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00:00Queen Noamagbe Awuare II is the fourth wife of Benin monarch, his royal majesty, Oba Awuare II and the queen
00:07is also the biological sister of the Oba's fifth wife, Queen Isosa Awuare II, on Thursday early morning night.
00:15Queen Noamagbe apparently used a proxy TikTok account named Queen Awuare back up and accused the Benin Traditional Council, BTC
00:25of dishonest behavior, categorically stating, the BTC lied that Nigeria prominent social media streamer, Habib Hamzat Adelaja aka Pella was
00:35not authorized access into the palace of the Benin monarch where she accidentally met Pella and gave him a motherly
00:42welcome as the queen of the Oba.
00:44An action, the BTC has alleged she breached the palace protocol, hence, she risked being removed or sent packing from
00:51the palace, according to Queen Noamagbe in the apparent TikTok social media proxy account, Pella's visit to the palace is
00:59a mere cover up, that a lot has been happening behind closed door.
01:02She supported her claim with a document that suggests the Benin Traditional Council was aware of Pella coming to the
01:09palace, and the document dated February 23rd, 2026 indicated that the BTC received and acknowledged the letter of Pella planned
01:17visit.
01:18But, if, if, if, if the BTC actually wrote back to Pella to notify him about the acceptance or rejection
01:24of his request was not stated, this, the President of Iguobasunmi Movement Worldwide, Asaro Kulturhiyamu, counted the document and said,
01:33The receipt of letter at any institution registry doesn't amount to approval, however, the moment the letter is received at
01:41our revered palace registry, it's forwarded to the private office of Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo Nobun Edo
01:49Uku Akpilokpolo, Oba Ewuare II.
01:52Oba of Benin will then instruct the secretary of Benin Traditional Council, BTC to either write formally or call those
02:00seeking for approval of their letters especially as it's relate to royal visitations, those who lured and deceived Pella without
02:07the approval of Benin Traditional Council, BTC are the real problem.
02:11For the avoidance of doubts, Queen Noamagbe may not be first Oba wife to be sent packing from the palace
02:18Oba breached of access into the Monarch Palace.
02:21The Oba eldest wife, Queen Irogama Ewuare II had been sent packing from the palace simply because one of the
02:28biological children of the Oba entered the palace allegedly in a manner the Oba did not like.
02:34This was made known in a reactionary public letter issued on December 30, 2025 by Prince Ezelakai Ewuare II, the
02:44Oba's eldest son who is believed to be the next Oba of Benin, according to Prince Ezelakai.
02:49Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN has stated that its men resisted and pushed back a group of Islamic State of
02:57West Africa province,
02:58I swap fighters at Malamfetori area in the Abadam local government area of Borno State early morning on Wednesday,
03:06after the I swap fighters launched a simultaneous five multiple and separate offensive attacks against the troops of the Joint
03:13Task Force,
03:14North East Operation Hadan Kai, this, the Nigeria Army supported its press release with a video of dead bodies of
03:22the suspected terrorists,
03:23some of whom, according to the military authority, were well-known ISWOP commanders who led other terrorists to carry out
03:30the attacks.
03:32Lieutenant Sani Uba, the media information officer, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadan Kai in a press release issued
03:40a few minutes ago,
03:41noted that Niger Republic Air Force supported in the killing of the terrorists and other defensive-offensive military actions
03:48that finally forced other surviving terrorists to withdraw and flee in disarray.
03:53Accordingly, the press release reads verbatim thus,
03:57Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadan Kai, OPHK,
04:02in the early hours of Wednesday successfully repelled a coordinated and simultaneous five-pronged terrorist attack on own positions at
04:10Malamfetori in Sector 3.
04:12The terrorists, who advanced in large numbers on foot and deployed armed drones in a desperate bid to breach the
04:19defenses of locations of troops,
04:21particularly along the frontage of Bravo Company from the Deguri general area, were met with overwhelming resistance.
04:27Having maintained full situational awareness of the battle space,
04:32troops had anticipated the attack and deliberately prepared an offensive-defensive battle designed to decisively defeat and annihilate the assault
04:40elements.
