of Lagos State by imposing the ban on Okada. It is a local government of the state. It has called for the ban from the 1st of June 2022. But we, the nation of Lekiface 1, cannot risk the lives of all residents and all Okadas running free to the people of Lagos. In a recent order, the Lagos State renewed its ban on Okada business, which would take effect from the 1st of June. This is the first banning that we are going to be backing up so that others know that it is worthwhile either to get out or something else to do. And from 1st of June, from 1st of June, the other cities that are underneath them were going to publish them, were going to list all of them and so we are given the notice now. Days to the effective date of the ban, commercial motorcyclists are having a few days in Ajah area of the state. They can see a lot there on their streets, but on the main road, they should ban them. They should just go. I don't want Okada to be banned because they have kept their laws actually. In a situation whereby you want to go to a place and you need to be to be fast, you just enter a bike and go to a place and you have to wait to see the team full before you can move. I don't think it should be banned because I actually use them for work in the morning when I go to work and also in the evening I use them so if there is no bike, so what do I use as transport means? That is the fastest means of transportation for these cities because once there is traffic and you have to get to work before 8, you have to try all possible means to meet up with the time. So they don't have to ban bikes. I will advise the government to let them try and bring people who are educated like from secondary and employ them. They will be sensible. But when you bring jagoban, Yoruba illiterate, Ausai illiterate, Yibo illiterate, they don't know anything. But when they are educated, they will be sensible to be doing rubbish. About the express, I can say without with government, but the road that remains without no expressway, they can still apply. At least they have time to give them to be closing. They can still apply other way, apart from the express. The riders appeal to the government to rethink the ban. All of us here now, they don't want it. Because this is where the issue is. And I have to make to survive ourselves. First thing, because government say they don't want back again. If they are passing away, they enter back, then they affect them. Because of everybody they see now, they get their own family to feed. Government don't provide another alternative for us. For this work, there is no sea work for this country. But the thing government say about the issue is they may provide another alternative for us before they ban us. What they want us to do now, they want to ban Dukada. I have family. I have two kids and wife. They can tell me, I'm feeling now with this work that I'm doing. If they say they will ban Dukada now, which work they want to provide for us? Dukada. Now I tell the family now, somewhere like me now, I have like four picking, two girls, two boys, now I tell the parents, school fees, and don't go under work again. When they push me now, which work I will do again, and don't get work, and don't serve it safe, and don't serve it do anything. Only Dukada know how they do now. We see the apologiser with a beg the state government. I beg, make them forgive us. Because we like this, some people do not have any other thing doing in Lagos, and Dukada they pay them. Some people have family, and they suppose their family would buy. So we don't have anything to beg. That's the whole reason with us. Dukada ban in Lagos state has lingered for years without effect. The coming days, we expose defectiveness or otherwise of the government's ban order on Okada businesses from restricted areas. Gazika or HSC, plus TV news. So remains to be seen how this ban will be enforced from today being June 1. Some residents of Lagos state have expressed some apprehension about the reaction of some Okada writers around the city. Some threatening to withdraw their votes from the government of the day in Lagos state. Some appealing to the government to rescind the decision. And some members of the northern community in Lagos saying they support the government in this drive. Indeed, we got news of one particular construction company known as High Tech asking its staff to remain at home for the day in order to just protect them if eventually they are on rest in the city. But hopefully that will not happen. We want to see any violence. We want peace and hopefully Lagosians will be able to go about their business today without any harassment or any danger or any protest. Hopefully that happens. Let's move on to some more training stories. This one happens to do with a slogan surrounding the Ansar's protest of 2020. The scar of the protest is still or the scar of what ended the protest is so fresh in the minds of a lot of people in the country. Don't forget that this was a youth driven protest and as a matter of fact one of these slogans especially for those who were protesting in the southwestern part of the country was Sorosoke which is a Yoruba word Sorosoke is one of the words or slogans that were used during the protest or that was used during the protest and it's been popular not just in the southwestern part of the country but indeed around Nigeria synonymous with the Ansar's protest but this slogan it seems is not just popular in Nigeria because a book was released by someone outside the country a UK author Trish Lorenz and Trish Lorenz released a book titled Sorosoke The Young Disrupts Disrupt so disruptors rather of an African mega city of course Lagos is described as a mega city where about 5000 people have signed a petition seeking the recall of that book what happened was that Trish Lorenz gave an interview about the book where she claimed that she created or coined the name Sorosoke Generation so she made those claims and this of course has drawn the anger of a lot of people in the country now the background to this is that she wrote this book and this book won her the 2021 Nine Dots Prize this is a prize that lots creative thinking and the tackles contemporary societal issues a lot of creative thinking the tackles contemporary societal issues and the phrase Sorosoke is an Eroba phrase which means speak out or speak out so in her book Lorenz who is based in the German capital Berlin examined the bravery of youth who left the movement or let the movement featured the views of some Nigerians who took part in the demonstration now she gave an interview where she said that she was the one who coined the name or gave the protesters the name Sorosoke Generation as of Tuesday about 5000 people mostly Nigerians started signing the petition seeking the recall of the book from the publication and some are also saying that she should apologize to Nigerians and that the interview that she granted be taken down now what do people think of this personally I think that if she writes a book on a subject matter that is a public matter that anyone can write about there is nothing wrong nobody owns the phrase Sorosoke anyone can write about it whether you're Nigerian or not if you're interviewing people if you're discussing a concept or an event that occurred in the country it's an event it's something that happened anyone can write about it that is what happens all over the world however the claim that she made that she coined the phrase Sorosoke Generation or gave the protesters the name Sorosoke Generation which they know not to be true is what should be to me the bone of contention of course rightly the petitioners have said that have demanded that a public apology be written to Nigerians and that the interview be taken down all right I would really love to sit down with this lady to find out why or how she came to be the originator of the phrase Sorosoke that she is claiming Sorosoke Generation it's