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This is what we call a viral video showing a Nigerian man confronting officials of the vehicle inspection office, VIO. You know, if you have ever driven a car before in this country, you probably are tired of these guys. Because they will always be somewhere looking for faults in your vehicle. You know, faults that you would say, well, I mean, there are many cars moving around with that, you know, let me go. But hey, this is probably a young man, you know, venting his frustration. He took it out. He took it out on the VIO officials. And they were seen driving without their seat belts. All right. So one day the bush meat go hunt the hunter. It's a song that is popular in Nigeria by the late sound sultan and the two-faced Idebia. Let's go to that clip. Let's just look at it. We'll come back on the other side. Watch. But this is a VIS vehicle. Who is not even sitting there? So I'm going down. You can see this better. Sorry, excuse me. Why are you driving without seat belts? Why are you driving without seat belts? You arrest Nigerians for driving without seat belts. But you yourself, you can see them. I just want you to know that it's sweet when you are breaking the law. Because you feel like you are above the law. Your pressure without seat belts. Where is your pressure on this road? Where is your pressure on this road? You are the ones following this country. Later you will say it's Bwari. You will say it's Bwari. Is it Bwari that is your problem? Ordinary small position that they gave you now. You have neglected the law of safety. Seat belt is not for, it's not because you said to your VIO we arrest you. It's for your personal safety. And it's an offence. I'm supposed to arrest you too. I'm supposed to seize this car. Oh my God. I think all I have to do is just to give them a round of applause. Give him a round of applause for that. I think we should just put our hands together for this young man. Clap, clap, please. Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap. He deserves a round of applause. We need to look for the gentleman and give him a word. You see, that is what we want to see Nigerians do. That is what we want to see people in this country do. Stand up, stand up and stand for your rights. I mean, this is maybe one in 1,000 or one in 10,000 would have in this country. We'll have the guts, you know, the boldness to do that. But it's your right. You can take a phone. You can film policemen. You can film military breaking the law. You film military breaking the law. I didn't say anything. Go and give you a slap. That's going to last you one week before that slap gets to your brain. I know that. I'm not there at the heat. You don't know me. But on a serious note, I think it's important people realize they have a right. I've been a beneficiary of police brutality. Why? Because I saw them, you know, brutalizing a young boy somewhere in this country. And I decided to do my journalism and I filmed them from a safe distance, you know, they were seen. Somehow they saw me and I was beaten up and, you know, today I have the scars and the pains on my legs. But I got a lot of, you know, reactions. People said I was stupid. I was not wise. I was foolish for filming salesmen, you know. But the thing is this, if someone has to do something, you know, someone has to do something, you never can tell what these VIP officials are going to, maybe they're going to have an accident and die. God forbid. So this guy probably would have saved their lives. But this is a conversation we need to have. The keepers, those who are meant to be the keepers of the law in this country are the breakers of the law. I'm talking from the very least to the highest. I'm not saying that Nigerians should break the law. No. But I think that the least the Nigerians deserve from these guys who are the keepers of the law. I'm not just talking about law enforcement officials, but also public officials generally is that they should at least give Nigerians the respect of doing the right thing. Holding themselves to the standards they're holding Nigerians to. I mean, if you go into the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it's flipped to the back, all right? You look at the shadows there. There is something called a code of conduct for public officers. It's very important, you know, it's very important. And a lot of things these guys do. I'm talking about those who are uniformed and those who are not uniformed in government, all right? It's against the law. So the code of conduct itself does nothing to prosecute these people. So, I mean, we can talk about the policemen who drive against traffic. You call it one way. I mean, you go to cities across the country. I can't give you. I know about Podhakot. They do it every day. You see traffic congestion on one side of the road, and they will switch to the other side and drive against traffic. Sometimes it's just one police van. Other times they're leading a convoy, a convoy of some VIP breaking the law, all right? I'd like to see one day that a Nigerian will park his car on the road and block them, and other people will come and then film them. Yeah, they're going to beat the person up, I know, probably. They're going to kick him, probably, all right? They might even fire shots, probably. But until people stand up, rise up to some of the nonsense you see in the country, it will continue. You know, it will continue. And I mean, yes, it may not be wise if you don't want to lose your life, okay? But at what point does this rubbish, so to use that strong word, at what point does it end in the country? At what point? You know, at what point? Because, I mean, we're going to leave this country, we lived in this country all these years, and one day God