 Thanks for joining us on Off the Press on the breakfast. It's our segment here where we take a look at the stories making headlines across Nigeria today. We've invited the chief lecturer at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Mr. Jiri Johnson, to help us analyze the papers. Good morning, Mr. Johnson. It's a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Let's begin with the punch newspaper today. The headline reads, We're killed two arrested 13 aides in Ibo's house raid, says DSS. Attackers killed five persons, took away corpses, still three million Naira, female leader, shouting orders. Seven Iki-47 rifles, three guns, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, champs recovered, that's according to the service. Adeba Anja describes it as an attack on the Yoruba. And YCE says it's injustice, federal government insensitive. Away from that story, external reserves slide farther, lost 905.5 million dollars in June, that's according to the CBN. States drive away mining investors with illegal levies and taxes, that's according to Shimbajo. Debt servicing got 1.8 trillion Naira in five months, says federal government. Oil experts list benefits of national assembly, break list benefits as national assembly breaks 12 year jinks, passes PRD. AstraZeneca, Nigeria falls EU's rejection, says decision political. Nigeria banned UAE flights over COVID-19 testing procedures. And regarding that DSS raid in Ibo's house has a picture here on the front page of the punch newspaper that illustrates that. Also, Quara Monaxu's Ellore Emea for installing house leader in Jeba. Benna Republic detains and prosecutes open activists for challenging land encroachment. Human parts traders, exhuming undocopsies, selling in ocean held. Spiritual healing, Randy Prophet bags life imprisonment for barren woman's death. Legos bound is swap terrorists arrested in Obu. Oil thieves held. Cannes arrest, lawyers right UK, protests extradition, federal government guns for collaborators. We're looking at those on the punch. All right on the nation newspapers. DSS declares Ibo Ho wanted after arms recovery in home raid. Two killed during joint security raid on agitators in Badon home, Fenniferia ARG, OPC Condemn Action. Police say stay off Legos. Illegal headers settlement found in Quara. Also 30 drug suspects held. Legos bound is swap chief arrested in Obu state. Buhari projects 900 billion nair for subsidy in 2022. Also on the nation, federal government says we're going after IPOB leader, Kanu's backers. A few others, one other actually, Senate House split on fund for host communities. PIB passed 20 years after that's on the punch. You suppose also that's a nation rather. That's all we have for the nation today. Let's look at the next paper. The Guardian PIB anger as Senate slashes host community share to 3%. Reps maintain 5%. Pandeph host communities reject 3.5% equity shareholding. Despite PIB, federal government is spent 900 billion nair for subsidy in 2022. Reps sustain Twitter ban, urge continued dialogue. Senate risk dangerous precedence with on or chase confirmation, group ones. Federal government vows to expose prosecute Kanu's backers. APC moves against missing out of Anambra gubernatorial poll. Outrageous DSS attacks Igboho's residence kills two abducts others. And the picture there of Igboho's house with the blood stained tiles. And the daily song, which we're taking last, just a few, Igboho opens up on attack. Gives details of how two were killed. Jewagon, Prada and furniture destroyed and deadly invasion. Kanzu's Lagos rally. Afenifera, Nigeria back to a Bacha era. Abducted family members dropped iniquity. And Gani Adams and Masar was saying it's a ploy to silence him. NPC Act Amendment Bill draconian says reps and lawyers. APC desperate to curtail free speech as a PDP. And of course the federal government reveals two year efforts leading to Kanu's arrest. Senate passes PIB, disagrees with reps on percentage for host communities. And one or two others will resist attempts to force one party state or Nigerian, says the PDP. Go after bandits, killer heads men like you did for Kanu PDP urges, PDP governors urge the federal government. And Wike says Ayadeh Matawale Umahi defected to cover up inadequacies. Good morning, G.D. Johnson. Thanks for joining us once again. Good morning. I think that the major story in East Papaya is the story and then you could look at the different perspective and the different angle that the newspaper reported. According to the guide and DSS attack, it goes to the resident. And according to the nation, DSS declared he wanted. Now, I would do the case someone wanted. I won't go into his residence to arrest 13 of his eights to kill two of the people in the house, destroying property and what have you. I don't know whether we have government or whether we don't have government. I don't know whether we are practicing democracy or we are practicing another form of government that does not have respect for basic fundamental human life. Government that does not have basic respect for decency and for best practices when it comes to government, citizen relationship. I don't know and then I don't know what about government and we treat people demanding for safe agitation without terrorizing anybody with this manner of treatment. And then we go and discuss and have meeting and have and negotiate with bandit. We recall in Zavara state, the former governor asks people to add AK-47 to really drop the AK-47 and get two million dollars dropping that or the one that she Gumi spoke about that. The entire structure, what we have in the state that is always accompanied by the police, by the DSS, by the army and by even that the traditional rulers are aware and the federal governments are aware of discussion and negotiation with the bandit. As far as I'm concerned, government has every right to enforce the law, but enforcing the law must also be within the armpit of the law and they should have invited them. You only do that for people that resist that imputation. Probably it should have invited, they even have been caught order to effect what they have learned to that effect. And sometimes the way government react to issues thoroughly enforces those that have shared belief in some of these agitations that this poor have. And then for those that even have interest in it, government stimulates their interest and desire