 Thanks for joining us on the breakfast this beautiful Thursday morning, here on of course plus TV Africa. I am Musaugi Ogmawan. A couple of trending stories that we're beginning the program with this morning. The presidency of course and the political state government have reacted to the killings in Klaatu state. First of all, the governor of Klaatu state has, you know, he reimposed the curfew on the just north local government after 36 or 35 people were reportedly killed and houses burnt in that local government area and that's very likely what we are starting discussions with this morning. And also this morning the presidency has also released a statement on the Nigerian defense academy. It has of course stated that you're from of course news reports that, you know, a couple of these incidents might happen to spur the military to take an action to completely read the country of insurgent groups. And that's one of the reactions from president Muhammad Ubarri's spokespersons with regards to killings in the Nigerian defense academy which took place about 48 hours ago. And of course this morning we will also be looking at the papers this morning to share with you some of the major stories making headlines across the country this Thursday morning here on the breakfast and class TV Africa. And thanks for joining us. 36 people have been killed in a new attack on Yelwa as a gam community of Klaatu state. Locals of course are tired of the killings and took some of the corpses to the state government house and in reaction governor Simon along reimposed a 24 hour curfew on Joss north. I'm going to start with that one, you know, it's a pretty, you know, shocking story. And a lot of people have of course been reacting to this, it's, you know, sadness mostly across the whole country with reactions to the killings in Joss. And mostly because of where this is all coming from. And you know, we've in the past, you know, maybe decades ago, you know, sometime in the 2000s seen major crisis in Joss that a lot of Nigerians had said they never want to relieve a lot of people, of course, had to evacuate themselves, had to run away from, you know, the plateau state to ensure that they never get to experience that again. That was in the 2000s. Now we're in 2021. And once again, there seems to be another set of these killings going on in the plateau state. The biggest question for many Nigerians. And of course that is to the Nigerian government is to identify those who are responsible for these killings. What exactly is the, you know, the catalyst that a set of these killings once again, not long ago reported about 20 travelers were killed, what was reported as a reprisal attack. And of course, this is also coming from attacks in villages in the Irigwe community, where of course, on plus TV Africa here, we had also interviewed a couple of people to get some truth into what exactly was going on. But one of the challenges that I believe that Nigeria is currently dealing with is lack of clarity with regard to some of these issues. What exactly is going on in different parts of the country? The news media and of course the government has continued to describe these as either unknown gunmen or as a farmer's head as clash or, you know, as community clashes. But you know, until we get some clarity and we understand exactly what exactly is going on. It may never, you know, be solved and we may continue to see these things happen every now and then. The, I'd like to say, Governor Simon Lalong has imposed a curfew, a 24 hour curfew in just north. But bear in mind that this isn't the first curfew, you know, there was a curfew and it was, while this curfew was in place, that these killings took place. And so questions will definitely be directed to security agencies to answer what exactly made it still possible for 35 or 36 lives to be lost and houses burnt while a curfew was imposed. And what is the benefit and what exactly do people get to gain from imposing a curfew? What does the state government hope that it will achieve from imposing a curfew on just north? Where has the military failed? Where has Nigeria security agencies completely failed to address some of these issues? And who will be made to answer these questions? For too long now, we've continued to live in this same space where nobody gets to be blamed, nobody gets to be fired, nobody gets to be caught martial, nobody gets to, you know, really answer questions because they failed. If 35 lives are lost, it is because there may be, or very likely, where distress calls put out that there was no response to. If 35 lives were lost, it is maybe because the military or the security agencies don't have a proper response time to some of these attacks and the next question will be what happens next after 35 lives are lost and you may want to go back to other incidents where lives have also been taken by these elements because we still aren't 100% sure who is responsible for these killings or what exactly is leading to these killings and so what happens next after these, you know, incidents take place. It's very, very sad and shocking incidents take place in Nigeria. What do you expect should happen next? Who would you expect will be arrested? Who do you think will be prosecuted? Which questions will be asked across the communities? And who has not been honest with the Nigerian society and the Nigerian people in general? What more does the Pledge of State Governor need to do and it's a great thing that we're having a conversation on the breakfast this morning, a major conversation with persons from the Pledge of State government to address some and ask some of all these questions. How is it that in Nigeria in 2021, I want you to listen to that again, in 2021 we're having state governors send bosses to pick up students from the University of Joss. How do we have a situation like that in 2021 that people are being sent back home or being rescued from the University of Joss and sent back home? I'm not even talking about the communities now. I'm talking about the University of Joss. We've seen even the Inugu state government sending a boss to get its Inugu state indigents from the University of Joss back home. How has Plateau State and how has Nigeria found itself in this type of situation in 2021? And in a situation like this, you would also expect that there will be statements from the presidency, there will be at least a body language from the president that shows, you know, the severity of this incident and shows how sad and how urgent the presidency needs to take steps to ensure that they fix these things. Governor Simon Lalong in the news also went, you know, to Aso Rock to meet with President Mohamed Abwari to appeal for assistance for those living in IDP camps. How are we in a situation like this in Nigeria today? And should that really be the response of a governor? I mean, there's some of the questions that I will be asking. Should that be the response of a governor after lives, dozens of lives, hundreds of lives are being lost in his state? He goes to Abuja to meet with the president to appeal for assistance for those living in IDP camps. First of all, the governor should be able to, you know, completely take care of every single individual living in an IDP camp in Planteau State. And