 National Chairman of People's Democratic Party, PDP Uche Secundice fights for survival as party's federal lawmakers ask him to go. And how effective is the COVID-19 vaccine? A doctor will be here to tell us what we need to know. Also coming up is a review of Monday's Sit-at-Home Order by the Indigenous people of Biafra. Welcome to the Breakfast in Plasti, Biafra. Good morning. My name is Annette Felix. Good morning. Welcome to the Tuesday morning edition. It seemed like it was going to rain this morning so just be at alert and go out to your umbrellas if you have to. We hope you have a great time with us this morning. Indeed. Talking about having a great time, I already am having a great time because of top trending stories this morning, beginning with the one of the Twitter ban, you know, just really interests me. First of all, we know that Nigeria banned Twitter a few months ago, saying that the social networking platform undermines the existence of Nigeria. We know how that followed, you know, the fact that Twitter had deleted the tweets by the presidents that seemed to threaten war and a particular ethnic group in the country. Now on June 8, Femi Bajabiamila shot down a debate regarding the ban on Twitter, but then we found out that on Twitter Spaces, Femi Bajabiamila snuck into Twitter to be a part of that conversation. It's, you know, lots of Nigerians have been reacting to this saying, this is just hypocritical. If you are against the ban against, you know, Twitter continuing to thrive in Nigeria and you basically shut down that debate in the house. Why did you find your way using a VPN to come, you know, on Twitter, the same very platform that you shut down to go ahead to use that platform and be a part of the conversations. So, you know, people just went on to say, this is just hypocritical, are you for it? Are you against it? And, you know, just all that conversations about people not putting their money where their mouth is or saying one thing and doing another. Yeah. So I saw a lot of responses to that story. Many people were of the opinion that, you know, he should have been kicked out of the, you know, conversation. You know, if you're one of the people who ensured that Twitter was suspended in Nigeria, you supported it, you shut down the conversation, then what are you doing here? You know, that you should have been kicked out, you know, deleted or blocked or something, you know, from that conversation. Which of course they have the right to say, there's also those who, you know, also blame the person who started the Twitter conversation also, to the space conversation. What I'm not entirely sure of is if he, you know, snuck in or if he was invited, I think, you know, there has to be a link. I'm not sure, but I think there has to be a link that is sent to you so that you can, you know, join in or you see it on, you know, the top of your Twitter page and then you can click in, you know, to, you know, get into that conversation. So I'm not sure which happened if he was invited or he snuck in by himself. Well, all that he's invited or whatever, it takes you to Twitter. Yeah. And you're not supposed to be able to even access the page. So I just thought to point that out, you know, that I'm not sure and nobody is actually sure if he was invited or he's snuck in by himself. There is of course the, you know, views like you've mentioned, you know, what on earth are you doing here if you, you know, ask that Twitter be suspended. If Wenda was meant to be a conversation about lifting the ban or not, you know, you shut that down, you know, then what are you still doing here? And you know, isn't it shameful that, you know, someone as high ranked as he is, is using VPN to assess Twitter? That's actually shameful and embarrassing for, you know, someone at, you know, at his level. You know, but it really just shows that a lot of these people make these decisions not because they truly believe in the things that they are saying. It's a decision that, you know, it's very similar to many other decisions that some of these people, you know, make and statements that they say. They don't really believe in the things that they are saying. When they go out there and tell you that this is what the government has said or this is the new directive of the government, a lot of the time they don't really agree with it or believe in it. They are just saying it because they don't want to sound otherwise. I'm sure that he also doesn't agree that Twitter is causing issues. Nigeria is a threat to Nigeria. Such a high ranking position country. If your voice can be heard, really, why, why be there? If you can't say what you mean, if you can act with integrity, that's that's what I'm saying. Why be there as a puppet? It tells you and that's why, you know, I said that a lot of them a lot of them don't actually believe in things that they say or maybe that they like integrity. It's absolutely. But it really, which Nigerian politician are you going to point out and say, well, this one has integrity? There's not very many of them. You can count five of them. So, you know, integrity is not one of the things that you put side by side with a Nigerian politician. They don't have it. They didn't come with it. They're not going with it. They don't buy it, you know, why they're in the house. And so, you know, that's really what it shows. It's embarrassing for him. I would always allow or agree that or I didn't agree rather with those who said he should have been kicked out, you know, he's, you know, one of the people that you're speaking against. What is he doing there? Because I always feel like there should be a space for everyone to, you know, have their say, you know, regardless of what your views are, have your say. But in this particular case, it's embarrassing for him to have to go download VPN. Femi wajabi amila download VPN, install it on his device and use it, you know, to be active on Twitter. It's really, really embarrassing. And I'm not sure, you know, what he thinks, you know, of all of this. All I'm saying is, if at the end of the day, the AGF and the rest are going ahead to prosecute Nigerians who have been using Twitter through VPNs, Femi wajabi amila should also be picked