04:41Through disciplined fire control, coordinated maneuver and superior tactical execution,
04:47the attackers were engaged, disrupted and rooted in disarray,
04:51with no fewer than 80 terrorists neutralized during the engagement.
04:54Additionally, the firefight was further reinforced by precision of close-air support from the air component of Operation Hadan Kai,
05:03complemented by rapid strike passes from allied Nigerian air assets,
05:07which compounded the pressure on the fleeing insurgents.
05:11Exploitation of the engagement area led to the recovery of a substantial cache of weapons,
05:16ammunition and combat enablers, including 52 AK-47 rifles, 8 PKT machine guns, 7 RPG tubes, 5 general-purpose machine
05:27guns, GPMGs,
05:30over 3,000 rounds of assorted 7.62mm ammunition, 21 RPG bombs, 9 locally-fabricated IEDs,
05:39Nigeria military authority has placed the citizens and residents in the West Africa country on a high alert over increased
05:47security threats in the country,
05:49following apparent multiple suicide bombings on Monday in the northeastern state of Borno State,
05:54wherein, the Nigeria police force confirmed 23 people were killed and 108 other persons sustained injuries when bombs exploded almost
06:04at the same time at three different locations in Madaguri,
06:08the state capital, at locations which included the post office area, Monday market access and the entrance to the University
06:15of Madaguri Teaching Hospital,
06:18UMTH during the period of IFTA, breaking of fast, hours after the Borno State Command of the Nigeria police force
06:26had reported earlier on Monday that suspected Boko Haram,
06:30ISWAT terrorists made an attempt to infiltrate into the state capital with sporadic gunshots and explosions at Agilari Cross,
06:37Kofa area of outskirt of Madaguri Metropolitan Council, MMC, and Damboa Madaguri Road in Damboa local government area,
06:46and the latest activities and official reports indicated that the ISWAP and Boko Haram terrorists may have advanced and taken
06:53some positions closer to the state capital,
06:55this, the Nigeria police force said, the Borno State Joint Security Operatives has began aggressive patrols within the Madaguri Metropolitan
07:04Council
07:05and appealed to residents to alert the security agency for emergency response with contact numbers 08068075581,
07:26Lt. Col. Sani Uba, the media information officer of Joint Task Force in the Northeast Operation Haddon Kai in a
07:36press release on Monday,
07:37said, the headquarters Joint Task Force, Northeast, Operation Haddon Kai, OPHK, wishes to inform the general public of suicide bomb
07:47explosions that occurred at about 7.05 p.m.
07:51on Monday the 16th of March 2026, in Madaguri Metropolitan Council, MMC.
07:57The explosions were carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorist suicide bombers who detonated improvised explosive devices at three different
08:06locations within the city,
08:08namely the post office area, Monday Market Access and the entrance to the University of Madaguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, during
08:16the period of IFTA, breaking of fast.
08:19The cowardly attacks targeted crowded crowded public areas in an attempt by the terrorists to inflict mass casualties and create
08:26panic within the metropolis.
08:29Troops of op-
08:30There may be no doubt that Iran is apparently giving the United States, U.S. a tougher time at the
08:35Strait of Hormuz,
08:37holding strong that none of its enemies and their allies will sail their ship through the Strait of Hormuz,
08:42an action that has since made the U.S. President, Donald Trump to make contradictory statements after the U.S.
