 Residents in Guinea and capital celebrate the reported military coup in the country. Special forces announce dissolution of the constitution and detain President Al-Fatrani. Authors is made for West Africa and the future of constitutional government. Chief Justice of Nigeria orders six state chief judges to explain the reasons behind conflicts in court orders. This has been a major issue in Nigeria, especially with political cases. The senior advocate of Nigeria will be here to explain why it happens. Nigeria finishes 33rd place on the Meadows table as the Tokyo Paralympics' end. Better than the Olympics did, but not as good as the Paralympics team at Rio 2016. Great to have you here on a Monday morning. Thanks for joining us on Plus TV Africa. Welcome to the breakfast. I am Osaugi Ogbong. And I am Aneta Felix saying good morning and I hope you enjoyed your weekend. It's a very beautiful Monday morning today, the 6th of September 2021. Good morning Osaugi. Good morning to you. How was your weekend? Ah, eventful, eventful. And it just brings back memories of what happened this weekend. Very sad events when you look nationally and on the white African front. Now, in Guinea, the president, Alpha Konde, has been detained. His government has been toppled. The military has essentially taken over. Suspended the constitution. The National Assembly locked all land and air borders into Guinea. Now, here's a forgist. On Sunday, Guinean soldiers went ahead to near the presidential palace in Conakry and just began a shootout, right? Now, Cona Mamadi Damboya of the Guinean military in a video addressed to Guineans said that, you know, the National Assembly had been dissolved. He had essentially taken over power. And with some reactions to this, especially from the Nigerian government here, one of the largest voices in Africa, the Buhari administration basically has been ordering the Guinean government to restore order, the Guinean military to restore order. And this statement was actually issued on Sunday by Esther Sousua. She's a spokesperson for the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry. Now, she's saying that this coup d'etat in Guinea basically violates the Equals Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. She went on to say that the Nigerian government is really starting by this coup d'etat that are taking place in the Republic of Guinea and that the Nigerian government strongly condemns and rejects any unconstitutional takeover of power. They are now going ahead to call on those behind the coup to restore constitutional order without delay and protect all lives and properties. It's a mess in Guinea right now. What happened on Sunday took us back to August 15th. What happened in Afghanistan? How a terrorist Islamist organization essentially took over power from that country and is now running the place. That's exactly what's... I mean, that's similar to what happened in Mali, except that it's not a terrorist organization. It is the military of the country. But the funny thing is, unlike in Afghanistan where people are actually running away from the country, where they seem to be in despair, where they seem to be shocked, people are thrown in the airport, wanting to leave afraid of what the consequences might be, it's a different reaction in Guinea. The people seem to rejoice. I mean, look at the videos you're seeing on your screen. There is excitement in Guinea. And people just all take this back to how politicians win elections in Africa, saying when you do not really have the favor of the people, when you really are not the people's choice, when it seems that elections are rigged in Africa and politicians take power by force. That's what happens in Africa. Well, there are two very different scenarios, Afghanistan and Guinea. So you wouldn't expect the same reaction. Afghanistan wasn't necessarily a coup. It was a takeover of government by a military, by a terrorist organization that has been there since the 90s for a very, very long time. For Guinea, it's totally different. My major concern with them, and of course looking at Guineas, is seeing what has really happened with Francophone countries in the last few months and years, from Chad to Mali, and of course the assassination of the Haitian president, not very long ago. So it seems like every country that was colonized by France seems to be having some chaos or the other. I'm not sure what to interpret from that, or if there is any influence from foreign powers with all of this, or there's something that we still do not understand yet. As expected, the African Union and ECOS have put out statements condemning the coup, same with the Nigerian government. Africa, I believe, has some close links with the Dara Emirate or Katsuna State. I believe that he has some relationship with them, so I expected that from the Nigerian government. But it doesn't change much, and this really also just shows from recent happenings in other countries, also including Francophone countries, that the African Union and ECOS have not really been a very, very strong body. They have a lot of bark, but really no bites, and that's why some of these military, this is really a left-hand corner, not even a general in the army who was taking charge here. Pretty much the same thing in Mali and Chad. And it really just shows that these persons, or whoever it is that is bankrolling, or behind these persons also knows that the ECOS and African Union don't have that much of power to convince them to do otherwise. With regards to the people celebrating, Afakande somehow, some way, bent the Constitution to favor him into a third term, not long ago. And it was one of