when he has to go to Abuja to ask for assistance, then what exactly is he doing as a governor of a state? I mean, what way has he been able to take steps to also protect the people of the state? And once again, who will be fired? Who will be, you know, be asked questions? Who exactly will be made to pay for these things? If you remember, after the killing of 20 travelers a few weeks ago, there were reports a couple of people were arrested. The criminal justice system has also failed to prosecute anybody. And we've not been able to see anybody, you know, to the full extent of the law, prosecuted for these killings. And that's one of the reasons, and I've said this on this platform multiple times, that that is one of the reasons these, you know, atrocities may never end because there is no actual criminal justice system that puts its foot down on these killings and ensures that it never happens again. We have a huge problem in our hands in Nigeria. And of course, it's going to lead us into our next, you know, conversation where, of course, the Nigerian military has set up an inquiry into the attack on the Nigerian Defense Academy. It also came as a shock as we started the week where we heard that about, you know, three military officers were killed in an attack on the Nigerian Defense Academy in Kaduna. We spoke about this yesterday, shared, you know, the distance between the Nigerian Defense Academy and the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna State. And, you know, different details here and there why this is such a shocking incident in Nigeria. But, of course, it's not shocking to a lot of people because it's not the first time we're hearing of incidents like this. It's not also the first time that we've heard, you know, of Army bays being attacked or soldiers being killed. What was the response of the government in the past and what would you expect to be the response of the government this time? There's people who have tried to pull in the tribal and, you know, the regional card in some of all of this and actually what would have happened if this happened in a different part of the country. But let's not go that far. The president, according to the news, is saying that this would spur and would push the Nigerian military to ensure that they take better actions against these insurgents and these bandits and these criminals, whoever they are. But the questions will still remain, was this an inside job? How did this happen? How was the NDA breached so easily? How did these people manage to get out, you know, after carrying out this attack? How did they, you know, find their way out of that, you know, location in Kadena State and still have not been arrested, still have not been, you know, prosecuted? These are very, very important questions and I've always, always spoken about the body language of the Nigerian government and body language of Nigerian president. I've spoken over and over about some level of, you know, PR that at least helps the situation. It may not save, you save those lives immediately, but at least it might, you know, save lives in the future or it might at least show a government that is entirely concerned. When you put out a statement like, oh, the person who was meant to be minding the CCTV slept off or when you put out a statement saying that, you know, that, you know, this attack would spur, you know, those who, you know, the military to take action, it sounds to a lot of Nigerians like an insult to those who lost their lives. So once again, the question will be what happens next? And there's also been statements that I've seen in the media saying that this, you know, was maybe an inside job to embarrass the president. This, of course, is the biggest embarrassment for me putting out a statement like that and, you know, making these type of claims is the biggest embarrassment after all of these incidents. What would you expect from a government? Imagine that in the UK, some elements attacked, you know, the UK military officers. Imagine that in the United States, you know, army officers or, you know, army veterans, whoever they are, where Marines were attacked in their barracks. I want you to have just an imagination of what, you know, would be taking place right now. If they would have been arrested by now. If the president, you know, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, whichever one of them, what, you know, you would expect from him at a time like this. It doesn't, in any way, look good to see that President Obama of the world has not been able to show, express, you know, the type of personality that feels completely siding and then distraught by some of all these killings. It also doesn't help when, you know, some of his press men and, you know, publicity persons make these type of statements. It's not, you know, in any way, you know, about the president at this time. It's about the lives that have been lost in different parts of the country. It has nothing to do with embarrassing the president or has nothing to do with, you know, making the president look bad. That's the least important thing. If you put together a list of 1,000 things that are important at this time, that would not even make the list. And so the lives of those officers are the most important and protecting every single Nigerian life. And yesterday we tried to speak about what this means and, you know, what this really tells about the boldness of some of these criminal elements, whoever they are. And it doesn't paint a really, really good picture with regards to Nigerian lives. So what would you expect to happen next after a situation like this? Who would you expect to take, you know, the blame for a situation like this? Who would you expect, you know, to take action after a situation like this? And how can the Nigerian government still continue to, you know, tell the Nigerian people that they still aren't 100% sure who carried out these attacks or how they can be apprehended? It's not very difficult. And I'm sure that you know that if the DSS wants to find a person in Nigeria, they will find you, regardless of how long it takes or how hard you try to be, you know, to hide, they will find you. The, you know, the DIA, some of all those security agencies, military intelligence, they will find you. It's actually pretty easy for them to locate any single person. So why is it so difficult for them to find the leaders of these militant groups? Why is it so difficult for them to prosecute those who have carried out these attacks and the person have been arrested? Why is it so difficult for the criminal justice system to ensure that they, you know, they show Nigerians and they show these criminal elements that you don't mess with the Nigerian government on this level and expect to go scot-free? These are very, very big questions. We hope that we'll be able to, you know, speak a lot more about some of all these things this morning on the breakfast. In a bit, we're going to be joined by our guest for Off the Press, Mr. Isaac Erling. I talk as a public affairs analyst to share his thoughts on some of the major stories making the headlines across Nigeria today. With that, I say good morning once again. Thanks for joining us on the breakfast and let's have a very interesting next two hours.