 You're welcome back to the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. It's now time for Off the Press with Mr. Chris Andru. Good morning, thanks for joining us. Ms. Andru, can you hear me? Oh, fantastic. Okay, so I want to begin with a few papers here, so okay. All right, we'll start with the Daily Sun this morning and see what we can quickly share with you. The big one there you can see, it's gonna be on the screen a bit. Yes, it says that Buhari Forts ban okays, grazing reserves, takeoff. Robbishes Southern Governor's Resolution. Also, Southeast leaders decry injustice against sigbos. Another INEC office raised in Enugu. Deere condemns attack on data spiff once against secret GMO use. And also this morning, 2.35 million Nigerians displaced by bandits and flawed in 2020, says Nema as Buhari receives agency's report. Retired Commodore fears more Air Force plane crashes, says investigation report will be top secret. Insecurity, Chief of Army staff and others death has increased our problems, says the President. National dialogue would end agitations and that's from the Benoist State Governor, Tom. It will be Agu Eboni Stakeholders Rally Support for Umahi and Mutecum pledges to end growing insecurity in Southwest. Lagos Ogun, sign MOU on Borderline Development. And also ex-Niger Governor Aliou, a mole in the PDP, says Yasum Wike. Those are the stories on the Daily Sun. All right, moving on now to the Nigerian Tribune. The headline reads, Asab by declaration, President attacks Southern governors, accuses them of providing no solution, says Stant on open grazing has questionable legality. Above the headlines of the Nigerian Tribune, Asin is threatened and unbragged governorship election. That's according to INEC. Seven vehicles, 373 generating sets, burnt. Reps query NHIS over 152 million liar spent on face mask, hand sanitizers and others. McIndage hides APC for not fielding candidates in all your local government polls. Adult PDP crisis, Obasaki's loyalists begin gradual takeover of structures. PDP finances, not EFC's business. Also on the Nigerian Tribune, Buhari receives NEMMA's 2020 report, inducts 1.9 billion Naira Japanese disaster reduction equipment. Gone men kill 15 in two communities in Plateau. Police confirm an abduction of six as residents block Abuja-Kuduna Highway over insecurity. Only God can wipe my tears as Sunny, late pilot's father. Lots of officers has increased our problems, Buhari. FAC, police council meetings postponed. And lastly, reps move to scrap NYC, bill sets four second reading. Those are the stories on the Nigerian Tribune. The nation needs whippers next. The big one there says, presidency slams Southern governor's open grazing ban. It also says, more INEC offices raised in Anambra, Inugu and Imo. And why autonomy for legislature and judiciary is key by agency DG. We can also see here, APC must on a North-South past shift packed. Your APC shifting and wife abducted. 58 killed in Niger. Bainui and Plateau states and to kidnapping protesters block Abuja-Kuduna road. We can also see here, Buhari governors and others to determine APC convention date. And federal government to fund the ranching. Acuraidulu ban is irreversible. Those are the big ones. Shocking about 58 killed in Niger. Bainui and Plateau states as a couple of stories that didn't make the headlines. I hope they show up at some point. All right, on the punch newspaper, the SAPA declaration is here again. Governors disagree as presidency backs Malami on open grazing ban. Governors announcement and grazing is of questionable legality. That's according to the presidency. And though governor says system outdated, we have to stop grazing cows from Kaoranamuda, so Lagos. Also on the punch newspaper, federal government bars 22 year aircraft from Nigeria releases 5 billion Naira aviation bailout. Experts predict 11.5% lending rate as monetary policy committee ends meeting. Reps alleged sabotage grill officials over $120 million abandoned port scanners. Indian strain, federal government begins haunts for 90 isolation evaders on Wednesday. Taiwo was built to go on UK course from June 12th, says sister of late pilot, Asani. Also on the punch newspaper, the story reads Dr. Kidnapped in ambulance. In ambulance, APC berates mucking day over insecurity. Lagos Ogunsain MOU on joint development commission. Firm petition CP tackles Monarch as traditionalist disrupts construction. Abuja bound nutritionists missing for 18 days between Ogun Lagos, ex-Niger governor, Blackmailer, chronic liar, serial betrayer, that's according to Wike. And we can see a picture here on the punch newspaper. We see that it looks like tires are being burnt on the roads with lots of onlookers. And the caption reads residents of Tofa Loko government area of Niger State on Saturday during a protest against abductions on the Abuja Kaduna Highway on Monday. Those are the ones on the punch. All right, Chris Wando, let's bring you in and probably start with the violence in the southeast. And of course, the attack on INEC offices probably will start with that thing, we lost him. Once we reconnect, we'll be speaking on that. I'm not sure what exactly is going on. And we've brought this up a couple of times on this platform and spoken about what seems to be going on and who is angry with INEC in the southeast. Who is behind these continued attacks on the INEC offices in the southeast. It started with police stations and now it's moved to INEC