Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski has continued to make phone calls
Speaker 1: with world leaders since President Donald Trump of the United
Speaker 1: States US announced that President Vladimir Putin of Russia will
Speaker 1: meet with him next week Friday in the U S
Speaker 1: state of Alaska, and stated, while answering questions from the
Speaker 1: White House reporters, that there will be some swapping of
Speaker 1: territories to the vetterment of both Ukraine and Russia, specifically
Speaker 1: saying we will get some back and we will get
Speaker 1: some switched. There will be some swapping of territories to
Speaker 1: the vetterment of both, a statement that immediately and apparently
Speaker 1: drew the attention of the Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski, who
Speaker 1: have issued series of video and written press releases since
Speaker 1: President Donald Trump made the announcement, insisting that Ukraine will
Speaker 1: not see any of its territory to Russia for the
Speaker 1: purpose of peace or to end the war, emphasizing that
Speaker 1: it was because President Putin occupied part of ukraine territory
Speaker 1: in the past and assembled its troops Ukrainian borders without
Speaker 1: preventive punishment made him to start full scale war with
Speaker 1: Ukraine since twenty twenty two, adding that the path to
Speaker 1: piece for Ukraine must be determined together with Ukraine. This
Speaker 1: is fundamental. It is important that joint approaches and a
Speaker 1: shared vision work toward genuine peace, a consolidated position, cease fire,
Speaker 1: end of occupation, end of war. According to Trump, the
Speaker 1: highly anticipated meeting between myself as President of the United
Speaker 1: States of America and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will
Speaker 1: take place next Friday, August fifteenth, twenty twenty five, in
Speaker 1: the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank
Speaker 1: you for your attention to this matter. Zelenski, in a
Speaker 1: series of press releases on Saturday, said, I have not
Speaker 1: heard any partners express doubts about America's ability to ensure
Speaker 1: that the war ends. The President of the United States
Speaker 1: has the levers and the Determinationine has supported all of
Speaker 1: President Trump's proposals, starting back in February. Cease fire, all
Speaker 1: formats have been supported. What is needed now is not
Speaker 1: a pause in the killings, but a real, lasting peace,
Speaker 1: not a cease fire sometime in the future, in months,
Speaker 1: but immediately. President Trump told me so, and I fully
Speaker 1: support it. There must be a just end to the war,
Speaker 1: and it is Russia that must end the war it
Speaker 1: started Ukraine and all partners share the same understanding of
Speaker 1: the need for a cease fire, for an end to
Speaker 1: the killings. There is only one actor opposing this, Puten.
Speaker 1: His only card is the ability to kill, and he
Speaker 1: is trying to sell the cessation of killings at the
Speaker 1: highest possible price. It is important that this does not
Speaker 1: mislead any one. Results are needed at the leader's level,
Speaker 1: dignified results, results that will save lives that the world
Speaker 1: will value and for which it will be grateful to
Speaker 1: the leader who delivers them. Every One clearly sees Putin's tactics.
Speaker 1: He fears sanctions and is doing everything to bail on them.
Speaker 1: He wants to exchange a pause in the war in
Speaker 1: the killings for the legalization of the occupation of our land.
Speaker 1: He wants to get territorial spoils. For the second time,
Speaker 1: Putin was allowed to take Crimea and this led to
Speaker 1: the occupation in Duniesk and Luhansk regions. He received no
Speaker 1: preventive punishment when he amassed a contingent on our borders.
Speaker 1: This led to the full Nigeria Police Force has refuted
Speaker 1: claims that its men man handled Sahara a reporter's publisher,
Speaker 1: Armiele Sir ware inside cell after the media personnel honored
Speaker 1: the invitation sent him from the Office of the Inspector
Speaker 1: General of Police IGP over allegations of forgery and criminal
Speaker 1: defamation of characters, with the police stating in a press
Speaker 1: release signed and made available after the detained media publisher
Speaker 1: was released on Friday night that Sir Warey allegedly brought
Speaker 1: bandages alongside other personal items when he came to the
Speaker 1: station to honour the police invitation and when the IGP
Speaker 1: ordered internal investigation to ascertain if truly the media publisher
Speaker 1: was tortured as claimed, Saware refused to allow medical personnel
Speaker 1: from the Nigeria Police Force checked the alleged injury on
Speaker 1: his hand he had claimed he suffered as a result
Speaker 1: of the police personnel brutality while inside cell. Meanwhile, as
Speaker 1: at the time Saware was released on Friday night, bandages
Speaker 1: were still seen wrapped around one of his hands a
Speaker 1: scene in the video while he was coming out from
Speaker 1: the IGP Rapid Response Team IRT police detention facilities in Abuja.
