 The problem of weapons proliferation in Nigeria showing no signs of abating following the revelation that modern 6 million firearms are in the possession of civilians in the country will have announces of this report by SBM Intelligence. There have been increasing calls for the withdrawal of the nomination of some new resident Electoral Commissioner ahead of the Nigerians General Elections in 2023. We'll look at the reasons behind this and overall impact on our democracy. And after the press returns this morning as we analyze the big stories on the front page of today's national days. Very good morning to you. We're back with the breakfast of Plus TV Advocates, a bright Tuesday morning and original live from the studios on Victoria and Nigeria's nurses looking already bright and ready to go. Mercy, good morning to you. It's a brand new day. We're here with the important conversations that will be of interest to you. And like you had in the intro, we have two big topics to discuss. I guess I'll stand by writing to dish out those juicy and interesting analysis. But Mercy, we start off with our top training segment this morning. Yes, on a top training conversation, first is the fact that you have a former Legos State First Lady of Legos State between 1999 and 2007 and also a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing the Legos Central District right here. There's been several, there's a video that actually made it to social media. I mean, it's been generating different reactions. But I'm also interested to know that this video was as a 2019. It's an old video in 2022. So but that video talks about Senator Remy Tunubu who chastised the southern south eastness. There's a lot that was said. I'm sure that we can actually put out that track for you to watch and listen. Thank you. Well, that's actually from a festival, Festival of Lagos State and also Senator Rami Tsunubu. In that video, you know, that the language is Eurobar. I'm waiting for the interpretation. Of course, we've actually seen the interpretation all over the space. Now, the conversation she was having with some people where she was talking about, you know, the southeastern peasants, I mean, southeasterners. And she said that she would invoke the deity, you know, to take out the people of the, chase them away from Lagos. But prior to that, she said that she would entreat that. I mean, the deity to chase the Igbo people out, who didn't marry the Yoruba, and we will inherit them, given how much we love the Igbo people. You know, you, I mean, you now want to spoil everything that we have. The only tribe in this place, Hausa is here, Calabar. I mean, she talked about different tribes, but she's saying, hey, how can there come to spoil everything? And this is me paraphrasing now. It's not verbative because it might just be difficult for me to go verbative. But in all of the conversation that she had, she talked about the fact that, hey, the Igbo's are here, we're very tolerant of them. We'll have the houses, we'll have the Calabar, we'll have different tribes. And then, you know, all of a sudden, the Igbo's are being very difficult, and it's time for them to have, you know, they've been very accommodating of them in the Yoruba land. And all of a sudden, they're saying, hey, we cannot, you know, they can have a president from the south talking about Lagos here. That's the conversation. Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. We have to quote her. You know, I know that, basically, you've been in Lagos for some time, but in Texas. So she's speaking Yoruba now. But I mean, maybe she's taking a little bit of what she said. Okay, so to go verbative with what she said, she said that we will entreat all deities of Lagos to chase Igbo people out. Igbo didn't marry Yoruba. We will inherit them. Given how much we love Igbo, you want to spoil everything. You're not the only tribe in this place. You're not the only tribe in this place. House are here. We accommodate them. Calabar here. We accommodate them. Igbo's are proving difficult. We will inherit you. That's by the love we have for you. All of us are here, and we accommodated them. Well, people choose to read different meaning to the video. I mean, that's what a lot of persons are saying. Some people say it's a joke. But it took me a lot of, I mean, it took me, you know, a lot of understanding. I need to check the internet again to understand that that was a former fest lady. And, you know, I was worried for a second. You know, the context is very important in issues like this context, context, context. And I'm happy you were able to give us the word for word of, let me say the interpretation for those who do not speak Yoruba. Context is important. This was 2019 Nigerian elections. Like someone said, you know, off air in the studio, maybe she didn't know she was being recorded. And there's a whole lot. If I was in another video, someone said me yesterday where you go see her sitting down with somebody who is physically challenged on the road. You know, so there's a context. I think there was some problem somewhere. And she was, they met her. And as a result of that, she had to say these things. But for the devil's advocate, let's try that. Some people say, oh, people are missing where she said in this video where she said, we love evil people. Okay. Despite the love we have for you. So people point to that, that she was coming from a different point of view. And people need to really know the story behind this to be able to judge. However, however, of course, in this era of the media, power of the media, not even before social media became a thing, political correctness is there. You know, you should be careful about what you're saying because it could be misconstrued. And the tension in the country these days is quite high. You know, this was from 2019. However, they say the internet never forgets. However, they say the internet never forgets. And you know, we're witnesses