08:49Army obviously failed in its intimidating military campaign
08:53and destruction of the Iran naval base, airport control tower, helicopter hangars, naval mine storage, missile bunkers and anti-aircraft
09:02and ballistic missiles defense system,
09:04with a threat to destroy the oil lifeline of Iran at the Karg Island if Iran continued to block ship
09:10from sailing through the Strait of Hormuz,
09:13but yet, as at the time of filing in this report today, Iran remains deviant to U.S. threat,
09:18with close watches saying, Iran may not fight a traditional normal naval war with the U.S. Marines who are
09:25currently on a high-speed traveling from their base in Japan to the Strait of Hormuz,
09:29of which, over 2,500 of the U.S. Marines and sailors have been redeployed and apparently drawn from the
09:3731st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
09:39MEU, an elite rapid response force, and the Marines are traveling aboard an amphibious ready group,
09:46ARG led by the assault ship USS Tripoli, LHA-7, an assault ship that can function as a lightning carrier,
09:53carrying F-35B stealth fighters and MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft and the assigned Marines are expected to arrive the
10:02Strait of Hormuz in a week or less than two weeks' time,
10:05but, currently, close watches said, Iran is using deviant tactics like GPS jabbing, swarming drones, and underwater mines to keep
10:15the U.S. Navy off balance,
10:17an action that may be the reason the U.S. President, Donald Trump initially called on the international communities to
10:24help form an international naval coalition
10:27to reopen the Strait of Hormuz but some European countries like Germany, United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy, and the North
10:35Atlantic Treaty Organization,
10:37NATO refused, with some heads of the European countries saying,
10:41The war is not our war. Germany will not participate in any military activity in the Strait.
10:47Any plan to reopen the Strait won't be a NATO mission and that the U.K. will not be drawn
10:53into a wider war.
10:54No sending France warships to the region until the security situation stabilizes.
11:00Italy's current naval missions would not be extended to the Strait.
11:04No Greece military engagement in the waterway.
11:07Following this, President Donald Trump in a nationwide media chat on Monday, said,
11:13U.S. don't need them, we don't need anybody, we are the strongest nation in the world, we have the
11:19strongest nation.
11:20There may be no doubt that the year 2026 may not be a year of good record for some men
11:25and women of the armed forces of Nigeria.
11:27AFN has multiple reports and official statements have confirmed that some numbers of Nigeria soldiers have been killed by Islamic
11:35State of West Africa province,
11:38ISWOP, since the beginning of this year.
11:40Thus, the multiple reports suggest, more than 180 Nigeria soldiers may have been killed in just 73 days into this
11:49new year 2026,
11:51which further indicated that an average of 2 to 3 soldiers are being killed daily in Nigeria by the ISWOP
11:58terrorists who appeared to have increased the daily offensive attacks on Nigeria soldiers since the U.S.-Israel joint war against
12:06Iran began on February 28, 2026.
12:10Although some close watchers accused the Nigeria military of always downplaying or reporting a very lower numbers of troops casualties,
12:19but, the Nigeria Minister of Defense, General Christopher Moussa stated and confirmed during the week after security chiefs held a
12:27meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tanubu at the presidential villa in Abuja that a lot of Nigeria soldiers has been
12:34lost.
12:34But he insisted that contrary to some reports by the media, the terrorists and bandits are taking more casualties, specifically
12:42stating,
12:42their commanders are being killed every day, we are sure of victory, and some reports also suggest that the ISWOP
12:49terrorists are increasingly using armed drones for asymmetric warfare and high-end tech like night vision in recent attacks on
12:57military bases in Nigeria
12:59with some foreigners joining the Nigeria ISWOP fighters to launch a Ramadan campaign that saw ISWOP overrunning some military bases
13:08in Konduga,
13:09Mainik, Jakana, and Marte areas of Borno State, with local media reports stating approximately 40 soldiers were killed,
13:17while ISWOP in a press release claimed to have killed 16 in the initial assault and another 20 in a
13:23subsequent suicide bombing.
13:25On March 4, 2026, at least 14 soldiers were reportedly killed during attacks on military bases in Ingosh and other
13:33parts of Borno State.
13:35Between February 15 and 18, 2026,
13:39multiple reports confirmed 8 soldiers were killed and 23 injured at a base in Kroskawa in the Kakawa local government
13:47area of Borno State,
13:48another 6 soldiers were reportedly killed in Buu local government area, earlier in January 2026.
13:56At least 20 soldiers were killed in an attack on a remote base in Malam Fattori,
14:01and 8 others were killed in a separate ambush earlier in the month.
14:04This, former Nigeria presidential candidate in the last concluded General Israeli Prime Minister,
14:11Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the state of Israel has a lot of organized plans of what yet to be
14:17done in Iran,
14:18specifically saying, regarding what we will do next in Iran,
14:22we have an organized plan with many surprises to destabilize the regime and enable change,
14:28we have many more targets, and I will not detail them here.