Speaker 1: As stated by Saware in the video. Shortly after his
Speaker 1: release from detention facilities at the IGP Rapid Response Team.
Speaker 1: On Friday, Saware posted on his social media handles and
Speaker 1: said that freedom is never given. It is not a
Speaker 1: gift from the powerful, nor a token handed down by
Speaker 1: the oppressor. It must be seized with raw courage, with clarity,
Speaker 1: and with collective will. Those who sit in power never
Speaker 1: give it up willingly. That's why we take it back,
Speaker 1: because freedom is ours and we will fight until it
Speaker 1: is no longer a dream but a lived reality. Nigeria
Speaker 1: Police Force, in a statement issued on August eighth, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five, and made available to the public, said the
Speaker 1: Nigeria Police Forces compelled to address and decisively correct the
Speaker 1: recent wave of disinformation being peddled in connection with the
Speaker 1: lawful arrest and attention of mister on the Yale Saware,
Speaker 1: a figure known for manipulating public narratives and weaponizing propaganda
Speaker 1: to malign state institutions and their leadership, particularly the Office
Speaker 1: of the Inspector General of Police. Contrary to the falsehoods
Speaker 1: being circulated, mister sir Ware was arrested based on credible,
Speaker 1: corroborated allegations involving criminal offenses such as forgery, cyberstalking and
Speaker 1: other infractions. Currently under active investigation. The arrest was affected
Speaker 1: in full compliance with extant legal provisions and with strict
Speaker 1: adherents to constitutional safeguards, due process and the rights of
Speaker 1: the suspect. To be clear, mister Sirware was released on
Speaker 1: bailwell within the forty eight hour constitutional window in accordance
Speaker 1: with the provisions of Section thirty five four of the
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Speaker 1: as amended. He is fully aware of the nature of
Speaker 1: the allegations against him and has been duly informed of
Speaker 1: the charges. He is expected to appear before a court
Speaker 1: of competent jurisdiction in the coming days to answer to
Speaker 1: the accusations in a lawful and transparent judicial process. Equally
Speaker 1: false and grossly misleading is the narrative suggesting that mister
Speaker 1: Suware was tortured or subjected to any form of inhuman
Speaker 1: or degrading treatment while in custody. The Nigeria Police Force
Speaker 1: maintains a zero Top human rights activist and founder of
Speaker 1: Sahara Reporters News Network, Omila Saware has been reportedly man
Speaker 1: handled on Thursday early Warning inside police cell by offices
Speaker 1: from the Inspector General of Police IGP Monitoring Unit after
Speaker 1: the journalist honored the invitation sent him from the office
Speaker 1: of the Inspector General of Police for a reason not stated,
Speaker 1: but the media personnel working with Omila Saware, in a
Speaker 1: statement on Thursday made available through the verified personal social
Speaker 1: media handles of Saware, said that the police presented two
Speaker 1: petitions against Sware over alleged forgery and defamation of character,
Speaker 1: adding that some police officers from the IGP Monitoring Unit
Speaker 1: as early as six a m. On Thursday entered Soware
Speaker 1: cell at the Force Intelligence Department in Abuja with alleged
Speaker 1: pretense to take the media publisher to court, but when
Speaker 1: the journalist demanded to see the charges against him, he
Speaker 1: was allegedly handled roughly via a team of armed policemen.