up. Well, I don't think that's going to happen either. That's an example of something that they also say. In addition to all the other politicians that do that. It's just an example of once again, of one of the things that they say that they don't really believe in, including the means of information. A lot of these statements are really just, well, this is the direction the government wants us to go. So let's just go ahead and say it. We don't necessarily believe in these things that we're saying, a lot of them. And these moves, these, you know, you know, theories that they put out there, all that which is undermining Nigeria's security and undermining Nigeria's unity. They all know that that is, you know, total bollocks. You know, it's just, well, that's what has to be said. Moving on to our next top trending story. While there are lots of Nigerians in diaspora doing us proud winning bronze and silver medals and just, you know, thinking of ways to make life better using technology, we definitely know that there are those bad eggs, like the suspended age to a state governor, Benjamin Rufai, who has been charged of $350,000 fraud in the United States. So the United States government has actually released a 97,000 page document, basically just outlining all the fraud he's committed. He stole the identities of United States citizens, went ahead to have variations of one single email, and that's where he can bypass the tech check and use that to file unemployment claims, because obviously because of the COVID-19 pandemic, you know, the United States having given stipends to citizens, you know, to activate the impact of the COVID-19 on their businesses and the rest of them, the income. So he went ahead, stole the identities of U.S. citizens, continued to make changes to one particular email address, evading all the, you know, technology checks that have been put in there. And he stole as much as $350,000 United States dollars. Allegedly. Allegedly, yes, allegedly. But they have the documents, they have the facts, you know, to prove that. He was arrested at JFK airport May 14th on alleged, you know, theft and unemployment fraud. And his shadow trial is August 31st, later this month, 2021. I mean, this is serious. For the fact that the U.S. prosecutors could go ahead, you know, take time, do their research and investigation. I was able to file in 97,000 page documents. That's that impressive. Still something that the Nigerian government should learn. So two angles for this one is, first of all, you know, a couple of days ago, we heard that, you know, the UAE had granted Ganyan's, you know, visa free entry into United Arab Emirates. And, you know, so, you know, the arguments for that were really, you know, the Ganyan government being able to position itself better, you know, being able to portray, you know, its citizens and its country as a better place than it was in the past. And the Ganyan government failing to do so. And also, because of the, you know, activities and the things that Nigerians have done in these countries, in the UAE, in Malaysia, in Singapore, in China, everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, we don't have enough of, you know, people putting out the great things that Nigerians are doing and celebrating them enough. You know, what we hear these bad stories. So, he's one example. He's another example of, you know, another bad egg, I guess, you know, another bad example of Nigerians who go to different countries and commit these very, very heinous crimes. You know, pretty much the same with Hosh Poppy. But, you know, some other angle for this really is the fact that the Nigerian police, the Nigerian security agencies, they arrest first and then they look out for reasons why they arrested you. Yeah, accusatory system. Yeah, you know, however that has been named. So, what they do is they arrest first. And I saw a video yesterday that, you know, was saying that the EFCC or some other, you know, agency had stopped some two guys in the car here in Lagos and, you know, they took over their car and they were taking them to the station and all of that. And that's exactly what it meant. So, they look at you. You look, reach, they arrest first. Then they, you know, look out for evidence, you know, to tell you why they arrested you. In the moment you don't know why you've been arrested, they don't even know why they're arresting you. But, you know, you have to, you know, find out at the station. And then, you know, while you're there, they start searching for reasons why they arrested you. And even financing evidence. Yeah, and if you don't, and if they don't find any reasons why they arrested you, you still have to bail yourself because they arrested you for no reason and they couldn't find any reason. So, you have to bail yourself for doing nothing. That is, you know, the Nigerian, you know, secret agencies, modus operandi. In Sena Climes, they take out time. Which case in the history of Nigeria has had a 5,000-page document, you know, as evidence? You wouldn't even pay to write a statement. Which case have we ever, you know, been able to investigate on that level that it has documentation? You will pay the police for viral to write your statement. I'm just saying. You will pay the police money to track your phone. I saw a statement yesterday on social media. Besides the part where... No, hold on. This is just a fact of our Nigerian reality, right? Someone said she paid $30,000 to a police officer to track her phone. She never got the phone. She never got the refund. No, good luck, Lauren. So... I paid... No, hold on. I'm coming. I paid the police when I was in Adamua State money to track my stolen laptop and never got the refund and never got my money back since I went for the trash can and all of that. So, in Nigeria, it is, you know, victims that sponsor justice. You're going... I'm not going as far as, you know, how much you have to pay in order to get justice. I'm saying... I'm starting from the scratch. The fact that they don't even bother, you know, with that level of investigation. They simply just smell that this person might be a criminal and that's all they need to arrest you and to carry out investigations. There's so many