14:32Benjamin Netanyahu stated this on Saturday,
14:34A day before, Mojtabah Khamenei was officially and publicly announced as the Iran's new supreme leader in Tehran's Vanak Square
14:43on Sunday,
14:44with residents in Middle East reporting with videos that Iran unleashed some numbers of massive waves of FAT-2 hypersonic
14:51glide missiles
14:52straight at Israel shortly after the announcement of the Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtabah Khamenei,
14:59many believed to be much more aggressive than his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
15:04The announcement of the new supreme leader was made known after days,
15:08the US President, Donald Trump stated that the US will have a complete control of Iran and determine its leadership,
15:15which in one of the occasions, President Donald Trump stated verbatim that,
15:19well, most of the people we had in mind are dead, we had some in mind from that group that
15:25is dead,
15:26now we have another group, they may be dead also based on reports,
15:30this, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu in a nationwide message to the people of Israel on Saturday
15:38as made available by the office of the Prime Minister,
15:41said countries can now see the hypocrisy of the United Nations, UN,
15:46following the US-Israel joint war against Iran,
15:50saying, the war is changing the face of the Middle East and in his words,
15:54Benjamin Netanyahu said,
15:56at the same time, we brought all of our hostages home,
16:00struck the centers of terrorism in Judea and Samaria,
16:03climbed to the peak of Mount Hermon,
16:05and created buffer zones in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza,
16:09as I promised you two days after October 7th,
16:12we are changing the face of the Middle East,
16:14but we didn't just change the Middle East,
16:17first and foremost, we changed ourselves,
16:19because after the great disaster of October 7th,
16:22I decided to leave a polar shift,
16:24powerful actions one after another,
16:27proactive and surprising actions,
16:29actions that dramatically change the balance of power between us and our enemies,
16:33the countries around us see the hypocrisy of the UN,
16:37which condemned us without reason in our just war against Iran's murderous proxies in Gaza,
16:42yet the same UN did nothing in the face of the mass slaughter in Iran,
16:47these countries, which were attacked by Iran,
16:50see the weakness and feebleness of leaders in the West who simply abandoned them,
16:54while Khamenei and his murderers slaughtered tens of thousands of Iranian citizens,
17:00where foreign minister of Iran,
17:02Abbas Arachi has said that Iranian soldiers are currently waiting for US ground troops to invade Iran,
17:08saying,
17:08the Iranians are prepared for any scenario,
17:11according to Arachi,
17:13Iran is confident that its soldiers can confront US ground troops,
17:17and if the United States actually decided to begin ground troops invasion in Iran,
17:22it will be a disaster for the US because,
17:25we know we can handle them,
17:27adding,
17:27Russia and China are supporting Iran in the ongoing war with the US and Israel politically and otherwise,
17:33and shortly after the Iran foreign minister made this known in an exclusive interview with NBC News Media on Thursday,
17:41the US Secretary of War,
17:43Pete Hexas visited the US Central Command,
17:46CENTCOM headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa area of Florida,
17:50apparently for a high-level briefing and next plan of action discussed with the CENTCOM commander,
17:56Admiral Brad Cooper,
17:57this,
17:58local media in Iran reported on Friday morning that the spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,
18:06IRGC,
18:07Brigadier General Ali Muhammad Naimi says the Iranian armed forces are ready for a long war to punish the aggressor.
18:14The war which began last week Saturday,
18:17has led to the deaths of over 1,300 people in Iran,
18:2112 in Israel and 6 US soldiers.
18:23According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society on March 6,
18:282026,
18:29over 1,332 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the war on February 28,
18:372026.
18:39Hengor Organization for Human Rights
18:41In an earlier report in the conflict on March 2,
18:44the Norway-based NGO stated that at least 1,500 deaths,
18:49specifically identifying 1,300 Iranian military members and 200 civilians among the fallen.
18:56While the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF confirmed that,
19:02of the more than 1,300 total fatalities, at least 181 are children.
19:08This includes approximately 175 children killed in a single strike at a girls' primary school in the Manab area of
19:17Iran.
19:17Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs,
19:21the official Iranian government agency reported a death toll of at least 1,230 as of March 5.