interesting the petitioners are saying that how can she name and claim what was already existing that she has no connection with the struggle yet she capitalizes on it benefits and profits of the trauma of Nigerians to claim they say that this is evidence by her winnings from the nine dots prize which amounts to about a remuneration of about 100,000 US dollars all right for me anyone can write on any subject matter as long as it's not a copyrighted or patented or trademarked subject if it's not a copyrighted subject anyone can write about it this is a protest that happened it's in a public domain the networks and international media have written about it someone says I want to write a book on what happened in Nigeria they're free to do that but I think where the contention should be is in the claim she made that she originated the name Sorosoke generation which needs to be looked into all right let's move on let's move on to another very not too palatable one very sad one and of course we've been counting the days saying the Abuja Kaduna ill-fated train attack and a kidnap of the survivors of that attack who have been in captivity for more than 60 days now a video was released I think this should be the second video by the abductors this shows the abductees and some of them made some statements one of the abductees made a very heartfelt appeal but the point was made that her son is a sickle cell she is a sickle cell patient and needs urgent attention a number of the abductees in the video said that they had been sick and they were still sick and the video will be released and this is really worrying for 67 days today 68 days and counting these Nigerians are still in captivity in fact not all of them are Nigerians some are foreigners are still in captivity what is going on let's roll the tape on the video released to buy the terrorists and when we come back we'll do some more talking before we call it a wrap I was one of those captured on that train with four of my children and my husband we are appealing to the federal government and our families and everyone that can to please come to our aid we've been here for 62 days in an unfavorable inhabitable condition unimaginable we've been sick in fact one of my sons two of them are even sick at the moment with no medical supplies we are pleading with you to please come to our aid one of the captives of the Abuja Kaduna train attacks we are appealing to the federal government to once again come to our aid we've been here for 62 days most of us here are sick and we are not in good condition and everyday the situation gets deteriorating we are appealing to the federal government to please come to our aid before we start losing our lives really really heart wrenching video to watch to see that these people are still in captivity and very inhumane circumstances under which they're being kept one hopes that the message has been passed to the federal government and that they the government will do what they can to release the subducted people it's really sad one can only imagine the horrendous conditions that they are being kept under one of the things I noticed from this video is that unlike the first, the previous one that was released the abductors put a curtain at the back of the video to cover the background because I noticed from the first video that the terrain was short and if you remember you could see the background even a little mountain at the back end some people on social media were able to do some geographical analysis of that video people who are qualified professionals and who can use technology they were able to do some geographical analysis and came up with a map a map showing exactly where the abductors were when the video was recorded and they said see look at the mountain behind you they gave the name of the mountain look at the terrain, there's another geographical landmark that if you look at the map the satellite image you would see that that geographical landmark is also near that mountain and it was a match and they said we don't need to do this but we're doing this on Twitter because we want to call the government out that this is something they can do very easily they did it on their laptops wherever they were tweeting from this is something the government can do easily and this is where these people were when they recorded this video so it means that they are in the vicinity and they talked about the fact that it's not far from the Cameroons so why is it difficult or was it difficult for the first video to at least give an indication to the security authorities of where these people were people could do it on Twitter and you see that from this second video the abductors have covered the background they put a curtain there probably someone connected to them must have seen the conversation on Twitter and said guys, see you next time we record a video cover the background so that they won't see where we are and this says a lot this says that these tourists are on social media or they have collaborators on social media monitoring what everyone is saying the gunman in this video the terrorist in this video for the first time spoke in English alright this is the first time they would be speaking in English in previous videos they had spoken in house let's roll another tape and listen to some more we'll come back and we'll do some analysis before we call it a day on this so they are appealing to us and that they wanted to talk my name is Gladys Hume me and Mori I am appealing particularly to Professor your new Shibangil who was my classmate 78-79 law school you are a grandfather you are a father come to our aid because we've been here for 62 days I have a son who is a sickler and I don't know his condition I am pleading at the federal government and I am asking who is the minister for the transportation to come to our assistance really sad one Miram Abu Bakar who says that two of her sons seriously sick are sick and that they need to be released as soon as possible and of course another passenger whose name is Gladys who said that her condition has been unfavorable she just had Gladys speaking there saying that she was pleading with Vice President Professor Yemio Shiba who was her classmate in 78-79 law school she says your grandfather and father come to our aid because we have been here for 62 days and I have a son who is a sickler I do not know his condition now she wants to get home to him so that she can attend to him really sad one but they have made the plea and we can see that the video was not released immediately on the day it was recorded it took some days before the release these guys are smart these guys are social media savvy these guys are main business and they know what they are doing I will be surprised if they are watching too to us right now and we see this repeated in the north west as we have seen it happen in the north east repeated in the south west or the south east as well for instance you had gunmen attacking an office of the Anambra Broadcasting Service a couple of days ago why would they attack a media establishment it shows that these attackers these gunmen beat in the northern part of the country or south are calculated they plan they strategize these attacks are not just itinerant attacks no these attacks are premeditated these attacks are calculated these attacks are meticulously planned if they go got someone's head they didn't just cut the person's head they have reasons if they attack a media establishment they have reasons if they go attack a local government council headquarters they have reasons they know what they are doing thus the Nigerian government know what it is doing we pray for the best we pray that these abductees safely return home to their families that's been a trending segment right here on the breakfast we will be right back after this break we have opened our boy in Kotara standing by for all 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