Speaker 1: This barrister Addi andju Deji petitioned the President of Nigeria,
Speaker 1: Bola Ahmed Tanubu, demanding the immediate dismissal of the IGP
Speaker 1: Kyode Eggbetoken, for allegedly abusing his office by thus using
Speaker 1: his high ranking office in the Nigeria Police Force to
Speaker 1: settle personal scores. Although the Nigeria Police Force has not
Speaker 1: reacted to these allegations, but the force in a press
Speaker 1: release on Thursday afternoon, apparently made statements in relation to
Speaker 1: the current matters involving the detained media publisher Omiyele Saware
Speaker 1: by insisting and stating in the press statement that the
Speaker 1: recent promotions in the Nigeria Police Force was based on
Speaker 1: merit and not selective, accusing an unnamed online platform of
Speaker 1: allegedly sponsoring deliberate falsehoods to tarnish the image of the force,
Speaker 1: while also calling on offices and men of the force
Speaker 1: to desist from lobbying to get promoted, saying the IGP
Speaker 1: has warned that any police person as court lobbying to
Speaker 1: get promotion will be made to face disciplinary action. According
Speaker 1: to the post published via Sware social media handles, the
Speaker 1: media team of the publisher said this morning at six
Speaker 1: a m. A police team led by a Chief Superintendent
Speaker 1: of Police from the IGP Monitoring Unit forcibly gained entry
Speaker 1: into omiena Sware cell at the Force Intelligence Department in Abuja,
Speaker 1: claiming they were taking him to court. The team of
Speaker 1: nine offices, including eight heavily armed personnel, handled Sirwar roughly
Speaker 1: when he asked to see the charges and notify his lawyers,
Speaker 1: breaking his arm in the process before taking him to
Speaker 1: another police facility, the media team stated. In another post,
Speaker 1: the media said the notorious former SARS officer, DCP Akin
Speaker 1: fakaray Day presented two petitions to SAWARE from the illegal
Speaker 1: igp's office, one alleged forgery and the second written by
Speaker 1: Bukolayemis Kuttie, who was promoted to ACP because she's mistress,
Speaker 1: alleges criminal defamation. So Morey had before honoring the police
Speaker 1: invitation on Wednesday, said in a number of posts previous
Speaker 1: day that the IGP Monitoring Unit has scheduled my interview
Speaker 1: for tomorrow at eleven am, yet they have refused to
Speaker 1: provide a copy of the purported petition against me. It
Speaker 1: is now clear that their intention is to conceal the
Speaker 1: sinister plan of the illegal IGP and continue operating in darkness.
Speaker 1: Despite this, Anambra is no doubt one of the states
Speaker 1: in Nigeria experiencing incessant and very high rates of kidnapping
Speaker 1: that in some cases do lead to the death of
Speaker 1: the abducted victims and killing of security operatives and some
Speaker 1: other persons around the scene of the mostly monetary crimes
Speaker 1: of hostage taking for a ransom. Specifically, our crime reporters
Speaker 1: gathered that there is hardly no week without one or
Speaker 1: two persons being kidnapped along the Innichha, a wary federal
Speaker 1: road in an Ambra State, especially between Over community and
Speaker 1: d Sala town. As we gathered that most victims of
Speaker 1: kidnapping in the state are hard working small and medium
Speaker 1: sized business owners who most of whom struggled out of
Speaker 1: poverty to become wealthy successful traders. This we learnt there
Speaker 1: may be no wealthy successful business owner along the Ihiala
Speaker 1: or who road left to be kidnapped or forced to
Speaker 1: pay ransom to the kidnappers, while in Ober, wealthy people
Speaker 1: are being kidnapped quietly and ransom in millions are paid
Speaker 1: in silence to the kidnappers. According to members of the community,
Speaker 1: a young successful businessman was kidnapped recently at a location
Speaker 1: between the Ober New Road and Old Road junctions, shortly
Speaker 1: after he visited his building construction site. While we also
Speaker 1: learned that some people in the state to report or
Speaker 1: contract their friends to kidnappers just to get a share
Speaker 1: from the ransom that will be paid afterwards or when
Speaker 1: such people have issue or dispute with their friends or
Speaker 1: co traders. It may interest you to know that the
Speaker 1: Nambra State Police Command recently arrested a twenty four year
Speaker 1: old male suspect Muanaie Victor for allegedly luring his friend
Speaker 1: to be kidnapped by his criminal gang Innuli Ihiala Local
Speaker 1: government area of the state, and they reportedly collected a
Speaker 1: ransom in dollars equivalent to five point three million narras
Speaker 1: with his gang members, just as gunman in a not
Speaker 1: to long distance time abducted a lawyer and two other
Speaker 1: persons in in polgu Aguata Local Government area of Anambra.
Speaker 1: In addition to previous cases of kidnapping of the owner
Speaker 1: of De Porsche Club, chiefhebea worg by unknown gunmen after
Speaker 1: the gunmen killed numbers of persons along the New ober
Speaker 1: Newi Road in Idomili South Local Government area of a
Speaker 1: Nambra State, with the number of those killed at the
Speaker 1: Porsha nightclub said to be seven, but one of the
Speaker 1: security operatives was beheaded and another had his foot cut
Speaker 1: off and made away with by the invading deadly kidnappers.