19:28On the side of Israel,
19:30Magen David Adem, MDA,
19:33Israel's National Emergency Medical Service,
19:36confirmed nine fatalities specifically from a direct ballistic missile hit on a public shelter in Beit Shemesh on March 1.
19:43The Israeli police in an official police report identified nine killed in Beit Shemesh
19:49and have noted that a United States President, Donald Trump in a nationwide broadcast issued a few hours ago
19:55over the joint Israel-U.S. military actions in the sovereign nation of Iran,
20:01has said that many Iranian soldiers are willing to surrender in order to save their lives,
20:05but the offensive U.S.-Israel military war or combat on Iran continued,
20:11saying the joint military operations codenamed Operation Epic Fury
20:15has destroyed hundreds of Iranian targets since the military action began on February 28, 2026,
20:23including the killing of the Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
20:27and the new joint war against Iran has resulted to the killing of more than 200 Iranian civilians and military
20:34personnel,
20:35with thousands of people injured,
20:37while over 12 persons have been killed so far in Israel with estimated 500 people sustaining injuries
20:44and the war has forced Iran to launch counter-attacks on U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar,
20:52and the United Arab Emirates, UAE.
20:54This, Iran foreign minister, Abbas Arachi had said Iran will not surrender,
21:00stating that, despite the massive airstrikes on Tehran,
21:04Iran's military capability remains intact,
21:07adding, Iran was able to retaliate faster than it did in the 2025-12-day war,
21:13and that its, Mosaic defense, doctrine makes it resilient to infrastructure damage,
21:19Arachi called the killing of Khamenei,
21:21absolutely unprecedented and a major violation of international law,
21:25warning it had made the conflict,
21:27even more dangerous and more complicated,
21:30saying, Khamenei was not only Iran's political leader,
21:34but, a high-ranking religious leader for millions of Muslims,
21:38even outside of Iran,
21:39across the region,
21:41pointing to protests that had erupted in Iraq,
21:43Pakistan and elsewhere where the leader had followers,
21:46in line with this, Al Jazeera news media also reported some minutes ago
21:51that Iranian missiles have been seen over Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank,
21:57reportedly breaking through Israel's defense system,
22:00with Iran saying it is targeting Israeli military facilities.
22:04In the six minutes nationwide video broadcast,
22:08President Donald Trump called on members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
22:12to surrender their weapons or face certain deaths,
22:15saying,
22:16the death of the three American soldiers killed in action
22:19will be avenged by taking more punishing actions against the enemies.
22:23President Donald Trump said there will likely be additional American deaths
22:27during the combat mission in Iran,
22:30which he said would continue until the US achieves its objectives.
22:34Combat operations continue at this time,
22:37in full force,
22:38and they will continue until all the United States,
22:41US government under the leadership of President Donald Trump
22:44has ordered its citizens out of Lebanon
22:47with the non-emergency citizens specially warned
22:49to avoid traveling to southern Lebanon.
