 Nigerian senators from the People's Democratic Party have said they will begin impeachment proceedings against the President Muhammad Abu Hari. We will look at the reasons behind this and its possibility. Niger's currency denier has fallen to record lows against the US dollar. Why is a once booming economy struggling? We're joined by an expert later for analysis on this. And of course we'll have end-of-the-analysis of the headlines in today's National Dailies. Welcome and very good morning to you. I apologize for bringing the program behind the shadow. My name is Kofi Bartels. We start with a top trending segment where the Social Economic Rights Accountability Project, a non-governmental organization, or civil society organization has said they will sue, as I've actually said they will sue, a government in Manor or Dome of Acquired Boom State over the treatment, the detention of human rights lawyer in Iber Effiong. Iber Effiong released a video shared on social media and of course some tweets that he put out yesterday that brought attention to his plight. There's been a case going on between the governor of Acquired Boom State in Manor or Dome and of course a lawyer in Acquired Boom State who goes by the name Mr. Leo Ekpeong. The governor had won a 1.5 billion Naira lawsuit against this lawyer for defamation. Iber Effiong was simply defending the lawyer in court. So he put out a detailed account of what went, what transpired in court, some issues raised by the human rights lawyer. He said that when he got to court he noticed that his lordship, the judge, the trial judge, Judge Akaito Boat in this case had walked into the court and had allowed a permitted armed policemen to access the court, get into the court room and this was what made him uncomfortable. Now you're looking at pictures of the trial judge, Akaito Boat. Now, Akaito Boat happens to be also the chief judge of Acquired Boom State, sworn in by the governor of Acquired Boom State himself, Governor Imano Udo. Now another thing that Iber Effiong reported in his tweets is that the trial judge, Akaito Boat, who is also the chief judge of Acquired Boom State, ordered a reporter who had come into the court room to observe proceedings and of course report on it, a reporter of the premium Times newspaper, shielded him to leave the court room. And Iber Effiong also said he didn't see, he found that wrong, even though the reporter identified himself as working with a newspaper and online media called Premium Times, the judge ordered that he should leave now. Iber Effiong said he made to object to the presence of the armed policemen in court telling the judge that this was against normal practice and that she should please order, her lordship should order, his lordship should order the armed policemen to leave the premises. However, however, according to him in the video he recorded and also a series of tweets that he put out, he said that the judge did not find that flattering at all. He also reminded the judge that he had applied for her to recuse herself from the case, citing a suspicion or a feeling by his client, Leo Ekpeyong, that the judge was biased in this case and that pending the determination or the decision on that application for a recusal, that she wasn't meant to be there. And so he also reminded her that she was meant to recuse herself, what he called willingly withdrawn from the case. And she also did not find this flattering at all and ordered Iber Effiong to remove his robe and to also order the policeman there to take him away and sentence him to one month in prison. Now, some points to note, what is a recusal? A recusal is basically an application for a judge who is sitting on a matap to withdraw from that matap. And I was speaking to a couple of lawyers since this news broke yesterday and what they tell me is that most judges would voluntarily withdraw from matters if the funeral party is not comfortable with them sitting on that matap. Of course, the judges are saddled and overwhelmed at times with cases, so the less the merrier you would say. So some lawyers have spoken to say what happens is that when this application for a recusal is made, I mean the application goes to the table of the chief judge of a state. Of course, it is the head of the state judiciary that assigns the case files to the different judges or to the different courts because each judge has his court, all right, each judge has his court. So in this case, it was my lord, the honorable chief judge of a criminal state, Justice Akaito Wood, who assigned this case to herself. Some would say if there is nothing personal for you, nothing sentimental for you with this particular case, then maybe you should not have any problem handing the case file to another judge. After all, all the judges of the Acquire Boom State High Court are competently qualified to handle this particular case, any case for that matter. If you have any doubts over the credibility, the thickness of any judge in handling any case in Acquire Boom State from the Acquire Boom State judiciary, then they should not be in service. They should not be having a job as a judge for that matter because as a judge, you have the lives there in your hands. The future, the present and the future of a state and of a country is in your hand. So some people feel that if there was nothing sentimental or nothing personal for the judge, in this case, a chief judge, she could assign this case to some other person, not to herself. Some also say, you know, some of the view that because she was sworn in by the governor of the state and because she is paid a salary by the governor of the state, she has to get that money and then administer judiciary in the state that maybe there is a, there could be possibilities of conflict of interest here. I mean, this is not on our part here at