the things that was a challenge in Guinea. And so I agree with you when you said that, yes, when you don't have the full backing of the people, eventually get to see people celebrating when you are thrown out of power like this. It's a very, very shocking change of events between where he was last week and where he is today, and looking at how small you immediately become when power is taken from you, looking at those pictures. Very embarrassing pictures, and he's going to live forever with those pictures all over the internet, seeing what has happened. What will happen next? Nobody would be entirely sure. Will the African Union or ECOS in the other country be able to bully these soldiers into having a rethink? I don't think so, because of course, the penalties for overthrow of government or for treason or some of all of that might be death. So very likely they will not be able to. It also is very, very important to see, like I mentioned, the reaction of the people celebrating this, because maybe they weren't huge fans of Afakande in the first place, and they would like to see a change in government. But I don't know if they also understand the peculiarities with having a military takeover and moving away, even if it might be temporarily from a democratic institution in government, do the people understand that or do they even not care at this point? And that's one very, very vital part. It seems like a lot of people in African countries don't care exactly, they don't care much. They don't really care much about what happens next. That's what the environment seems like. They just want a change in the status quo. Yeah, so pretty much the same. It's not necessarily an out with the ordinary, it is a whatever it is for us to get away from this government that hasn't really favoured us, even if you are bringing a native doctor to take over power and we would accept it. And that paints a picture of what leadership in Africa has been like for a very, very long time. All right, so just a quick update regarding this story. We know that the World Cup qualifiers, it also was Hauden Guine, it has definitely been postponed as a result of this. Just when we think it couldn't get any worse, here in Nigeria, we saw just another example because lots and lots of these cases, we see every day in the news. Just another example of the failure of our security infrastructure in the country. The brother of Amoyeli Shaware, Sahara reporters publisher, convener of the Rovalo Shanao movement, whose name is Olajide Shaware, has been killed. Olajide was a student of the Ibn-eidun University Okada and he was killed on Saturday along the Lagos, being in Expressway. Five people were allegedly abducted in that particular incident and the police spokesperson in those states said that they're on top of the matter and that here's what they're doing to basically get justice. They're combing the bushes, combing the forest in collaboration with vigilante groups in Edo state and that the police is trying to find the perpetrators. As of now, we have no word from the kidnappers of those people, no word from the killers, no word yet from the police regarding have they found this people, the people who are kidnapped, are they making a random demand? So it's just, everything is just in a haze right now. But people are saying that this is what you get in a country where anything goes. People are killed on a daily basis, people are abducted on a daily basis. It only now seems to be a big deal when it happens in their numbers, like we've seen the North and then when it affects someone who's popular or close to them. But it seems now be our daily reality, kidnappings, killings and just general insecurity. Yes and very likely this happened to somebody else who wasn't a brother. That's popular. Yeah, we probably wouldn't even be taking this story now but it really tells that every part of the country at this point is dealing with the same insecurity challenges and a lot of people don't bother taking road trips anymore. Sadly, of course, this happened to a money show where his brother, but he could have happened to any other Nigerian that maybe very likely wouldn't make the news. I have a friend whose uncle was kidnapped in Benin City also, sometimes last week. They still haven't heard from the kidnappers but at that point, they really were just putting money together to see and wait for whenever that call comes. So it's a scary and very, very frightening period that we are in Nigeria. A lot of people who have acts, we are the people who were very, very vocal a couple of years ago with pretty much, not even half of what we're dealing with now, they don't seem to be saying the same thing and that's because some of those voices have been silenced but that's a totally different angle. As we're talking about, because I read the story on Saturday morning, I was here on the news, while we're talking about that, we're also seeing in Katsuna State that a member of the House of Assembly's wife also was kidnapped in Katsuna State along with many, many others incidents that have happened. The Katsuna State House of Assembly I saw a video of them crying. Members of the House crying to Mr. Speaker and asking that something must be done in Katsuna because it seems to be a very, very, very terrible dire situation in Katsuna. But that really paints the picture of what it is like in a lot of parts of Nigeria today. Do we trust that the Nigerian police will be able to rescue these five? Because I also like the fact that the five who have been kidnapped haven't been left out of the conversation. And the death of a Lajidesha Warih hasn't overshadowed the fact that there's