to what's been happening in different parts of the world where people go and dig up what was said in 1991. You understand, the dig up was said in 1991. And then you are put on trial for it. They go and dig up what was said in 1985. You are put on trial for it. So this is 2019. It's not too far. It's not too far. And the words were strong. The words were very, very strong. And behold on her at this point to come out to maybe explain to the public what exactly she meant and what was behind that. If she comes out, then of course she has a chance to put this right and probably even say, sorry, if she thinks she was wrong. But those from the southeast increasingly have said that they don't think they would be allowed to vote. They've said, you know, in 2019 they were not allowed to vote freely and fairly in legal state, you know. And so that context is there. Somewhere in St. Francis in 2019 in legal state. That context is there. So it's very important that she comes out and clear the air. In the interest of peace, unity, you know, it was a state governor who said some days ago that it was built in Port Hacot. And in Port Hacot people are angry. You know, some of the comments we should think twice about. Even if you feel that it's true, you look for a better way diplomatically to put these things across. And they are politicians. I'm sure they understand the act of diplomacy, the act of tact as well. It's very important. It's very important. But as much as, I mean, that's a very valid point that you have actually raised. But we cannot also ignore the fact that we need to understand what has constantly put us aside or divided us for the dividers. Now, if you know, if you follow the polity over time, it feels like we're more divided than ever. It doesn't, I mean, this is not the first time we're not just waking up to realize that we have different ethnic groups, over 250 of Dharubat and different languages in Nigeria. But it feels like that's already catching up with us. And in 2022 we seem to be divided more than ever. So I also think that it might be responsible that we take responsibility for our actions. And that's very important, especially those who actually occupy public offices. We don't expect that they become the Jesuses of our generation, or Black Jesus as it were. But we also expect that they understand the dynamics, the problems. I mean, for everyone who's actually vying for political office in 2023, hoping to become a governor, hoping to become the president and what have you in different political platforms, we need to understand that the major problem with our country is the issue of unity. We have been divided. And of course, you know that several groups and persons are agitated. I could also wake up and say, hey, I do not want to become part of this entity because I have a right to denounce this entity. I mean, or even also say, hey, I want to become a republic and what have you. So we need to understand that, you know, the issue of division seemed to be on the front burner. And because we're stakeholders in this business and in this political Nigeria, then we should know better, understand that some people say it was a joke. That's the reaction that we got from several persons saying, oh, it was a joke. A lot of people say, oh, that was actually a joke. She didn't really mean it. She meant it. She didn't mean it. Whether or not it's a joke, we need to understand that we're in very, very, very serious times, very sensitive, and it's important that we're careful with the things that we say. Unfortunately, that video was, I mean, from 2019, but we're surfaced in 2022, just ahead of the elections. Let's be very cautious and understand what it is. I mean, it won't be that we're the first to be a country with different ethnic groups and different nationality. We can see it together and show that we move forward. We can't be in Nigeria and be against Nigeria. Whether it's a joke or not. But let's be very cautious with the statements and comments that we make. I mean, that should be a take home. I mean, that's my take home, you know, from this particular reaction. But like you rightly stated, Kofi, we're hoping that she'd come out and, you know, clear the air as regards that particular video that made the round. All right, I'll take the next one. Nigerians have taken the social media to react to the choice of... Anthony Anderson, he's a popular American actor. We all love to watch him. Watching him since he was a kid, you know, he's actor, these teenage sweetheart movies, you know. Very funny movies and everything. He's grown, you know, he's become an adult and, you know, I've watched him over the years. And he's doing his thing in Hollywood. The headiest happens to be from my hip hop world awards. And this is the biggest musical or popular musical awards or pop music awards in Nigeria. It's been holding Nigeria since inception as far as I can recollect. This time around it was hosted or held in the United States city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia. I mean, if you look at the cities that have a healthy Nigerian population in the United States, you can look at Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Dallas or Houston, you have New York. And I think Atlanta is in there. Atlanta is also a center of entertainment in America after Hollywood, you know, and other parts of California. There was another mistake that it took it to Atlanta. I've been asking why did they take the awards there. But this is what they did. It took the awards there. And Anthony Anderson was scheduled to co-host that event with Osasi Godaro. And it was held on Sunday. The awards were held on Sunday. Now, some Nigerians feel that the organizers should have used, as co-host, one who has good knowledge of African artists. And the accused Anderson of making a joke of the headies from the start of the show to the end. So reactions on Twitter. One said they're not saying Anthony Anderson