offices. What exactly is the bigger plan and what are we not seeing or what are we not aware of? We still, of course, lack proper investigations from the police force and clarity with some of all these things and how come nobody has been arrested yet? Yes, and another question is, is it's impossible for seeing that this has been happening in the past weeks and even almost a month now, seeing how different INEC offices across different states have been attacked by assamists, but isn't it possible for INEC to request the police assistance to secure the area? Because we know the level of security we have. We just have somebody who's there, he doesn't have arms, maybe lacks training. So is it impossible for the government to ensure security of INEC offices in the country? It's not even election year and we're seeing these things. What will happen in the next one year and two years? It's just really scary. If police stations themselves have been attacked and burnt, you know, then which police officer is going to? So who would secure who? You know, I just feel bad, you know, that we still haven't been able to, we haven't heard any report of anybody being arrested. It really just shows a complete failure of our security system and security infrastructure. If weeks and weeks and weeks have gone and more of these offices have been attacked and police stations have been attacked and we still haven't heard. No suspect. That one person has been arrested in connection with these attacks that has provided information as to what exactly is going on. There has to be an answer, you know, and you know, I don't want to believe that there is no investigation going on, but even if there is or there isn't, how come nobody has been brought forward? It shouldn't take this long. And sadly, my fear is that we might just move on from all of this and nobody eventually will be arrested or brought to book. There has to be one person who should know somebody, who should be able to tell what exactly is going on. You know, these attackers don't, you know, fall from space. They are indigenous, I believe, or they are people who live in that same society or maybe coming from outside. Nobody, you know, has an idea, but there has to be one person who should have been arrested by now to tell a story or at least to be honest, you know, with the police or what exactly is going on. I don't know. What will be the answer eventually? And you know, like I asked earlier, what exactly might be the bigger plan or the big picture? Is it, you know, to, you know, reduce the possibility of elections in 2023? Is it an attack on voting generally in the Southeast? Or there's something that, you know, we're not aware of? Wow. Well, while we ponder on that question, we also see that the presidency after weeks of the ASEPA declaration, they responded basically attacking Southern governors and saying, you know, you did not propose any solution. And basically what you're saying has questionable legality, you know. So this also is a very important issue because we know how much crisis and insecurity we've had due to the farmers-headers conflict and how the Southern governors met to say, one way we can solve this is to ban, you know, herders from moving freely and openly with their cattle. We saw APC, Southwest governors also met, the endorsers and said, yes, we agree that open grazing should be banned. Everyone's looking forward to a solution saying, ranching, that should be the option. But the presidency's response here is in a totally different direction saying, you know, basically attacking this. So I really wonder what exactly, what laws the presidency would begin to institute if the state got, if we've been talking about, you know, devolution of power, state autonomy and all of that. And these states are saying, we're banning open grazing in our state. I'm really keen to see what laws or orders, so declaration the federal government will make to overturn that decision. Or if this is just a newspaper article based on the press statement from Bashir Ahmed or one of his other media aides. Very likely that's what it is. I don't think the constitution already guarantees, gives state governors right over lands in their state. And so they can, and they have the rights to say, we do not want any cattle moving across the state. If you want to get a ranch, get a ranch. If you want to pay for land and set up a ranch, then do so. I remember I saw a picture of the Jersey cows. I spoke about that some time ago. Those cows are brought in from the U.S. to some states in the West. So we're doing very well, given up to 150 liters of milk per cow. Whereas the cows here in Nigeria, we'll only be able to produce, maybe about 10 or 14 of them will only produce 50 liters. Whereas one of those cows, and so one of those Jersey cows was produced as much as 150 liters a day. And so governors have the right to say, we do not want cows or cattle moving around our state. We would rather have you pay for land, get a ranch, and train your cattle there. Set up a small secondary primary school, let them go to school in the ranch. But the thing is, this once again brings back the conversation on Atiko Abubakar's response. It's where he said, he believes it's best when all state governors come together with a solution and come together with an agreement. Well, not all. There have been the Southern governors who have made their statements. The APC leadership, Bolatini, a couple of other