still five people who are in captivity currently hoping that those people would get out. Hoping that somehow, somewhere, they would either be rescued or ransom would be paid, but they need to go back to their families. And this very likely also students from the Nigerian University of Okada or whatnot. But something else I would say is if you drive from Lagos to Binin, the same way it has been described, driving from Lagos to the southeast, the number of checkpoints that you see, police checkpoints that you see, is hard to believe. So which is an irony? It is hard to believe. What happens regarding security on those roads? It is hard to believe that there are this many checkpoints and the use of this many checkpoints because there aren't so many. It's not a terrorist route. So I don't understand why there are so many checkpoints. Before people would say they would count up to 30 or 40 checkpoints in just one stretch. It feels like every one kilometer you drive, there's a new checkpoint there. Checking the same thing that the person behind you has checked. So how do you still have kidnappers being able to thrive between Okada and Binin City? Good question. And it makes absolutely no sense. But once again, recent piece of tragedy, condolences to the Shoroui family and we hope that these five will be found and rescued. We also hope that some of these kidnapping gangs, something must happen. There has to be something done. Amen to that. Let's wrap up with sports and top trending this morning. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has ended. It ended on Sunday with Nigeria. Team Nigeria placing 33rd on the medals table with a total of 10 medals. We won four gold, one silver and went ahead to snatch five bronze medals. The Tokyo Paralympics outing has been described as the poorest in recent times. And that's because Nigeria had the lowest number of medals, 10 earlier, like I mentioned. Some quick facts about that. Team Nigeria was represented by only 22 athletes at the games. And at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, when we go ahead and compare out in the Tokyo 2022 previous performance, we saw that in Rio, the Rio games in 2016, Team Nigeria had 23 athletes. We placed 30th on the medals table and we won 12 medals made up of eight gold. We had four gold this time around, two silver and two bronze. At the Athens Games in 2004, Nigeria had 14 athletes represented. They won 12 medals, that's five gold, four silver and three bronze and we placed 23rd. So you can understand why they say this is one of the poorest Paralympics outing we've ever had. But at the end of the day, you still can't take away from the giant strides they're making anyway, when you compare that with our regular team. You know, the achievements is not even comparable because they're doing so well and it just goes ahead to show why I am so passionate about reporting persons with disabilities because they have gone ahead to show that disabilities is not a limitation. Whether it's physical, whatever it is, you know, these people that are physically challenged as they are so-called go ahead to push the limits of their bodies and prove to the world that they can achieve much. So it's fantastic. The next Paralympics outing Paris in 2024. Yeah, just briefly would say proud of them. I don't want to even include the conversation about this being the worst because they've done exceptionally well. It took more than just determination. It took a lot for them to be there and to win these medals even with the disabilities that you've mentioned which completely haven't stopped them in any way. At all. So I'm completely proud of them even if they came back with one medal I am completely proud of these Nigerians and I really hope that we are able to transform or give them or show them actual benefits of taking part in the Paralympics and winning. They should and I said this before when we were talking about the Olympics that there should be more support for Nigerian sportsmen and women by Nigerian brands. We shouldn't wait for international sports and brands to sign or to give them benefits or whatever it is financial benefits make them ambassadors whatever it is there have to be Nigerian brands that see these people and realize that they belong but it could be more. I don't think there enough I don't think there's any big enough brand that really takes this thing seriously. There is I don't want to mention names for marketing purposes but there are Nigerian brands who have gone all out for support and to support Paralympians. Not enough for it to make headlines not enough for it to be think that everyone is aware of and that's really what I'm hoping that we'll be able to achieve. The support for our sport should be more support. I understand that there's banks who support basketball there's beverage brands who support one sport or the other here in the country but there should be more support for Paralympians and for those people who go over there let the benefits of winning some of these things be more than just pictures and your name being in the history of district books. So that's it on top trending for you this morning. We're told you about the military takeover in Guinea. We went on to tell you about the younger brother of Omoyele Shora convener of the Revolution now movement and publisher of Sahara reporters. His name is Olajide Shora, he was killed unfortunately by gunmen as the police have confirmed on Saturday in Edo state. Also, we told you about Nigerian team at the Paralympics in Tokyo. Fantastic one there 10 medals whole. Let's take a break here and join our guests to stand in by to help us analyze the papers.