is going to call us, our children are going to come and meet these same things and say, no, the parents didn't fight to make Nigeria a better place, you know? So are we going to be a country of cowards? Well, a country that stands up to those in positions of responsibility, I don't say power, responsibility. They say, do the right thing, do the right thing. You know, people have hit their heads in the sun like ostriches for far too long, okay? You can film a police officer if you think he's breaking the law. He has no right to stop you. But you see, we are afraid. That's why people go to these guys and say, oh, boy, make it no trauma again. I'm sure you have friends who will be discouraging him. You lock his head and say, no, be a police. Don't try him again or you get his family. It will be your friends who will make you just tell you the truth. That's page in English, that's because, sorry. You know, well, your friends just won't tell the truth. Don't try him again. So when will things change? Now, VIO collects money from passengers, from motorists rather. Federal Safety Corps. That was a very, very clean agency. They collect money, bribes, from motorists. Police, that one is a normal thing. That one is a normal thing. It's a multi-billionaire industry. What the policemen do on the roads. And now, soldiers have joined in. I mean, military uniform we used to respect it a lot. Our respect is not there again. Because the soldiers have joined the police to stand on the road, bring themselves down to that level of collecting money from motorists on the road. It's unfortunate. You know, so Nigerians need to do. I'm not saying you should go and stand somewhere and endanger yourself. No, disclaimer, don't do it. We're not telling you, you have to now decide, go your own. Or if you feel your life will be endangered, you can decide to walk away, don't feel. But you know, when will things change? I will leave it at that. And we'll give kudos to this gentleman who called these guys out. But we're waiting for the head of the VIO in the country, or in Lagos, I think this was filmed, to say something. We're waiting for them to say something. Most times they won't say anything. Because they don't feel that they are answerable to Nigerians. And I think if they don't say anything, the media in Lagos, in Nigeria, needs to take up the baton, all right, from where, the baton, from where this gentleman has left it, to go and meet the VIO head and say, what are you going to do about these officers who did not wear the seatbelt? What are you going to do about it? Who said, oh, you want someone's father to lose their job? You want to take bread away from your family? Really? Do you know how many families have suffered because of victimization by these public servants or officers? So we're waiting. I think we'll give an ultimatum to the VIO head. Me, I'm giving you 24 hours. I'm giving you 24 hours. If you don't say anything, I'll send a reporter to you so that you answer and tell us what you're going to do to these officers. It's really sad. Let's move on. Let's move on. Sorry about this. It's sensational. But yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, to answer. Another one. This is really sad. And do not know what is going on in the southeast. Do not know if elections are all in the southeast. Do not know, I mean, there's a little conspiracy theories flying around. The offices of INEC in different parts of the southeast of Nigeria have been attacked, you know, in the last 12 months. Lots of attacks. Here are known gunmen, you know, gunmen and all that sit at home. No, it's been a bloodshed bloodbath in the southeast over the past few days. Since a hook, so should I call it phantom, sit at home was ordered, which has been rejected by the indigenous people of Biafra and of course INEC and the headquarters of the Independent National Electrical Commission in Imustit. This time it's not a local government area. But in Imustit, it's situated, or situated on Port Hacot Road, Imustit. I came under attack yesterday as a gunman invaded the office. So what were they invading this office to do? You can see the pictures on your screen. It was gathered, you know, by some new sources that the hoodlums were more than 10 in number and they attacked that office at about 3 a.m. Imustit has been a recipient of lots of attacks by so-called unknown gunmen. Lots of attacks by so-called unknown gunmen. We hear that more than three officers on the premises were touched, were set on fire before the police reinforcement could arrive. They're seen to dislodge the hoodlums who three of whom were reportedly killed. Three of whom were reportedly killed. And look at those pictures on your screen. Really sad one. They are really unfortunate. And of course, again, these unknown gunmen have struck and it's causing us to ask what exactly is the motive of these attacks? Why are they attacking INEC offices? It's our eastern part of the country. Well, the police public relations officer in Imustit spoke, you know, and he had some things to say about that. But I think the most important thing was that three of the officers, attackers, rather, were killed. Why, while two others were said to have been captured alive and the police are said to be on the trail of the other suspects. The police public relations officer in Imustit is CSP Mike Abatam. CSP Mike Abatam, I don't pity him. I think he has his work caught up because of the plethora of attacks and, you know, killings in Imustit in recent times. I don't envy him at all, rather. That's what I meant to say. So he has a lot on his table. But the question is, what are the, for me, the reasons behind these attacks? You know, what's the motive when you attack an INEC office speed the local government office of INEC or the