people also made, also agreed with the idea of banning open grazing. But there's still a lot of states who haven't actually come out to say, we agree with this, Northern states have not, let me let myself be honest. We agree with this, and we of course, will go ahead with banning open grazing in our states also. So this is what I think is lacking. All states need to come together and take a decision on what exactly must be done. And for those states who feel like they don't want to ban open grazing, then they can allow grazing in their states. But for Southern governors, there has to be a decision and that decision has been made. The presidency deciding what stands to take might be like you said, from one of the aides, but it still represents the presidency. And I remember about two weeks ago, I was saying that when you attack decisions by a certain group of people and you are not able to bring up your own decisions that are better or your own resolutions that are better, then it kills the whole process of building together and moving forward. What exactly is the presidency recommending? Are we going back to recommending ruga settlements? Are we going back to recommending any of all those ideas that have been shot down in the past? Is the presidency truly interested in securing lives and property of Nigerians? Is the presidency really interested in ending the farmer's headers clashes, the disruption of farms across the country, the rustling of cattle across the country, or do we want to continue to play politics with this? And that's the question that Nigerians should be asking the presidency, whoever that institution represents. What are you suggesting? And instead of attacking whoever it is that you decide that you want to attack, what are you suggesting? And for those who say, oh, these resolutions are nonsense, there have been other resolutions in the past that have not been implemented. Bring up your resolutions, let Nigerians listen to it and say, okay, yes, this one is better, or this one might make more sense. But if you're not bringing up your own resolutions, that Nigerians appeal to and agree with, then we're simply just playing politics with all of this. But I like where Governor Akira Deleu is, and he has said that the ban is irreversible. He has taken his stand and that's what it will be. They need to go further with continuing to push for state police, continue to push for more control over the security architecture in their states so that they know that they are fully responsible for security. They continue to collect every month security votes, which runs into millions and billions of nires unaccounted for. Nobody explains what those funds are used for. And that of course runs into billions of nires annually that is shared across states as security votes. And so they should take responsibility. And if this is their own way of taking responsibility, then I'm all for it personally. We apologize, we're having challenges bringing in our guest this morning, Chris Wando. And so we're just having a quick review while we're trying to connect with Chris Wando. 58 people killed in Benway and two other states. I saw in the news people saying up to 100 people were killed in certain places. And I think our social media yesterday it's not being verified, it didn't make any of the papers today. But it should still be alarming that 58 Nigerians lost their lives in a time when we are not fighting a war with another country, when we are not being bombarded by another country, where Nigerians are being killed by persons in Nigeria who commit these crimes and walk away, commit these crimes and go back to hiding and maybe return in another, we can commit another atrocity like this. 58 Nigerian lives are as important as any other Nigerian living in Nigeria or even in diaspora. And so it should make national headlines. It should be shocking enough to put the country at a standstill. It should be shocking enough to tell everyone to take a pause this morning and ask what exactly is going on. 58 human beings will not see Christmas this year. 58 human beings will not see Democracy Day, will not be able to start the new week. And that's it. It should be alarming enough. And any other person who's... I said yesterday that we should stop going back to blaming or referring to what happened in the past administrations. That's why the Nigerians voted. That's why Nigerians brought in a new government. Chris Wando, thanks for joining us. Apologies for the issues with the network. Can you hear us now? Yes, I can hear you. Good morning once again. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. We have time to just quickly address two stories. So let's quickly speak on the attack on INEC offices in the Southeast. Once again, I know you've spoken about this before, but it doesn't seem to have ended. What exactly would you say is going on? That is the question that the Security Agency needs to answer because everybody doesn't know what is going on. The attack on INEC offices across the South is becoming worrisome. The point is that N'Jubu, N'Ambra, it's so terrible that in now, the credit agents have not been able to get anybody or arrest anybody. That to me is worrisome. And probably that shows the lack of capacity on the part of our security agencies. But don't also forget that also, the security agents of the Security Agency are also under attack. So you can see what is going on that day also they're not