22:51Although the US embassy in Beirut
22:54never mentioned Israel and Hezbollah
22:56possible new war in the Middle East
22:58as the reason for its action,
23:00but there are strong indications
23:02that the America government took the decision
23:04because of the possible military conflicts in the region,
23:08according to the US government,
23:10it do not want America's citizens to travel to Lebanon
23:13due to crime, terrorism,
23:15civil unrest,
23:16kidnapping,
23:17unexploded landmines,
23:18and the risk of armed conflict,
23:21stating that,
23:21some areas,
23:23especially near the borders,
23:24have increased risk,
23:26while information available on Monday
23:28indicated that Hezbollah
23:29is preparing to resume retaliatory strikes
23:32against Israel by rejecting US ceasefire deal
23:36as Israel defense forces,
23:38IDF continued airstrikes on Beirut,
23:41this,
23:41a joint press statement signed
23:43and made available on Monday
23:45by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
23:47of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
23:49the Foreign Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
23:52the Federated Republic of Brazil,
23:54the French Republic,
23:56the Kingdom of Denmark,
23:57the Republic of Finland,
23:59the Republic of Iceland,
24:00the Republic of Indonesia,
24:02Ireland,
24:03the Arab Republic of Egypt,
24:04the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
24:06the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
24:08the Kingdom of Norway,
24:10the State of Palestine,
24:11the Portuguese Republic,
24:13the State of Qatar,
24:14the Republic of Slovenia,
24:16the Kingdom of Spain,
24:17the Kingdom of Sweden,
24:19the Republic of Turkey,
24:20and the Secretary Generals
24:22of the League of Arab States
24:23and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
24:26described the current action of Israel
24:28in the Middle East as expansionist agenda,
24:30and,
24:31also on Monday,
24:32the Israel Prime Minister,
24:34Benjamin Netanyahu,
24:35appears before Israeli lawmakers
24:37at the Knesset and said,
24:39Israel don't know what the days might be,
24:41but they're prepared for any scenario,
24:44adding,
24:44if Ilran attack Israel,
24:46Israel will respond with a force
24:48Iranian government will never imagined,
24:50also,
24:51Ilran Observer News Media
24:52in a tweet published on Monday,
24:54stated that oil companies around the world
24:57are currently advising their staff
24:59not to travel to Saudi Arabia,
25:01the UAE,
25:02Bahrain,
25:03Oman,
25:04Kuwait,
25:04and Qatar,
25:06unless absolutely necessary.
25:07It would be recalled that the conflict
25:10between Israel and Hezbollah
25:11has historically involved two major wars
25:14which occurred in 2006 and 2024,
25:17and yet,
25:18possible new war remains
25:20in a state of high tension
25:21characterized by a fragile ceasefire
25:23and ongoing military operations.
25:25In February 2026,
25:28the Middle East region is current
25:30Nigeria police force
25:31under the leadership
25:32of the Inspector General of Police,
25:34IGP Kar Yode Egbetokan
25:37has kept mum since her video went viral
25:39on social media platforms,
25:41wherein,
25:42allegation of bringing people illegally
25:44to settle inside forest in Edo State
25:47was made against the divisional police officer,
25:49the DPO who is currently serving
25:52at the divisional police headquarters
25:54at Bugboha community
25:55in the Essen Southeast
25:56local government area in the state,
25:59a state that have witnessed
26:00rampant cases of kidnappings
26:02in recent time,
26:03especially since the beginning of this year,
26:06despite the fact that
26:07the Edo State Governor,
26:08Munde Okpabolo,
26:10has executed the destruction
26:11of numbers of houses
26:13or properties of apparent
26:14innocent landlords
26:15or people who may not have
26:17direct connection with the crime,
26:19it may be recalled
26:20that early 2025,
26:22the governor demolished
26:23a residential property
26:24on College Road
26:25simply because it was linked
26:27to a kidnapping gang
26:28operating in the Aduawa,
26:30Iyan,
26:31and Benin-Auchi Road
26:32by pass axis,
26:34even when the building
26:35belonged to a woman
26:36based in Italy,
26:37just that,
26:38her brother,
26:39Osamede Asimota,
26:40the alleged key leader
26:41of the gang,
26:42allegedly used it
26:43to coordinate abductions.
26:45This is just one of many
26:46properties demolished
26:48by the Edo State Government
26:49over kidnapping in the state,
26:51yet,
26:52records of kidnappings
26:53in the state
26:54continued to grow higher,
26:55and recent police
26:56and military arrests
26:57indicated that Edo State
26:59is perhaps under siege
27:01of foreign invaders
27:02who may have taken
27:03over larger part
27:05of the state forest
27:06to coordinate kidnappings
27:07in the state
27:08while working with
27:09some of the local residents
27:10to perpetuate the criminal act.
27:12It may be interesting
27:13to note that
27:14another set of non-indigenes
27:16of the state
27:17arrested by the police
27:18recently included
27:19two persons
27:20caught inside
27:21the specialist hospital
27:22in Auchi.