state headquarters of INEC? What's the motive? You know, at 3 a.m. Do they want to steal, you know, voter cards? Do they want to burn permanent voter cards? Do they want to kidnap the REC? It seems that such attacks would probably be to destroy permanent voter cards. You know, probably. I don't know. Another reason and a motive could be that there are some people who want to scare people away from going out to vote in the southeast. Maybe there are some people who would feel that people troop out to vote in the southeast it's not in the interest that they may want to do this. I'm just trying to come up with the possible scenarios here. I'm not saying this is the situation. The police will have to investigate. Okay, they'll have to investigate to tell us what exactly happened. They killed three of these attackers, captured two, and now on the trail of the others. So they're turning number. Okay, that means five escaped. So they should be able to get information. I mean, the police is used to doing what I call investigation by confessional statements. You know, most times they come up with results of investigations. It's through confessional statements. So we wait to get the reasons and why these guys attack. Is it because, you know, people want to scare some persons, want to scare what we call the voters away in emo state? Is it because some persons want to intimidate INEC staff in river state to make sure that voting does not hold in emo state, sorry, in the southeast? Is it that people want to destroy permanent voter cards so that people who have not yet collected them will not be able to vote, thereby reducing the number of persons who will be able to vote in emo state? I don't know. This is what we hope the police can tell us. But it's really sad one and we'll be keeping an eye on that situation. All right, the final one I'm sure a lot of you remember that presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party Alhaji Atikobubakar He had deleted his tweet earlier, you know, condemning the murder of Debra the young woman, Debra Samuel, a student who was lynched in her university that is the Sheo Shagari College of Education in Sakura State for alleged blasphemy against the prophet Muhammad Atikobubakar tweeted, condemning the killing and then he later deleted it. But you know what, people have already munched that tweet you can see there, and it was too late when he deleted it, we already had copies you know what he said, there cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. Debra Yacobu was murdered and all those behind her death must be brought to justice my condolences to her family and friends, and he since deleted the tweet. The suspicion and speculation out there is that he deleted it because he did not want to be, to incur the wrath of northern Muslims, of Muslim fundamentalists who felt you know killing Debra was the right thing to do in defense of the prophet Muhammad you know, and of course not a few people actually came out to justify why this girl Debra Yacobu or Debra Asambu should be lynched should be murdered in cold blood and burned. You know, they justified it because they said that the religion forbids that blasphemy which is alleged of committed them. We don't know where her killers are, some people were arrested, they were taken to court you know, so many lawyers who came to defend them. Religion is really a touchy subject in Nigeria I mean, we hold religion in high esteem, so much that you know, if you say anything against Christian you know, pastor or Muslim prophet, you know you don't know what you have to expect so, but the question is with all our religion, where has it taken us to? You know, we are the same people who are corrupt, we are the same people who lie, we are the same people who steal, we are the same people who do bad things, but we so, you know, call the name of God. Some also came out to say, well, if you look at the writings of the Holy Quran it may not support what happened, you know so that debate is out there I'm not interested in getting into that debate, but what the latest is as you can see on the screen is that the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Tico Abubakar has stated that his he deleted his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel because the tweet was shared without his approval it was shared without his approval, and this is something he had said before, it's not the first time he's saying this, but you know the campaign is on for the presidential election coming next year and these are questions that they'll be faced with from time to time. He was at a town hall, a presidential town hall meeting organized by a television station on Sunday, and he was asked why he deleted his tweet, and he had to answer it, but I'll just quote him here, he says quote, Tico Abubakar, quote I asked the tweet to be deleted because I normally approve every tweet, and since I did not approve the tweet, I asked him to delete it if you read my subsequent statement on that murder, I condemned it okay, so that's that will the Nigerians take that statement as a true condemnation when the tweet was deleted, or not will there be a backlash from voters who were against the lynching and the murder of Deborah Yacobo for alleged blasphemy, will there be backlash in terms of votes against Tico for not condemning this only time will tell, but this is the country we live in, and it always will lead people to ask the question should Nigeria you know, separate you know, north go its way south go its way, or should a country stay together, because of the difference in values of the two parts of the country thank you very much for your time we'll take a break, and when we come back we delve into of the press, we look at what the papers have for us, stay with us