Speaker 1: This occurred shortly after a well known native doctor or
Speaker 1: Wi chidos in nawangu Aka. Aqua Okako Timuraki was kidnapped
Speaker 1: after his two personal aids killed in the vicinity of
Speaker 1: his hotel at Over community before the kidnappers effortlessly took
Speaker 1: him away and was released after ransom in millions were
Speaker 1: reportedly paid. That not all. On May twenty first, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty two, shortly after Professor Chikuma Saludo was sworn in
Speaker 1: as governor, Gunman abducted the lawmaker representing Aguata To constituency
Speaker 1: in the State House of Assembly, oak Chikua Koye. A
Speaker 1: Koye also known as Oki Dieoke represented Soludo's state constituency
Speaker 1: Isoophia Akoye was killed and beheaded alongside his aid Cyril
Speaker 1: chi Eboka, six days after they were abducted along Aguila
Speaker 1: Zigbo Road, Anaroka local government area of the state, and
Speaker 1: their heads and bodies dumped along a roadside in the state.
Speaker 1: And in December twenty twenty four, another lawmaker in the
Speaker 1: State House of Assembly was kid Ghana Minister of Defense
Speaker 1: Edward Omain Boehmer, alongside seven other top government officials and
Speaker 1: military personnel have been confirmed dead after Ganer armed Forces
Speaker 1: in a statement on Wednesday, had declared the Zen nine
Speaker 1: military helicopter missing, stating the helicopter, traveling from the nation
Speaker 1: capital in akrat Obuasi in a Shanti region, went off
Speaker 1: from radar at nine to twelve a m with three
Speaker 1: crew members and five passengers on board. Others killed in
Speaker 1: the helicopter crash, as confirmed by the Office of the
Speaker 1: President of Ghana, include doctor al Haji Mattala Mohammad, MP
Speaker 1: for Tamali, Central Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Alhaji
Speaker 1: Munaru Mohammad, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Doctor Samuel Sarpan,
Speaker 1: Vice Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Aboagie, former parliamentary candidate,
Speaker 1: Squadron Leader Peter Buffemi, Anila Flying Officer to Amampadu and
Speaker 1: Sergeant Ernest Adam. It was gathered that the military helicopter
Speaker 1: went down at a Dancy Acro firm in the Ashanti
Speaker 1: region on Wednesday for yet to be stated cause of
Speaker 1: the incident, as video footage showed the burnt beyond recognition
Speaker 1: bodies of those on board the aircraft. The aircraft was
Speaker 1: from Acra and heading for Abausi and is currently off
Speaker 1: the radar. All efforts of being made to establish contact
Speaker 1: the Ghaner Armed Forces had stated in a statement earlier
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. The Government of Ghana has directed that all
Speaker 1: national flags be flown at half mast in honor of
Speaker 1: the late government top officials Edward Omein Boehmer, Minister for
Speaker 1: Defense and Ibrahem Mattalamahammad, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation,
Speaker 1: among others, who died in the military helicopter crash. According
Speaker 1: to local media, the fatal incident occurred on Wednesday, August
Speaker 1: sixth in the a Dansi Acrofirm district of the Ashanti Region,
Speaker 1: while the two ministers, along with six others were en
Speaker 1: route to ob Ouasi for official duties. Announcing the directive,
Speaker 1: Chief of Staff Julius Debra expressed the government's deep sorrow
Speaker 1: regarding the loss of the two senior public officials and
Speaker 1: others on board the helicopter. The President is emotionally down.
Speaker 1: The Vice President is leading a team to formally inform
Speaker 1: the families. Education Minister Peruna Idrasu told news reporters following
Speaker 1: the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of top
Speaker 1: government officials, including the Defense and Environment ministers. While announcing
Speaker 1: the death of the all passengers and crew members on board.
Speaker 1: The Ghaner Chief of Staff Julius Debra said on behalf
Speaker 1: of the President of the Republic, his Excellency John Drameny Mohamma,
Speaker 1: the Vice President, Professor nna Jana Poku Agumang, who is
Speaker 1: with us here and the Government of Ghana, I have
Speaker 1: the unpleasant duty sadly to announce a national tragedy involving
Speaker 1: the crash of a military helicopter this morning around the
Speaker 1: Adancy area in the Ashanti Region. Government regrets to announce
Speaker 1: the demise of the following persons in the tragic crash.