of these criminals that are walking around the streets in Nigeria today that I'm sure that the police know. They are living their normal lives. They know that they can't travel to the U.S. They know that they are wanted in many countries in the world. But our system here doesn't care or doesn't bother with that type of investigation. And it's pretty much the same thing. Your bodyguards, your escorts. Pretty much the same thing with every case that has gone to court, you know, from the EFCC that they've lost in court because of a very, very shabby investigation. See, one question I want to ask, if, you know, an age to a governor, right, was able to go to the U.S. and commit such a crime, but because of just how great the system is and how it works, they eventually was able to apprehend him, right? But you come down here to Nigeria and it makes you ask just how much money have these people or might these people have stolen? Undetected? Maybe even with accomplices. And nobody's asking questions. Anyway. Let's quickly move on to our next top trend story. It's about the IPOB, the issue of the asset-at-home order. There were lots of back-and-forth regard in that. We had a statement from Nnamdi Kanu's younger brother coming out to say that because of the NECRA exams, they were going to make sure that children of Biafra, you know, would be able to go ahead with their examination and they were going to suspend that till after. But then another statement surfaced that we saw on the Vanga newspaper yesterday from Emmanuel Powerful, the spokesman of the IPOB, saying any statement that didn't come from him or really Biafra, you know, is not valid and that is the asset-at-home order, the ghost Mondays continue. I mentioned seeing a couple of posts on social media regarding the asset-at-home order, states and some streets deserted. We had a correspondence in Emo State Common yesterday so he gave us the situation report where he was. According to him, where he was at that time, you know, there was no compliance with the asset-at-home order. But about 24 hours later, we're seeing that most states complied Emo and Nugu and some other states, including Eboni. And the sad thing with the story is the fact that the level of violence, basically, we've gotten reports that IPOB members went on to destroy the goods of traders. About six people have been killed. Allegedly, including four policemen three other people injured, bosses burned, just chaos. And this was a question I asked our guest Victor, I asked today. I'm like, we've seen situations like this many times before where, you know, groups like the IPOB, Euroband Nation, all of that. They go ahead to announce protests, sit at orders like this. And the response of Nigeria's law enforcement agencies are the same across board. We've seen the same here. According to them, at least operatives went ahead to attack some ESN members. They went to the police station to attack back. And all you got knows where this really is going. So the narrative that I've read from here is really the fact that when you are fighting tyranny for a bit, eventually you become a tyrant. And that's what IPOB is showing with the fact that they have to force people and coerce people with violence or whatever other methods that they have to obey their orders. So if you give them the power that they seek and you give them the freedom that they seek, they probably would be the same thing that they are fighting against now. They probably would be as deadly or as tyrannical as they are fighting against currently or they claim to be fighting against. If nobody respects you enough to obey or sit at home order, it really just shows a level of belief that people have in the cause that you are fighting. And they should really be careful because they are more and more steps getting closer to completely losing the whatever good will that people had for them before. The cause for self-determination and the cause for that they have or that they are fighting for, the IPOB itself, is a cause that a lot of people in the Southeast actually do believe in. They may have different methods. They may have totally different ideologies concerning how to achieve that. And not just in the Southeast. It goes around the continent. Might believe very much. But immediately you then become a tyrant also. Then you lose the good will and nobody wants to be on the same page with you. They would rather stick with the Nigerian side and say, okay, well these guys are becoming too violent but this is not what we're fighting for. And so that's what I would say to them. Continue breaking people's shops, continue burning police stations, continue doing whatever you think it is that you're using to achieve your goal. Eventually you're gonna be losing more members. More mothers and parents are gonna be losing their sons because of this violent ESM or IPOB group that you've decided to join. And eventually most people in Southeast are going to completely denounce you and say this is not what the course of Biafra is all about. When it was headed, when the master was headed by Rafa Wazirike, I don't remember that there was any level of violence on this level of burning of police stations or killing of policemen or burning of Inic offices allegedly by the ESN. But it has moved to a totally different level now. On the other hand it doesn't seem to be able to preach a message of self-determination, pitch a message of whatever it is that the IPOB is going for. And at the same time be peaceful and remind his members to be law abiding. And as he continues to fail in that regard, even if now he is in incarceration, as he continues to fail in that regard, they will continue to lose the goodwill that people supposedly had of them. You cannot force people into whatever you want them to believe. You should find ways to convince them that that is the right way to go. And if you failed in that regard, then you failed entirely. Also, still regarding the question I asked yesterday, how exactly does this help force the hand of a government to release a Nambi Khan? It doesn't anyway. Really? Anyway, here's will be Joseph Curtin on top trending. We'll take a break to return with Off the Press and analyze the newspapers.