 Nigerian inflation rate falls by 0.37% in seven straight months according to a report by Consumer Price Index. CPI says that the prices of goods and services which rose by 15.99% in October is 1.7% higher than the rate recorded in October 2020 for 10.23%. And we will be reviewing the newspapers on half the press this morning with our guests. With that we'll say good morning and thanks for joining us. It's a Tuesday morning here on Kosti, Biafrica. Welcome to the breakfast. I am Osaugi Habama. And I am Messi Gokul, he's the last guest manager for us. Alright, as always we kick off with Top Trending Stories. This morning all the stories on Top Trending are a little sad but of course we'll go through them and share with you the major discussions that have happened across the country in the last 24 hours. The first one here will start in Lagos State where of course the Lagos State panel of inquiry that was set up after the end SARS protest eventually put out this report yesterday and has some very, very well for some people it was shocking, damning, you know, stunning revelations and findings for some people, you know, but for me personally, there's nothing that is shocking. You know, it's just a couple of things that I might say, oh I didn't know it was this bad or I didn't know that this, you know, thing happened. So some of the, you know, the important details with regards all of that, the report basically shares every single thing that was found, you know, through cross examination of the Army, of the end SARS protesters and everybody concerned including, you know, doctors and, you know, medical personnel, everybody, you know, that they could interview and their findings really, you know, tell a very, very, very sad story. I like the fact that they eventually got to a point where they said that yes it is an actual massacre that happened on the 20th of October 2020 and it also details, you know, the fact that as much as 96 people were killed during the end SARS protesters here in Lagos and unfortunately they couldn't verify exactly how many of them were at the Lekitogedee. The report does, you know, point out about 11 people that were killed at the Lekitogedee but it records about 96 deaths that were recorded for the here in Lagos during the end SARS protests. It also goes on to say that there's a couple of bodies, I also read for them in the report, that shows about 20 bodies that were unidentified. That I don't even think are part of the 96 that they are mentioned in now. 20 plus bodies that were dumped at mortuaries, at general hospitals that were not identified today. They really have, you know, tags. That is, so that is one of the things that I noticed that these persons, these Nigerians, these lives were lost and they ended up as tags. They are called end SARS Yaba slash 25. End SARS Lekit slash 32. Those are how they end, you know, that's how they ended up. It's a really, really, really sad story. It also says, you know, one of the things that have been asked is, you know, who ordered for the military to be invited to Lagos and it says over then the report that it's the Lagos State Governor who had invited, who invited the soldiers to the Lekitogate. It says also that the soldiers did fire live ammunition. They came back the next morning with trucks filled with brushes to clean up blood. It also says that police, after the army had done, you know, the damage that they had done, the police went on and continued shooting into a crowd of protesters. It's such a messy, messy hurtful report. Very, very messy. And just like I mentioned, you know, of the camera that is really an emotional, it's quite emotional because I mean, there's no way you're expecting me to talk about this and not feel very pained and not feel that I should, you know, show some emotions really because I'm human. And it could be anyone, it could be anyone. I will still say this, we have lost humanity across the entire, you know, if you look at the world entirely, it's a problem. It's a problem of the fact that we don't understand. And that's why sometimes you look at my bio on social media, I put up first that I'm a human being. I'm human first. And you need to understand that before I am, any other thing, before you begin to put tags to me, I am a human being. And in dealing with me, you need to understand that. It's really, really sad. But let's stay with the Nigerians, you know, Nigeria right now as a country. And the fact that we do have, we don't have respect for human life. The fact that, you know, those who should protect us are the ones taking advantage of us and are the ones killing us. Now, I am totally disappointed. And I will say this anywhere and anytime. And that is really, really sad that over time, you have the fact that the governments have denied and they are still denying that nothing has happened. And I must commend, you know, the judicial panel here in Lagos State. They have done a very great job. And these already as a person gives me a lot of hope. And I'm sure that this also gives, you know, a lot of people hope, because usually with Nigeria, I'm sure you get to hear the conversation that, oh, it's Nigeria, you understand. So even if they set up a panel of inquiry and, oh, we're now in Nigeria now, nothing is going to happen. Really, really, just to say that, it shows that there's hope. They are still remnant. And I respect every person that was part of that team. And we're only