 On the breakfast, the Nigerian Labour Congress has called for the reversal of private ownership and control of the electricity sector. We'll look at the reasons behind this as we speak to a representative of the NLC in legal state. Also on the breakfast, Politician and Philanthropist Ten Jack Ridge is calling for the admission of Niger into the G20 Economic Group, but is Niger ready and qualified to be admitted to this elite group of nations. And in off the press, we'll bring you an in-depth analysis of today's major newspaper headlines. Well, it's a beautiful day and thank you for joining us on the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. I am Messi e Bopo. As always, we'll start the show with a top-trending conversation. Top-trending would mean that we're looking at issues that has generated a lot of reactions from different quarters and what's getting a lot of people talking, what are Nigerians talking about? So first on the list for us this morning is that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has accused members of the Tri-Cycle Owners Association of Nigeria of attacking its officers, or an officer actually, with dangerous weapons while they were on official duty in Odrata. It's a part in Lagos State. The Director of Public Affairs of the Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Tafik, said that weapons were used against its officer and included cutlass, iron, broken bottles, and local chimes. The agency also revealed that one of the officers was injured in the left eye and with broken bottles by the attackers and had been admitted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja. Well he also stated that the general manager of the agency confirmed the matter and had been reported to the H command of the Nigerian police force in Ogudu, while efforts were on to identify and arrest those who took part in the unwarranted attack. He said that we're searching for the attackers with information to gather so far by our intelligence unit to ensure that all of these persons who have done this will be brought to face justice, to be made to face the law. But it's also some fortunate, first of all we must say it's unfortunate. And that's because before you are LASMA official, or before you are anything, before you are whatever it is that you are, a medical doctor or president or governor, you're human being. That's the first thing. Very important. Violence of any sort, of any kind is not acceptable. Two wrongs can never make a right. That's what it is. Even though, if you look at the comment, because this is also being made public especially on Twitter, there's also a tweet to that, press release, and I have read some of the comments. I'd like to go through a bit of them for you to see what Nigerians or some people are talking about and how they feel about this incident. But like I rightly mentioned, violence is violence and it can never be supported. You can't have you, because someone did XYZ and so we should do this. It's like taking the laws into your hand and that's not acceptable. So some of the tweets and the conversation, you have this one saying with different reactions from people, it shows your men on the road are not good, of good conduct. Fix this, everyone is talking bad of them. So it feels like, hey, you deserve what you actually, Lastma is also getting the piece of the pie or a taste of your own medicine. And like I rightly mentioned, that's not acceptable. Another tweet says, violence begat violence. I would never forget the day Lastma officials extorted 20,000 from me in Ikeja while I was going to hospital to treat myself. I literally know what it can be without them. As much as evil is committed, it's not good and it's condemnable. You guys have met your equals until I hear the other side of the story. Meanwhile, I kept swearing for all the money when I don't collect from me. You know? So the reaction, the expression from Nigerians have not been the same really. People feel different about Lastma and they have reacted differently, but seriously. You know, it's like a toot for a toot. But we need to do better as a people and that's why in the course of discharging our DUTs, whether you're a police officer, whether you're a military officer, DSS, whatever it is, whoever you are. The most important thing is that you discharge your DUT in respects, in accordance with the modus operandi of your organization or agency. And which, of course, I know that there's no agency that wakes up and states violence or saying, hey, you have to treat people like animals in the course of discharging your DUT. And that's what we constantly preach. You need to understand that everyone is a human before they are the next thing, whatever it is that they may be. So in our dealings, in the course of discharging your DUT, it's important that you treat them with respect. And we find a way to implement the law. We can't be forceful, acting irrational. Acting very rascal using, we've seen situations where those who are supposed to implement the law are acting very contrary to what it should be. Right? But it's also not a plus. It's not also saying this is very good. It's totally unacceptable. And I hope that the case that has been reported to the police authorities would actually find out those responsible for this attack. And they'll be made to face justice. However, let's quickly move away from that. We have another top trending, Tarabas Speaker, Kunini, resigns. And Kizito takes over. It's a big one. The speaker of this Tarabas State House of Assembly resigned on Wednesday. That was yesterday. The House immediately elected a member representing the Zing constituency. John Kizito as a new speaker. Kunini was elected on the platform of the People's Democratic Party in 2019. Of course, his letter of resignation reads in part. He said he read it on the floor, actually, of the House. And he said to everyone that might be surprised that there was no form of skimishes among members of the House. My resignation is on personal ground. And I wish to thank honorable members for their support and cooperation while I serve the speaker of this honorable House. But you see, I think that the reason why a lot of people are talking about this and Nigerians are reacting, and it's been several reactions to this, is that we don't live in a society and a climate where it's very easy for you to have public officials or government elected officials wake up and resign. And as much as he stated in the letter that, yes, this is on personal ground, Nigerians have reacted differently to that. And you're saying, no, that's not possible. It probably would have been underdures from the executive arm of government, which seemed to be very powerful in our democracy. So yes, when you have, whether it's at the federal level or at the state level, you have different states in the country, 36, including the FCT. And so this executive or this governor's become so powerful and anything can actually happen. What is actually, why people are talking about it like I write, you mentioned is that people don't seem to believe that anyone can wake up and say, hey, I'm taking a walk. I'm stepping down. Nigerians think that we haven't gotten to that time. We haven't been very developed. You know, people's moral compass and values have not got into that point where someone wake up and say, hey, you know, as a governor, just wake up and say, you know what, I'm stepping down. And that's on personal grounds because I think I haven't been able to do XYZ. So, yes, the reaction continues. And people are talking about it. He probably would have been under duress. But what about the cases? Let's see how he pans out, you know, for Tarabah State, as long as, you know, the interest of the people is still upheld and the interest of the people is protected. That's what's very important. Now, just before we move away from a top trending, the London court again has denied Ikorimadu bill. You remember the former Senate president, Ikorimadu. The central criminal court in London has denied the former deputy Senate president, Ikorimadu, bill. Now, the court, which is also known as Obelli in a pretrial hearing on Tuesday, gave its verdict denying the bill on the grounds that Ikorimadu will flee the country. So it's also another issue, issue of integrity, issue of morals, issue of what it is. It's a character issue. And I don't even know if Ikorimadu was not a Nigerian, if it were from another part of the world, would he be granted this bill, the bail application? Will the reason for refusal be that he will not flee? Or, you know, would that really honor all of that? Well, you see, what's applicable in Nigeria and what's applicable in Ghana, two different things. And in other parts of the world, so the laws actually vary. Well, however, in the bail application, Ikorimadu's lawyer had argued that the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Attorney General of the Federation had written to the court that Ikorimadu was not a flight rigs, or fact rigs. The lawyer had further argued that to guarantee, further argued that a guarantee to produce himself should not pose a fight rigs, and was given that the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom had given the option of targeting Ikorimadu electronically to monitor his movement. So we know that respected Nigerians and organizations and lawyers had also argued that the lawmaker had proven to be caring and very responsible for other and could not escape from London, abandoning his wife and his sick daughter. But, you know, it wasn't the case. However, it's quite unfortunate, because the defense told the court that they had shorties and security of nearly half a million pounds, which came from 11 people to secure Ikorimadu's release on bail. But, you know, it's on the grounds that they don't trust him. I think that he would just move away. He would run. He would flee. And so that's it. Well, we will continue to, you know, monitor and, of course, bring you up to date with what's making the rounds in case of Ikorimadu and all that is going on with that particular case. Well, that's the much we can take at this point in time. We take a break and when we return, we'll be looking through the pages of the National Daily to call it off the price. Please stay with us.