in it. And for those that are not even aware, it's great awareness. I'm sure there are a lot of people that don't even know who Igowo is or who Napdekano is, but the manner of approach and the way government has got about it has even opened a lot of people's eyes to see what is going on. It has stimulated their interest and a lot of people are going globally, globally. If you look at the global index of the interest in this particular, in this particular, in this particular issue, and the government should have invited and DSS and agencies of government are saying proudly that they killed two, they killed two. And they are reporting it that you killed, you killed Nigerians in Nigeria in a democratic society without inviting them. And they are so bold to say it. And it's Igowo reported and people have not lost their mind that a legacy of the state that is for the people, because you said democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people, a legacy of the people, in many years of the people and in the people, you don't get it. I'm not saying they are trained, I'm not betraying whatever happens, but I'm sure that agencies of the state who will effect arrest, would have killed him. They could effect arrest. That's my own approach concerning this, that you will use the resources of the state to kill the state, because every Nigerian is a component part of the state. And I don't care about every other thing, but for agencies of the state, can you imagine, can you imagine and see every life coming and telling Americans, you know what, we killed two Americans, because we want to arrest in this state. Can you imagine, am I five or am I six in Britain or the Scott Langer coming out and saying, we killed two British citizens, because we want to effect arrest. And people are talking about every other thing. What I'm much more concerned about, is the life of a Nigerian. You could do the security issue of the state, without killing everybody, just effecting the arrest. And it's like we are watching a movie. I will say that, poor government has got to do anything. You see, it's like two rival drug warlords engaging in, it is pathetic. I am outraged. I feel like shedding tears, because I can never imagine that we'll get to this state, that agencies of the state, will feel so proud to call and do a press conference and say that we killed two. It's unbelievable. Mr. Johnson, would it make it sound different if they say that those two lives were lost, gone fire with the DSS, if they tried to defend Igbo's residence and exchange gunfire with DSS. Exactly, if we stated in that, if we stated, it does, if you read the statement, if you read the statement, you see meaning are hidden in people. And it is what we used to give expression to our thoughts. And our thoughts is the reflection of our attitude. Now, if that is what is used in the statement, if you look the way this statement is presented, it's like a conquest. If it's put, if it's stated in that perspective, that in the course of engagement, that's how it's done, in the course of engagement to suspect or resist the arrest of our kid or casualty. You don't even say kid or casualty. There are words that you use and people should understand this fact. That the fact that you are looking for the agency of the state does not mean that you are not accountable in the future. Does not mean that you are not accountable in the future. We've seen presidents of the nation be charged before the international court. We've seen people being taken to international court. So people should be, should, to understand that once you are part of the international state, you must have put within the ambit of international standard and human rights within the framework of your cause. I'm not supporting criminality. Let's get this straight. I'm not supporting criminality. Any act of criminality should be dealt with in the state. But there are rules of engagement. There are rules of engagement when it comes to that and then things should not be treated this way. As far as I'm concerned, they have invited him. The children, they should have been given an open invitation. Could they have invited him? He would have been invited. He would have been secured for his arrest not for DSS to invade. Look, let's put it in perspective. I keep telling my colleagues in the media industry over the years, many, when we had a situation where media organizations were under siege. It could have put 20, but it could have put 20. It's just what happened to some of you. If somebody just decided that, okay, let's let's see the media houses across the nation. And before you wake up, you see DSS occupying on media organizations in Nigeria or taking a particular media organization. What would you say? What do you think? And that's the perspective with which I want to look at that thing. They are a basic group that governs the democratic society. This is not the room of the jungle. They are the laws are there. The institutions of the states are there. It's, as the police don't assume job, have you invited them? Have you secured them or not? You know, these basic issues. Mr. Jede Johnson. Mr. Jede, follow up. Yes, we totally understand your perspective regarding the story. How do you then compare this story? Another story we're seeing on the Daily Sun and the headline reads, federal government reveals two-year efforts leading to Kano's arrest. This was a minister of information, Alajilai Muhammad, basically saying that a federal government had been trailing Ndikano for the past two years, that he had been living a five-star life in several countries, that when he was arrested, he was even in Fendi. And he went on to say that, you know, unlike the Bohor case where he was arrested and the whole raid on his house, Alajilai Muhammad said, the arrest of Ndikano was one of the most classiest arrests in history. He said, it's one of the most classic operations of its type in the world. Do you agree that that's what it was? Well, the attorney general did not talk about an arrest. The attorney general talked about an intercept. He spoke about an intercept. And then if an intercept could be put on hold, it's a good time for forcefully taking somebody without the person's knowledge or willingness. Now, if, as far as I'm concerned, there are basic laws that govern human history. So otherwise, we'll be in a state of anonymity. We'll be in a