hoping that, and I know that posterity would actually speak, it would ask. I wonder how those who were involved in this massacre, those who were involved in this particular act, how do they even sleep? You know, because I'm sure that these police officers, they have kids. You know, so it's really disappointing once again for the Nigerian government. It's totally embarrassing. And you could also remember the back and forth we had, you know, CNN being engaged, and then Lai Mohamed saying all sorts. Oh, we have to sue them. No, this is not. Nothing really happened. And DJ Switch being dragged back and forth. Now we have all of that evidence put out together. I like the, you know, well, in the last six to eight hours, the silence from all those who were part of the cover-up, all those who were part of the voices that went ahead with the narrative that nobody was killed at the target. And like you said, we've lost humanity because I really cannot imagine what will make a person take that stand, seeing the evidence that was already glaring. And that's why I said I wasn't shocked with this because I already, I saw, you know, that these things actually did happen. But I'm not a forensic expert. So it was left for the panel to put out these findings. But there were people, there were human beings that said, oh, no, these things, they're all lies, you know, and that somebody once said that it was a CGI created video that DJ Switch put out there. It's madness, complete madness. But I'm going to share some of the things that it says, for those who haven't seen the report. It says the evidence before the panel shows that the Nigerian Army left the Nigerian, or rather after the Nigerian Army left, the Nigerian police was followed up with the killing of protesters, shooting directly at fleeing protesters into the Shanties and the Lagoon at the Leciphase I foreshore, close to the Lecito Gate, floating corpses, and shot one closer to a person called Sarah Ibrahim. It goes further to talk about the arms used by the police when they eventually, or during the panel, they denied that they were even at the toe gate that they even showed up, that they even left their police station. All those things eventually were found to be false. I see someone here also responding, saying that the finding at the Lagos and Suspandela Damien is established, the fact that the army led by Lieutenant Colonel Bello was at the Lecito Gate on the night of the massacre. The panel finds that live rounds were shot directly at protesters resulting in mass casualties. There were 96 deaths during the Ansar's protests in Lagos, deaths which resulted from army and police actions. There were many injuries and deaths at the Lecito Gate. In effect, the number of deaths are unknown. It goes on to say, and this is some of the other things that you will find very, very shocking, I hope I can quickly find it, where it says that they came back the next morning with trucks and filled with brushes to clean up blood and clean up whatever evidence that was left there at the Lecito Gate. Yes, it says... It was alleged and corroborated that the soldiers had their vans packed at the Lecito Gate and removed as many bodies and corpses of the fallen protesters which they took away with their vans. One of the protesters who was shot and taken for dead, or Lali Khan Sanusi, who eventually escaped to narratives of deal experience, stated that 11 corpses were in the van where he was placed and presumed dead. It's such a mess. It's a big mess. It's so much of a mess. I mean, I'm practically struggling to look forward to describe what it is right now, but what do you expect after this report has been put out? What do you really expect? There are also recommendations, the tail end of the report that I didn't bother reading. There's a part where it says that the Toe Gate should be named. The ends has Toe Gate and some other things. I mean, I think it's a lot more. There's the recommended punishment for soldiers dismissal for the army officers and for the police and some of all of that. I'm not saying that, you know, all of this recommendation. I mean, we're talking about the fact that we have laws. We also have a problem for a government who is still in denial of the fact that, yes, nothing really happened. No one died. Soldiers were not there. You didn't have police presence around. What do you expect? Because don't forget, we're going to get a response. I'm predicting this, that the government will come out. Lai Mohammed is going to come out soon and he's going to tell us another tale of how, you know, those who are against this government who are against the, you know, the APC government, those who are really, really, really fighting against the Buhari's administration. And I constantly say this every other time, that Nigeria is bigger than a political party. Everything is not about President Mohammad Buhari or the APC or a particular region. Lives have actually been lost. And I'm hoping that in the same society, even prior to this order time, but of course, it's a conspiracy. It's a collaboration that these persons probably wouldn't have acted on their own. Let's even go back to the beginning of, you know, how we got to where we are. I mean, what led to all of this? The fact that people are protesting in a democratic society. I mean, protest has been used as a tool across the entire world. It feels like right now, Nigerians are just embracing protest. It