wasn't good, but come on. This is Nigeria's biggest award. At least the headies would have brought someone who knows more about Afrobeat Nigerians or Nigerian music to the core. Trevor Noah would have related more with the audience. I can see another one there as it's shown on your screen. Anthony Anderson is hosting the headies. Okay, this is saying let me just get to that particular one here. This is saying I'm in proper tears. We got Anthony Anderson to host the headies and didn't give him a proper education of the people who would be presenting. He asked what they could only go this. This brother and every American presenting has been dissing the show award, or the award show. Another one says Anthony Anderson is hosting the headies. First they take the show abroad now. They're using someone that knows nothing about the past of the show to host. Western validation is real. That's the one you see on your screen. Another one said Nigerian humor and American humor are not the same. Anthony Anderson is hosting an Nigerian event. It would definitely not go smooth. Imagine basketball hosting the Grammy. They might also find it hard to connect with him. Just like the Nigerians found it hard to connect with AA, and push hashtag 1530s. There are lots of comments, lots of comments. One said Anthony Anderson casting headies, and his co-host trying to shut him up, but he refused. He all told me CK was going to be here. Whiskey was going to be here. Thames was going to be here. None of these African artists showed up. A man doesn't care. It's quite interesting what people are saying. Some of those also, people feel the reason the headies may have been taken to the United States was probably given a bigger profile. And over the years, especially in recent times, some of these artists have become bigger, like Whiskey and so on and so forth. David O, they have shown the headies. They don't come in recent years. They don't show up for it. Some of them don't even send a representative. Maybe they feel that because they're winning mobile awards, MTV awards, they're getting nominated for Grammys. This award is not figuring the world. So they don't even show up. They don't even send a representative, rather. So maybe this may have been a way of saying, no, we want to show that we are big, and Whiskey should attend a ceremony. David will show attend, if you understand. Still, like you've had someone saying, they didn't show up. From what I had, I didn't watch. From the reports I have, they didn't show up. So it's interesting to see. Very interesting to see. I mean, if you look at the reaction, and there might just also be a point of what you've actually stated. For me, I would also think that it's like bringing government closer to the people. Let's say, take the awards closer to death. Mostly you find out that some of these artists might just be around the corner. So maybe if we take it to Atlanta, it would just be easy for them to take the next available flight or jet in and jet out from it. But that's on the one hand. I know that a lot of persons have criticized the reason for taking the awards outside of Nigeria. To Atlanta, that's the United States. The truth is that these organizers really do have, you know, a choice and they have a right to whether or not hold it. There's nothing that really restricts them from holding this event in Nigeria or outside of Nigeria. That's on the one hand. I don't think they committed any crime. That's it. But I also understand the concern, especially when a lot of persons talked about the host, despite his profile and his criteria. I mean, if you look at his profile and his personality and who he is, he's a Canadian. But somewhere in my mind, it felt like he's a deja vu that I saw that it was Bovi and Ossas that were going to host this event. I really don't know if it was really true. Not like I've actually photo to the letter, but somehow, it feels like, you know, once upon a time, there was a flyer with Ossas and Bovi. That's what I keep seeing, a picture. And I've been looking for a picture of Bovi or, you know, basket mouth, whoever, with Ossas. I don't know where that's coming from, but I don't know. Maybe I've actually seen it somewhere, but I'm still trying to go back to see it. Right. I think the conversation and the buzz, apart from the category, a lot of persons haven't really talked about. Yes, we've talked about the categories and nomination itself. But some persons have really dwelled on, you know, the combination. You having Anthony Anderson co-hosting that event and he didn't really sit down with a lot of persons. But maybe, and some of the points that were raised is the issue of validation, you know, Western validation and what have you. Every other time we need to have this endorsement to feel very great and to ensure that, hey, maybe we're probably competing with the Grammys and all not one. But I think that we feel like at some point we had an agreement that we need to patronize, you know, local consumption. Because where we are today economically because we do not patronize, you know, ourselves. We're talking about Made in Nigeria, consuming Nigerian products and what have you. And I would look at, you know, the reason for taking out. If you take out, for instance, taking out the Hades out of Nigeria or out of Lagos would have actually cost us some, you know, economic benefits. That would mean that we've exported all of the economic benefits, you know, outside of Nigeria. At the time we're hoping to develop our economy. So it felt like we had a memo already. The memo was actually passed that, you know, you know, less patronize Nigeria, less, you know, export our own culture. I mean, let's stop importation. But however, we exported and we continue to import another culture, another person. Because if you look at the economy, all of the resources that was actually chunked out there wasn't developing our economy. We took it out outside all of the