27:23The two suspects
27:24who are said to be
27:25non-indigenes of the state
27:26were among the gang
27:27of kidnappers
27:28behind the abduction
27:29of Dr. Abu Babatunde
27:31who regained his freedom
27:33after his family
27:34reportedly paid
27:35a sum of 50 million
27:36nairas ransom
27:37after the doctor
27:38and his younger brother
27:40were abducted
27:40on January 2, 2026
27:43while opening the gate
27:44to their residence
27:45along City Pride Road
27:47Igbira Camp
27:48Auchi
27:49and unfortunately
27:50the younger brother
27:51was later found dead
27:52on January 5
27:53near the Oli River
27:55along City Pride Road
27:56with police suspecting
27:58he was killed
27:58by the abductors
27:59and the alleged illegal settlers
28:01who confessed
28:02the Ugboha DPO
28:03as their facilitator
28:05are said to be
28:06non-Nigerians
28:07from foreign countries.
28:09According to one
28:10of the vigilantes
28:10who caught the illegal settlers
28:12the arrested illegal settlers
28:14in the forest
28:15will be taken to the station.
28:17The vigilante member
28:18also said
28:19the illegal settlers
28:20day after the Edo State
28:21Commissioner of Police
28:22Monday
28:23Agbonica
28:24personally led troops
28:25of joint security operatives
28:27at the dead of the night
28:28to launch offensive attacks
28:30against kidnappers
28:31in the forest.
28:32The commander
28:32for brigade
28:33of the Nigerian Army
28:35Brigadier General
28:36Ahmed Balogun
28:37also personally led troops
28:39of joint security operatives
28:40to the kidnappers' hideouts
28:42and launched massive
28:43military clearance
28:44and offensive actions
28:45against kidnappers.
28:47Both security operations
28:48led to the arrest
28:49of several suspected kidnappers
28:51allegedly caught
28:52in the act
28:53inside the bush
28:54with the identities
28:55of the arrested suspects
28:57indicating that
28:58most of the kidnappers
28:59terrorizing Edo State
29:00are from the far
29:01northern part of Nigeria
29:03an observation
29:04which appeared
29:05to have challenged
29:06the public policy statement
29:07made earlier
29:08in January 2026
29:10by the Edo State Governor
29:12Monday Okkabholo
29:13who stated
29:14that many of those
29:15involved in the kidnapping
29:16surge in Edo State
29:18are indigenes
29:19of the area
29:19saying
29:20that may be the reason
29:22some kidnappers
29:23wear face masks
29:24the governor made
29:25this statement
29:25as kidnapping
29:26in the state
29:27appeared to have
29:27become worse
29:28in 2026
29:29and very rampant
29:30in a manner
29:31that indicated
29:32that an average
29:32of one to two
29:34persons are being
29:35kidnapped in a day
29:36in Edo State
29:37as more than 60 persons
29:39became new victims
29:40of the increasing
29:41criminal activities
29:42in the state
29:43since the beginning
29:44of 2026
29:45like
29:46in January 2nd
29:472026
29:48two brothers
29:49Dr. Abu Ibrahim
29:51Babatunde
29:51a medical doctor
29:53on housemanship
29:54and Abu Tahir
29:55a fresh graduate
29:56were kidnapped
29:56at the gate
29:57of their residence
29:58along City Pride Road
29:59Higbira Camp in Auchi
30:01the kidnappers
30:02initially demanded
30:03a 200 million
30:04Naira's ransom
30:05and tragically
30:06on January 5th
30:07one of the two
30:08brothers was found dead
30:10on January 9th
30:112026
30:12eight indigenes
30:14of a Moga community
30:15in the Akoko
30:16Edo local
30:17government area
30:18of the state
30:18were abducted
30:19from a hotel
30:20along Abilo Road
30:21since the start
30:23of 2026
30:24Edo State
30:25has experienced
30:26a significant surge
30:27in kidnappings
30:28leading to widespread
30:29protests
30:30a diploma
30:31in the Edo
30:32central senatorial zone
30:33with multiple
30:34police rescue operations
30:36including the incidents
30:37reported early
30:38February 2026
30:40where police
30:41rescued nine victims
30:42including five children
30:44and a separate group
30:45of 14 victims
30:46this is that
30:47earlier on
30:48January 22nd
30:502026
30:51a farmer named
30:52Monday Adaro
30:53was kidnapped
30:54and later rescued
30:55and in late January
30:56another farmer
30:57Abraham Udwa
30:59and his two wives
31:00Rinder and Anna
31:01were abducted
31:02from a Goro
31:02Amende community
31:03but successfully
31:04rescued by
31:05security forces
31:06in mid-January
31:08a K favor
31:09and a former
31:10in this write-up
31:11a legal practitioner
31:12Njoku
31:13Jude
31:13Njoku
31:14pinpoints
31:15some fundamentals
31:16in the judgment
31:16passed against
31:17Mazin Amdekanu
31:19by Justice
31:20James Omatosh
31:21which convicted
31:22and sentenced
31:22the Biafra Republic
31:24agitation leader
31:25to life imprisonment
31:26and in this press release
31:27the legal practitioner
31:29issued in late 2025
31:31entitled
31:31the 24th of November
31:332025
31:34the day evidence
31:36ceased to matter
31:36in Nigerian courts
31:38judicial silence
31:39selective justice
31:40and media complicity
31:42described Justice
31:43Omatosh
31:44as unprofessional
31:45stating that
31:46the most dangerous
31:47aspect of the judgment
31:48delivered by
31:49Justice James K.