Plus TV Africa to doubt the credibility of her lordship or his lordship, the Honorable Justice Akaitabut, who is the chief judge of Acquire Boom State. That's what some people out there are discussing and are saying and that's what we bring to you on the top training set. Now, apart from this refusal to recuse by the application and refusal to recuse, the trial judge, who incidentally is the chief judge of Acquire Boom State, ordered the premium times reporter to leave the courtroom. Now, this was before the premium times, the arrest and detention of Ineba Effing, the human rights lawyer. We're told yesterday from our sources in New York that this premium times reporter was detained briefly, was arrested and detained briefly on the orders of the judge. We're not given any reason why she asked for, you know, his arrest, his ejection, arrest and detention. We're not given any reason why she also ordered the arrest and imprisonment of Ineba Effing, the human rights lawyer. But what we know is that the premium times has given this particular story coverage and priority. I mean, if you want to check, you know, we ought to go back in time to the case last year when the trial judge, my lord, the Honorable Justice Akaitabut, who is also the chief judge of Acquire Boom State, where she said to the Ineba Effing quote, you know, well, this is not quoting us or not, I take back the quote, where she said to him, you are not on channels, television, neither you on Acquire Boom State Broadcasting Corporation. She scolded him for the way he was talking and told him that I have more than 30 years of experience doing this job, you can't come and teach me law is what she said to him. Also, when they had a resumed hearing on the 2nd of July, 2022, the trial judge, my lord, the Honorable Justice Akaitabut, threatened to imprison, to derail and imprison Ineba Effing. She actually made this threat on the 2nd of July, 2022. So for some who have been following the case, this was simply and merely a predetermined action, all right, this was simply her carrying out this threat that she had already issued on the 2nd of July. And some suspect that maybe the reporter was asked to leave the court so that the further proceedings will not be covered. Now on this 2nd of July, 2022, where she threatened to derail and arrest and imprison Ineba Effing, this particular premium time supporter wrote a story on it and said that there was a series of bizarre incidents in the court, including the judge asking Akaitabut, my lord, the Honorable Justice Akaitabut, asking everybody present at the court to hand over their phones to the police because she didn't want anyone to record the proceedings of that day. So this is what's been happening. We hear that Ineba is still in court. The Uyo prison initially refused to accept him because they didn't see any documents indicating that he went to court. He was sentenced so that they could process his imprisonment, but later he was accepted and he has been placed in prison, in prison as we speak. The report of premium times has since been released and allowed to go home. And this is what we have in Nigeria today. It's not about PDP or APC. You can see that even though it's the country's same judiciary, in a crime of state, you have a PDP government. It's not saying the government is guilty of anything, but in case people want to look at the political side of things, some will say they're all the same. Some are misdemeanors, if you will. Let's move on. Let's move on to the next trending story. Take one more before we say goodbye and move on to other things on the program this morning. Quite some very sad and disheartening news. We heard yesterday the passing of a diplomat, a very respected and foremost Nigerian diplomat. Some would call him an elder statesman, for when I saw the story my heart jumped and it still jumped when I discovered who it was. The first thing I said was, whoa, is this someone else? We have a leading Niger Delta elder statesman, but it wasn't him. It was Ambassador Blessing Agporo de Clark, still it's a sad one, who died at the age of 92 in Lagos. Ambassador Blessing Agporo de Clark is a foremost diplomat. He is the younger brother of the leader of the Niger Delta Forum, Niger Delta activist and elder statesman, and the former federal commissioner of information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Kiabodo-Clack. He's the younger brother of Chief Edwin Kiabodo-Clack, he died at the age of 92 in Lagos. So rest in peace. There was a statement released on the passing of this gentleman by Dr. Christopher Clark on behalf of the family, and it highlighted his sterling career as a diplomat in service to his motherland, Nigeria, for those who do not know. Ambassador Blessing Agporo de Clark, C-O-N, was Nigeria's ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the Organization of African Unity, which is what the African Union was known back in the days of the likes of Butrus Kali. Ambassador Clark was also Nigeria's ambassador to Switzerland and permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He was Nigerian ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. These are positions in the foreign service you hold, only if you are qualified, because these are the highest of the lot. So the family has released information as officially to the public. On behalf of the Beke Deremo Fuludu-Clack family of Kiabodo town in Brutu, local government area of Delta State, they have officially announced with profound sadness the passing into glory of Nigeria's foremost diplomat, Ambassador Blessing Agporo de Clark, C-O-N, on the 26th of July 2022 in Lingers. He was 92 May, so rest in peace. Okay, that's the much you'll take on the top trending segment, we'll return with analysis of our new super headlines, energy for you, please stay with us.