is not today, people that are protesting in different countries. What are they protesting for? If you also look at it, everyone has a right to association. Everyone has a right to a peaceful assembly. These persons were not. I saw videos of people singing the national anthem and, you know, putting out the flag. And that could be so emotional. And then you had people in uniform acting as if they don't have human feelings shooting innocent people. And I hope that the internet, you know, whenever I mentioned the international community, I know you look at me in a particular way. But you know, if we constantly, this says we're looking for, you know, global prosperity and preaching all of that. It is high time if, you know, the system in itself, Nigeria can not save itself. It's high time, you know, that the international community steps into this because it's a human right violation. Lives have been lost and all of that. I would also just mention because we need to move on to talk about it, to Nuba Balola. I would also just mention that when Christine Gage shocked that doctors are living in Nigeria and wants them to work here for nine years and live in Nigeria because of situations like this. I will let, you know, the government of course go ahead and respond to the Ansar's findings or the panel's findings, the panel's report rather, and hear what they have to say if they will go ahead and discredit this report or not. It was alleged and corroborated that soldiers picked bullet shells on the 9th of October 20. Policemen followed up in the morning of October 21 to pick up bullet shells. Allied bodies were removed by security agencies and Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit deposited at various hospital motorways in Lagos. Three trucks with brushes underneath were brought to the Lekitogate in the morning of October 21 to clean up the scene of blood stains and other evidence. The Lagos State Governor in his CNN interview said that there was no blood when they went there. Inspector Fash came up a couple of days later and found the camera. Nuba Balola said that, you know, they were trying to remove him from government. Oh, really? We'll move away from there and share another reason why a lot of Nigerians don't feel like they have any reason to associate themselves with Nigeria because once again the value of the Nigerian life and the value of the Nigerian person to the Nigerian state has continued. We've continued to see reasons why, you know, reasons basically showing that the Nigerian state doesn't care about the Nigerian person. Yesterday we spoke, oh, I, you know, shared a story of air about a man who was in prison, an American, I hope I can find his name, who was in prison in Myanmar or sentenced to jail in Myanmar. He was eventually released yesterday, of course, after the American government stepped in and, you know, whatever, you know, diplomatic means were necessary, got him out of America. He was, you know, going to be sent back to, he got him out of Myanmar. He was going to be sent back to the U.S. That is how a government that values the life of a citizen, wherever they are, even in Antarctica, even in hellfire, they would go and do whatever they can to ensure that they save that life. But that's not the same thing for the Nigerian who might be dealing with one challenge on the other in a different country. Itunba Balola is a girl from Ibadon, I believe, or your state who was doing business in Côte d'Ivoire for a while. She promised her mom that she was going to be visiting Nigeria quarterly and spending some time. Sometime in 2019 she made that same visit, came back to Nigeria to visit her mom. By the time she returned she found that her apartment had been burgled in Côte d'Ivoire. The person who, of course, you know, broke into her apartment and stole her valuables was arrested. Turned out to be a 14-year-old boy. He was arrested. She decided, of course, to take it, make a police case out of it. Unfortunately for her the DPO, according to her statement, and the letter that she wrote to Femigua Jabiamila, the DPO in the station there claimed that he was an uncle to the little boy, the 14-year-old boy and he didn't want the boy to go to jail or to have his record tainted and he offered to pay off Itunba, some of the money that she claimed to have lost when her house was burgled. She complained that the money that he was offering was too little and, of course, he continued to find ways to bully her into dropping the case. Eventually, a couple of days later, she was arrested along with her sister and her sister's husband, her sister's boyfriend. They spent three months in jail. She was accused of using a little girl then, Côte d'Ivoire for prostitution. That's the first accusation. She eventually was, of course, arrested and spent months in jail. She sought legal assistance that didn't really do much difference. She eventually made a mistake by naming herself Becky Paul during the court case and from there Itunba was eventually given a 20-year jail sentence in Côte d'Ivoire for a crime that she had absolutely no knowledge about. She continued to reach out to the Nigerian government, reach out to the, you know, to Femme Bajabermila, reach out to NITCOM, reach out to the Nigerians and the Asperger Commission and everybody possible and that includes also persons that include David Houndain and continue to pursue this case reach out to NITCOM multiple