31:51Omatosh
31:51is not merely
31:52that it reached
31:53a foreordained conclusion
31:54but that it did so
31:55by deliberately
31:56suppressing evidence
31:57he already admitted
31:58on record
31:59in his own court
32:00thereby converting
32:01adjudication
32:02into a procedural
32:03facade
32:04this was not
32:05an error of law
32:06or an oversight
32:06of fact
32:07it was a calculated
32:08refusal to engage
32:10with material evidence
32:11whose evaluation
32:12would have fatally
32:13undermined
32:14the prosecution's
32:15narrative
32:15empasing that
32:16this case is no longer
32:18about one man
32:19it is about
32:20whether courts
32:21may openly
32:22disregard
32:22admitted evidence
32:23and still be treated
32:24as legitimate
32:25and whether the media
32:26will continue
32:27to mask such conduct
32:29through silence
32:29a judiciary
32:30that can ignore
32:31evidence without
32:32explanation
32:33has ceased
32:33to function
32:34as a court of law
32:35a media that refuses
32:36to question
32:37that silence
32:38has abdicated
32:39its public duty
32:40together
32:41they place
32:42the rule of law
32:43itself in existential peril
32:44continuing
32:46in details
32:47Njoku said
32:48once evidence
32:49is admitted
32:50it binds
32:51the judge
32:51absolutely
32:52the conduct
32:53protest
32:54silence
32:55or alleged boycott
32:56of the defendant
32:57Mazinamdikano
32:59is legally irrelevant
33:00to that obligation
33:01judgment writing
33:03is not a negotiation
33:04with the accused
33:05it is a solitary
33:06judicial duty
33:07anchored exclusively
33:08to the evidentiary record
33:10a judge may reject
33:12defense evidence
33:12but he must first
33:14confront it
33:14evaluate it
33:16and explain
33:16why it is rejected
33:18silence
33:19is not neutrality
33:20silence
33:21is suppression
33:22had justice
33:23omatasha
33:23evaluated
33:24the admitted
33:24video exhibit
33:25of theophilus
33:26ty
33:27danjuma
33:28he would have
33:29been confronted
33:30with the inescapable
33:31reality that public
33:32calls for communities
33:33to arm themselves
33:34in self-defense
33:35against murderous
33:36violence
33:37were not unique
33:38to namdi khanu
33:39nor criminalized
33:40when made by
33:41powerful establishment
33:42figures
33:42proper evaluation
33:44would have
33:45compelled the court
33:46to accept
33:46that khanu's
33:47calls for guns
33:48and bullets
33:48in los angeles
33:49usa
33:50or during broadcasts
33:51were framed
33:52as community
33:53self-defense
33:53against the ravages
33:55of armed
33:55fulani killer
33:56herders
33:56not incitement
33:58to lawless violence
33:59had
34:00officers who are
34:01on level
34:01bringing youth
34:03the news
34:03in a more
34:04digital way
34:05of the
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