state of chaos and disorder in the society. We see how it goes. We'll be full details on hold because we'll be taken to the court. And when it gets to the court, I think we have an opportunity to have legal representation. And then you also have an opportunity to bear his own mind for us to know how the federal government went about arresting a Nigerian outside the shores of Nigeria. Is he in collaboration with the agency of the states in the country they arrested him? Is he in line with international best practices to be securely good instrument, to be securely good instrument to ensure that they get those arrests. And like others have shared, which should also be interesting for the federal government to also use this type of two years effort, classiest, best, whatever that, whatever superlative that the minister of information has used to describe these arrests, but also used to deal with the issue of insurgency, to deal with the issue of kidnapping and to the issue of banditry in Nigeria. I think if we could have that sophistication as alleged by the minister, we should use that sophistication to deal with some of the issues we are having locally. But as far as I'm concerned, we wait for the details. I don't want to really comment. I want to wait for the details. Whether we are putting within the ambit of national law, within the ambit of international law, no nation exists in our solution. These must be done. I can because I'm representing the state, abuse the state. When you don't follow the basic constitutional provisions of the state, that's an abuse. Whether you represent the state or whether you are not the representative of the state. So as far as I'm concerned, we must do things through due process. I'm not in support of criminality, whatever form. I'm not in support of terrorism or banditry. But I also understand that people have been like for self determination, for self agitation, is a constitutional position to write. As long as my right does not infringe on the whole right, I can decide that well, I feel that there is a need for us to have a new nation out of this nation. And the way government is going about it, we should be interested in looking at what are the root causes of this agitation. What are the root causes of these people coming up and saying this and saying, I've been there with the issue of, let's take the issue of Sunday in Boho's case. It has to do with banditry and the kidnapping in our state. Have we been able to deal with that? As government has raised those issues. So these are the things that we need to look at. I think people think that because they have control of state resources and they can hold people down forever and ever. They are the same in themselves. If you are a student of history, you understand that the critical component of human existence is the right for self determination. The greatest power that God gives to man is the power of choice. It's a fear laid before you, life and death. Make your choice today. God does not force anything on anybody. In the first instance, doing creation, when God created man and woman, man blamed God for, is it not the one that he gives to me? From that day, God has refused to give any man any wife again. And now say, in what I've said, he now finds a wife, finds a good thing and obtain people. So the responsibility of looking for a wife from the experience of God with Adam stopped. God does not look for anyone, for anybody with the exception of Adam. After that, everybody, so that power of choice can never be taken either by the state or by any instrument of the state. Because it was a choice, it was a right that God has given 12 months. So where is USSR today? Where is Yugoslavia? Where is Itopia? And the truth is to be part and parcel of. Itopia, Eritrea, used to be part and parcel of. Itopia. South Sudan used to be part and parcel of Sudan. And even the nation we call Nigeria. It was a nation called Nigeria existing 150 years ago. All right, Julia Johnson. If we can squeeze in one minute, because we're out of time. So just squeeze in one minute to share your thoughts on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill. But you will see, you will see, you will see that, I hope they will resolve the issue in reconciliation because they were 95%, they sent it at 3%. And they also relate the stories to what you said concerning what the vice president said that states, two levees, states are stopping investors in the mining industry, two more form of levees. You could see that people that are mining solid minerals, they are state are imposing levees. You are last states to impose levees on the structure of petroleum product. You are last states to do that. Even if you look that story, they said, illegal arms casement in Kuala. Nobody was killed. There was no bridge. Like you know, like you live on NTP. You know, if you recall it on NTP, when it's released, we are taking as hostage in Uganda. And they really had to send their agents to come and rescue them. Only one agent died. And he used the agent that every other, every other state was rescued. No other life was left. The only person that died is the younger brother of the former prime minister, Benjamin Entorawu. So we must approach within the ambit of this. If you look at the stories, we discover that do we even have a trust, economic trust, political trust for this nation? Any nation that has a double-sided approach to its policies in terms of economy, in terms of the way it relates to the citizen, in terms of the way it deals with issues. We don't make any progress. We are breaking principle. Principles are not expected of any man. Whether you are a lieutenant or a satan, if you come out in a job, you are going down. That's the principle. That's the law of gravity. But if you have a system in which that you suspend one law for some certain group of people and you uphold one law for some certain group of people and you want to progress, you are deceiving yourself. All right. We are peeling your stretch. Yuli Johnson, thank you very much for your time. This Friday, it's always exciting. Thank you. We'll be here with you. We wish you a great week ahead. Thank you very much. All right. It's time for Today in History. After this break, we'll be going to the year 1964 to talk about politics in some other country. And I'll be going to the year 2010 to talk about a very sad moment in sports.