Speaker 1: Doctor Edward Kofi omain Boehmer Minister for Defense, al Haji
Speaker 1: Doctor Ibrahim Mattala Mohammad, m P Minister for Environment, Science
Speaker 1: and Technology, al Haji Munaru Mohammad, Acting Deputy National Security
Speaker 1: co Ordinator and former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Doctor
Speaker 1: Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of the National Democrat Nambra State
Speaker 1: Government under the leadership of Governor Charles Chukumasaludo, has said
Speaker 1: that the state is currently in search of justice over
Speaker 1: the killing of a young and creative fish farmer, Martins
Speaker 1: of Fessinachi on Ye k C, well known by his
Speaker 1: business name as Fish Magnet, who was reportedly shot on
Speaker 1: the leg while being kidnapped on Sunday, the twenty seventh
Speaker 1: of July twenty twenty five at his residence in zini
Speaker 1: Fite Village, Okuno in Orca, the Enambra State capital. This
Speaker 1: doctor j George Mogalu, the Labor Party candidate in the
Speaker 1: forthcoming governorship election in the state, said that an Amber
Speaker 1: state is no longer safe, adding that people are being killed,
Speaker 1: slorted for their families to bury in silence while the
Speaker 1: state Governor, Professor Charles Chukuma Saludo, looks the other way
Speaker 1: with no sympathy, condolence, visit or statement. Specifically, Mogalu said,
Speaker 1: I must speak frankly, an Amber is no longer safe,
Speaker 1: not even in the state capital. Our people are being sorted,
Speaker 1: kidnapped and buried in silence while the government looks the
Speaker 1: other way. This is not leadership, it is abandonment. Just recently,
Speaker 1: we lost over ten lives in a ghastly accident at
Speaker 1: Amchi no We South local government area. Yet there was
Speaker 1: no statement, no condolence, not even a visit from the
Speaker 1: state government. Instead we see street renamings and political endorsement rallies.
Speaker 1: Where is our conscience? Mogalu stated, while the former lawyer
Speaker 1: to Namdi Carlu, the detained Biafra agitation leader, Barrister afany
Speaker 1: G four, said the people of the state are currently
Speaker 1: romancing with crimes, hiding criminals and painting absurd narratives on
Speaker 1: social media to glorify and justify the rising crimes in
Speaker 1: the state, saying the most frightening part the reckless energy
Speaker 1: our own people expend defending these killers. When you shield
Speaker 1: murderers because they are your kinsmen, you emboldenham When you
Speaker 1: justify kidnappings under the guise of ethnic pride, you leave
Speaker 1: the gates wide open for the real external aggresses like
Speaker 1: armed herdsman, whose invasion will come when we are weakest
Speaker 1: and most divided. Namra's State Commissioner for Information Law Mepher
Speaker 1: made the government position known on Sunday after he led
Speaker 1: other government officials on a condolence visit to the bereaved
Speaker 1: mother of the victim, who happened to be the woman
Speaker 1: leader of the Enamor's State All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA.
Speaker 1: Missus Esther on Ya KC. According to Punch newspaper, Honaka,
Speaker 1: a son of the woman leader of the Enambra State
Speaker 1: All Progressives Grand Alliance, was abducted by government at his
Speaker 1: residence in Zenophied Community, Opuno, Orcasouth local government area of
Speaker 1: Enambra State, in a late night attack on Saturday, July
Speaker 1: twenty sixth and was subsequently killed. In a press statement
Speaker 1: released on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Information Law Mepha,
Speaker 1: sympathized with the deceaseds family, assuring them that the state
Speaker 1: government is in search of justice while sustaining and strengthening
Speaker 1: security in the state. Mepha, who maintained that such a
Speaker 1: development is an affront to the Professor Chokuma Soludo government's
Speaker 1: new security architecture, also expressed delight that the police are
Speaker 1: on the heels of the perpetrators. The Commissioner was quoted
Speaker 1: as having stated this when he paid a condolence visit
Speaker 1: to the woman leader of the Enambra's State Apga ester
Speaker 1: On Yekesi. According to the statement, the statement read in part,
Speaker 1: the Enambra State Commission prossas Wakon Medo pritain new preneers
Speaker 1: in a more digitalware,