able to have the capacity at the square presently to be able to tackle the issue as it's where. Because we are seeing a recent attack of police stations also within the Southeast and also South South. So I think that what the government needs to be able to repeat this before. There are just a few months away from 20 countries and if this continues then there is a problem. What I don't understand is the direct attack on INEC offices. The perpetrators of this attack have not come out to speak their reason. And we don't need to make any headway in apprehending them. They'll attack them the night they drink the day. So there should be some level of police police top plans on the security agencies and collaboration with the agency agencies. The longer the police system are around, the security defense should get involved, the DSS should be involved. And I wouldn't want to say the answer because I mean seems to have some kind of a place now. But these agencies have special measures and this attack on the security agency so you can get out of control. Okay, Mr. Alwantu. Another story we've been seeing in recent time is a high rate of kidnapping. On the punch knees paper, a story here mentioned that a doctor was kidnapped in an ambulance and also that a Buddha bound nutritionist has been missing for about 18 days between Lagos and Ogun state. We also saw another story in the nation that all your APC chieftains wife abducted. Stories like this, abductions, kidnappings, people being missing, you know, here and there in Nigeria. Yes, don't also forget that. Yes, and the Abudja, Abudja catnipide was blocked by some people. Yes, who claimed that some number of people were kidnapped just last night. I got the message from a legislator who told me about the kidnapping, this is the inclusion on, on the rule, or your rule. And they basically showed me right now for excuse people, but not the abudja. I run, I think it is just the rest of them that there are some, a level of them have to do not on their own. So that's what I'm talking about. We are talking about how this is the attack. I'm talking about the police station's attack. I'm talking about the Heldman attack, a type of ice rock. And now also the issue of kidnapping and the big defense. And that shows the level of it. The whole body is protected on no single person. Before we had it, we had this problem, at least within the, not east, not west. But now, it seems to have spread every part of the country is now, they're going to fill up. Three days ago, there was some, there was some rumours that there was level of kidnapping figures, but it gives you, let us say, corruption on the scheme as we did too. And that was nothing like that. But just yesterday, there was also an attempt by some hoodlums to attack a police station in Heldman and try to burn it down. But if you're so too much to say that, it could be those that tried to burn the police station that I'm putting to it and after we are ready. So that shows the level of insecurity at Heldman. And that, to me, is the, by just the people of the ice rock or what will happen as we move towards the next election. We are talking about the election if they need to be, but you might just have a scenario that will have more worst situation compared to what we had in 2015, the general election. We are an election after the post office on wheels. So for us to be able to handle the development of security. And as I said, that was it. I mean, not now we have it across board and we should call for some level of consign for the president and do it in authority. And that is why I was being appalled by the respect coming up on the presidency yesterday on the resolution of the Southern Governance. When I look at that president name that will be issued by the presidency and signed by the spokesperson of the president and vice-chair, I was appalled. The language use was on courts, on call for success. And they tend to bring in elected leaders of this, all manner of names and types of venues and all sorts of kinds of things. All of that is just a fallout that's created to the general position. People have to understand from that and supporting the, and condemning the president of us for taking the whole issue on the issue of security. They are the six second jobs of the state and you know what is happening and that is why they are trying to approach it. They are even having the federal government if they sit at that open grid, our place with most cost of the level of business. I think they should be commented instead of this level of contamination from the federal government. But anyway, what that is like, but with that government, what they can only do is put support and try to challenge the resolution of the Southern Governance. They say they are resoluting their resolution, they are resoluting and they are not going back on it. All right, Chris Wendu, apologies for the network challenges that we had earlier. But we have to wrap up here this morning. Thank you so much for your patience and for speaking with us on the program this morning. Thank you, have a great day. All right, stay with us. What happened on this day in history? And we're back to the actually just last year to tell you one of the biggest events that of course did shape a little bit of history in the year 2020. And I'm going back to the year 2011 to tell you the story about one of America's most richest, most influential women in media. Do stay with us.