flights. Imagine how many persons had traveled out of the country, you know, just to be part of that event. Imagine the hotels that would have benefited, you know, from having all of these persons there. Imagine those who would have actually gone to different restaurants to eat. All of that didn't come into our economy. It just went outside. So, yes, I would understand with a lot of persons who don't really agree with having the events going outside of Nigeria because of the economic benefits. And also, why can't we? Don't we have persons who can actually, you know, project, who can actually co-host that event outside of Nigeria? It's one thing that we took it outside of Nigeria. It's another thing that we have, you know, some of the persons co-hosting when we have fantastic comedians, people who understand the dynamics and understand the history. I followed the report just like Kofi would say. Not like I really watched, but you saw a lot of persons asking questions. He doesn't really understand it. At some point, he was dissing. I understand the dissing where you say some artists will be here, but they weren't there. And that's a different conversation entirely because we're not persons who feel like we are given to saying one thing and we're doing a different thing entirely. And that's not part of it. But to be very honest, some of the concerns that have been raised are very valid. You know, it's really valid. But I hope that we begin to appreciate and understand that we need to keep the money here. We need to grow our economy, right? We need to project ourselves in a good light. I'm just saying that for the Hades that happened, we have lost a lot of monies and resources. It's just gone into, you know, enriching another economy despite what we're going through. Imagine there was down here. It would benefit businesses, benefit every other person in the space. Well, it is what it is. That's what some people would say. Moving away quickly for the want of time. That's also on the top trending. The federal government has filed or federal government files for 24 count charges against Abba Kiari. And you know the Abba Kiari situation. But the interpretation, especially amongst legal practitioners, is that the government won't understand the damage. So it feels like there's a lot of politics going on. And it feels like politics is always what happens with almost everything. So yes, there's a case. There's a need to extra diet him because there's a case to answer. But because he has a case already in Nigeria, it makes it almost impossible for him to leave Nigeria. That's it. If there's a case ongoing here, it's not possible for him to be, you know, moved to the United States or to any other parts. So answer question because he has another case. And there's a law for it. Now having this other case, people are saying this is just part of the politics. Government is behind all of this. And then they are playing the politics and they are playing. 24 hours after, we're having cases, the case of him not declaring some of his assets and what have you. And this has been discovered. That's a lot that's going on in our polity. But we'll definitely be here to bring you to speak with all that's happening. Yes, so according to one of the papers they said that about 207 million are and about 17,598 euros were discovered in his accounts. These are three bank accounts. Also various assets in Abuja and Bono state which include shopping malls. I hope it's really shopping malls because well, go shopping malls in this world. Sometimes not shopping malls. But shopping malls, residential estates, is a police officer, super cop, lands and farmland belonging to this Manaba carry. So of course the federal government on the basis of this has filed a fresh 24 count charge against him. 14 assets being uncovered. So this is before the Abuja division of the federal high court. 14 assets and it's quite interesting to see a public officer asking where does the money come from. Maybe he has, the constitution of the federal public of Nigeria is clear on the court of conduct for public officers. It's clear and this conduct is sacrosanct, but actually it's almost like it doesn't even exist. And if you go there and you read what is contained in the court of conduct for public officers as contained in the CFR in 1999, you would see that a lot of things have been flouted and this is why people can do things and get away with it. As a public officer you're not meant to have a business. He's not meant to have a business. As a public officer the only business you're permitted by the constitution to have is agriculture. But that's very interesting. So if he has farmland and all that, what about the shopping malls? You're not expected to receive any gift. The only gift you can receive is when you have a funeral a family close relative then you can receive gifts. That's why some of them go the politicians go to funerals a lot because after the funeral it's where you know what I'm saying. So the first charges are filed by the NDLAS, Director of Prosecution and Legal Services on August 30 some people feel that this may be a large ploy to just continue to keep him in the country. We know the phantom application made by the Attorney General Minister of Justice to extradite him. I say phantom because that's in effect that's what the judge labelled it. He said Malami should have known. He knows better. So it was phantom. So this is where we are. I think it's enough drama for one day we can move on. What are you doing? He didn't even know he had 14 assets. He declared the 14 assets. So now it's just He didn't declare. So he just woke up and then discovered he has 14 assets. But did he declare the 14 assets? Because the point is the Americans should forget about receiving him many times. Maybe next year. That's the size of a conversation. We'll take a break and when we return it will be time for us to look through the papers this morning. Please stay with us.