times and became Diabiri and many other people who, of course, have been quoted in this story but eventually Itunba died 24 hours ago in Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire prison reports say that she died from complications of diabetes, Diabetes Coma and that's the end of her story but this is another very, very, very and I can say very a billion times hurtful story of how a Nigerian couldn't get help from the Nigerian government or from the Nigerian, you know, state when they needed the assistance the most. It feels, and the way that the story is told, it feels like she was completely abandoned by the Nigerian state of course and eventually lost her life in Côte d'Ivoire. You know, there's some other part of the story where I read where, you know, when she was arrested because he felt like you bogged my house and then they're turning it down on you because the person involved is the person of interest apparently so you still have the police brutality across board and this we're talking about a West African country and most times as much as I like not to stereotype Africa as it is but I think that we have a big problem not that this is not happening in different parts of the world, I mean in Asia and what have you, but my point is you see Africa, West Africa again and then when they had she's a Nigerian, oh she's a Nigerian she's going to die and Roth here it's not going to be justice. And so you still find that the issue of police brutality it's not just limited to Nigeria it cuts across board and let's even stay with our continent Africa, West Africa, and that's it I don't really understand that justice has been suppressed because everyone has a right to a fair hearing I mean there's not way something happens that you hear from just one side and jump into conclusion without hearing from the other side of the divides. So the fact that she was actually denied fair hearing because that's also another part of the story, she was denied fair hearing and as much as they could they tried to ensure that she wasn't given that opportunity and looked up for everything to ensure that she was implicated probably because she's a Nigerian and of course here we are I get that part of on fair trials this happens across the world that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that as much as you know it's not limited to the African space or the Nigerian space as what's going on but let's even stay with us that you know this is also happening in another African country I mean very close by I think the biggest point in this story is not you know the fact that you know there is unfairness you know in the legal justice system across you know in many parts of Africa it is what is the giant of Africa doing about its citizens and the life of its citizens in different countries across the world what diplomatic power does Nigeria have you know with a country like Cote d'Ivoire someone here that Dr. Ayo Shogunro says Cote d'Ivoire is a small West African country that Nigeria can easily engage diplomatically yet our government failed when it happens in Europe, Asia or the African subregions where Nigeria has no yet our government failed rather it says what then happens in Europe Asia or the African subregions where Nigeria has no influence what is the value of the Nigerian life anywhere Dimalar Wajru says here understand that every failure of government queues the fire of patriotism in citizens one can do at a time Itunubaba Lola didn't just die alone her death has snuffed out the light of hope in those who dare to believe that maybe just this time Nigeria would turn up differently. I totally agree with you I'm not saying that's not you know a big one here but I'm also also saying that as much as it's an issue the fact that right now you hear the Nigerian government saying we're going to set up a panel to investigate I mean this is like medicine after debt like it would be said out there right so when she was alive we couldn't come through for her none that she's dead we're going to you know flex our muscle it just shows you it brings us back to the beginning of our conversation that there's no value we've lost humanity our leaders don't even understand me I'm thinking that you know for everybody that's going to be contesting for let's begin to ask people valid questions we need to understand why we were government why we want to represent the people security is very important protection of the life and properties of the people that is your primary responsibility whether they are in Nigeria or outside Nigeria it should be your concern and as much as we're good at you know imbibing and copying and boring you know culture and practices from other countries why can we imbibe how other countries treat their citizens it's really really sad I'm hoping that we don't have a reputation of this because of course I can't even guarantee I can't say that that's not going to happen because trust me we're going to have a repeat of this same issue and nothing is really going to happen we're going to have a longer conversation on itunubabalola's case sometime this weekend expand further as to what exactly happened and what played out it's a really really really sad story that broke my heart in a thousand pieces yesterday we'll take a short break when we come back we're moving to off the press where we have a review of the major stories making headlines across Nigeria this Tuesday stay with us