WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.040 There is still no peace in sight. After nearly three 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.280 hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:11.080 state in the United States US between President Vladimir Putin 4 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:14.279 of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States 5 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:18.160 over the war Russia launched since twenty twenty two in Ukraine, 6 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.920 which has led to thousands of deaths, mostly Ukrainians, which 7 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.839 President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, who was not invited for 8 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.760 the meeting on Friday, in a statement, said that it 9 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.199 was time to end the war, but Russia must take 10 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:34.479 the necessary steps to a genuine peace steal And. While 11 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.520 commenting on the statement made by the President of Poland 12 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:41.640 Karl Navroky on Friday via x social media platform to 13 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.200 mark Poland Armed Forces Day, which coincided with the day 14 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.159 Putin and Trump met in Alaska, President Zelenski said that 15 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.280 Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence and we must always remember 16 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.200 that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through 17 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.880 joint efforts and it saved Europe and The Polish President 18 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:04.760 Karl Navoki had said that today we celebrate the one 19 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.239 hundred fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory at the 20 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:12.280 Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, together 21 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:16.480 with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Army's westward march, 22 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:21.799 safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism 23 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.439 has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political 24 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.599 tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of 25 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:34.000 domestic despotism, in which the only freeman is the ruler himself. 26 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.760 But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy of freedom, 27 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.719 Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of 28 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.920 free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at Usha fifteen fourteen, 29 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:52.079 Klashido one thousand, six hundred ten and Warsaw nineteen twenty. 30 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.920 It was probably a sinnature of world attention when Air 31 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:59.680 Force one and Russia presidential aircraft officially wheeled down a 32 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.280 joint and bas Seldendorf as President Donald Trump and President 33 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.319 Vladimir Putin met face to face for the first time 34 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:09.919 since the war in Ukraine started on February twenty fourth, 35 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.159 twenty twenty two, and the Friday meeting marked the first 36 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:16.759 time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on western 37 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.960 country soil since he launched the war against Ukraine. He 38 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.800 was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US 39 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.919 is not a member country of the International Criminal Court 40 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.360 Ices that issued a warrant of arrest against the Kremlin 41 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:35.199 leader since twenty twenty three over alleged war crime in Ukraine. 42 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.680 It would be recalled that the Russian President Vladimir Putin 43 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:43.360 did not attend the twenty twenty five annual Brazil, Russia, India, 44 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.240 China and South Africa Summit known as Bricks Summit in 45 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.879 Brazil due to concerns over an International Criminal Court warrant 46 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.120 for his arrest in connection with alleged war crimes committed 47 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:59.120 in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid Yuri Yashikov, President 48 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.639 Vladimir Putin did not attend the summit due to certain 49 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.560 difficulties in the context of the ICC requirement, adding in 50 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.960 that context, the Brazilian government could not take a clear 51 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:15.400 position that would allow our president to participate in this meeting. Instead, 52 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:18.800 the Russian leader joined his Bricks colleagues via video link. 53 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.199 Futen was declared a war crimes suspect since the ICC 54 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.439 named him in a March twenty twenty three arrest warrant 55 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:31.240 over the mass deportation of Ukrainian children. Russia stands accused 56 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.919 of abducting and deporting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, 57 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.599 with many victims reportedly subjected to ideological indoctrination to rob 58 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:43.400 them of the Ukrainian heritage and impose a Russian national identity. 59 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:48.479 The alleged mass abductions, according to observers, may qualify as 60 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:53.560 genocide according to the nineteen forty eight United Nations Genocide Convention, 61 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:58.199 which identifies forcibly transferring children of the group to another 62 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.199 group as one of five internationally recognized acts of genocide. 63 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:06.319 As a signatory too the Roman Statute that established the 64 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.039 icc Brazil would have been obliged to arrest Putin if 65 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:14.120 he entered the country. Addressing the ICCA warrant in twenty 66 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:17.680 twenty three, Brazilian President Lewis In or cho Lula dar 67 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.759 Silva initially dismissed talk of detaining the Russian president, before 68 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:26.279 backtracking and distancing himself from the issue. If Kutin decides 69 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.079 to go to Brazil, it's the justice system that will 70 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:31.959 take the decision over whether he should be arrested, not 71 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.079 the government or Congress. Lula stated. Kutin faced similar uncertainty 72 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:40.480 two years ago ahead of the annual gathering of Bricks Leaders, 73 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:44.480 which was then being hosted by South Africa. The South 74 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:48.759 African authorities reportedly came under considerable pressure from their Russian 75 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:52.519 colleagues to provide assurances that the Kremlin dictator could travel 76 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.120 to the August twenty twenty three event without fear of arrest. 77 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:59.920 Russia has made it clear that arresting its sitting president 78 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.639 would be a declaration of war. South African President Cyril 79 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.360 Ramaphosis stated then in the build up to the summit, 80 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.839 the African country was ultimately unable to offer any guarantees, 81 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.399 forcing Putin to abandon his plans to attend the summit 82 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:18.560 in South Africa. Fox News reported that the Russian President 83 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.240 Vladimir Putin makes a rare public appearance of the monument 84 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:26.839 honoring US cooperation during World War II just hours before 85 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.519 his summit with President Trump on Friday, and after the 86 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.199 summit in Alaska, local media showed a video of President 87 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.360 Putin kneeling at every Soviet pilot grave in Alaska as 88 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.319 both leaders met on the tarmac of the US military 89 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.560 base airport. A flyover of American military planes passed overhead, 90 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.480 including fighter jets and what appeared to be a B 91 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:53.319 two stealth bomber. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir 92 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:56.079 Putin emerged from a nearly three hour meeting on the 93 00:05:56.199 --> 00:06:00.079 Ukraine War and gave public statements, but left without announcing 94 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.879 any agreement or cease fire, and they refused to take 95 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.199 questions from the press. US fighter jets were seen escorting 96 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:11.040 Vladimir Putin's plane out of Alaska after the summit with Trump. 97 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.959 The Kremlin posted a video on Telegram appearing to show 98 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.319 at least two USF twenty two fighter jets escorting the 99 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:22.480 Russian president's plane out of Alaska following talks with Donald Trump. 100 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.600 There's no deal until there's a deal, Trump said. The 101 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.360 White House had said there would be a news conference 102 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.480 after the closed door meeting, but both men walked off 103 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.759 stage without taking any questions. Trump hosted the summit at 104 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.519 a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to 105 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.839 brok her a peace deal and stop a three year 106 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.519 war with Ukraine and its ever rising body count. It 107 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.800 was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks. 108 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.519 We didn't get there, but we have a very good 109 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:56.959 chance of getting there, Trump said. President Donald Trump added 110 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.240 va a post that a great and very successful day 111 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.160 in Alaska. It was determined by all that the best 112 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.199 way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine 113 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.839 is to go directly to a peace agreement. President Zelenski 114 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.560 will be coming to d C the Oval Office on Monday. 115 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.839 While President Putin and Trump were on the way to 116 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:20.519 meet in Alaska, Voladimir Zelensky of Ukraine, in a number 117 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:24.639 of press statements made available via his verified ex social 118 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:28.439 media account, said he held a staff meeting to discuss 119 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:33.399 three key issues the front, particularly the Pokrosk sector. We 120 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.279 are countering the attempts of Russian forces to gain a 121 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.759 foothold and increasing the pressure of our units on the occupier. 122 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.839 We are succeeding. Units of the seventy ninth and eighty 123 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.360 second Air Assault Brigades are operating very effectively in the 124 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:52.240 Domropilia area. Today, a decision was made to further reinforce 125 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:56.279 this and other areas in the Danyesk region. Special attention 126 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.839 was paid to positions in the Zaporigia region. I thank 127 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:04.519 all our warriors for their resilience. The Russian Army continues 128 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.680 to suffer significant losses in its attempts to secure more 129 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.240 favorable political positions for the Russian leadership at the meeting 130 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.199 in Alaska. We understand this plan and are informing our 131 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.439 partners about the real situation. We also discuss today the 132 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.759 development of the contract system in the defense forces and 133 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.240 the funding of Ukraine's defense and security forces for twenty 134 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.639 twenty five twenty twenty six. Under any circumstances, our army 135 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.720 will be ready to respond effectively and swiftly to threats 136 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.759 to Ukrainian statehood. The priority is the development of a 137 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:43.000 contract army. Today, I also expect a report from our 138 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:46.200 intelligence on the current intentions of the Russian side and 139 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.919 its preparations for the meeting in Alaska. Indeed high stakes. 140 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.480 The key thing is that this meeting should open up 141 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:56.480 a real path toward a just peace and the substantive 142 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:00.799 discussion between leaders in a trilateral format US Ukraine, the 143 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:04.639 United States and the Russian side. It is time to 144 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.840 end the war and the necessary steps must be taken 145 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.600 by Russia. We are counting on America. We are ready 146 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.879 as always to work as productively as possible. I held 147 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.960 a meeting with the government team, the Office and the 148 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:22.519 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council to discuss 149 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:27.759 our diplomatic work the highest priority areas. In particular, we 150 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:32.039 address the funding of Ukraine's defense forces, auditing the effectiveness 151 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:36.240 of coalitions with partners, special formats, the substance of our 152 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.840 bilateral relations in key global areas, and our work at 153 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.679 the EU level. I instructed that the foreign policy plan 154 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:46.159 be updated for the period through the end of the 155 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:50.279 year on Monday. I expect the updated plan to be 156 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.039 presented with a neighbour like Russia. Only the co operation 157 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.840 of free nations can effectively protect each of them. We 158 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.799 value Poland's support for Ukraine. Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence, 159 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.679 and we must always remember that the Miracle on the 160 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:10.960 Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe. 161 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.919 In the same way, Ukrainians have been defending our state 162 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.639 in the full scale war for four years by repelling 163 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:23.200 the Russian army in Ukraine, Nakiv, in the Sumi, Kharkiv 164 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.360 and Darniesk regions, as well as in the Black Sea. 165 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.480 Ukrainians are truly ensuring the opportunity for all Europeans to 166 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.720 live freely, free of Moscow's madness. I thank Poland for 167 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:39.399 walking along this path shoulder to shoulder with us. Congratulations 168 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:42.440 on Polish Armed Forces Day, and best wishes for our 169 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:47.200 and your independence to always remain strong. President Karol Navroki 170 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.440 of Poland had said that today we celebrate the one 171 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.600 hundred and fifth anniversary of the Great Polish victory. At 172 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:57.679 the Battle of Warsaw in nineteen twenty, the Polish Army, 173 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:02.799 together with Ukrainian forces, successfully repelled the Red Armies westward March, 174 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:08.759 safeguarding Europe from a communist revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism 175 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.639 has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political 176 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:16.360 tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of 177 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:19.600 domestic despotism, in which the only free man is the 178 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:24.240 ruler himself. But precisely because Russian despotism is the enemy 179 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.840 of freedom, Russian imperialism can only be defeated through an 180 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:32.480 alliance of free peoples. My nation halted Russian imperialism at 181 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:37.919 Warsha fifteen fourteen, Klashino one thousand, six hundred ten and 182 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:42.639 Warsaw nineteen twenty. The Polish people know that resisting Russian 183 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:46.519 imperialism is not merely an economic matter. It concerns the 184 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.960 very essence of human and national freedom. Freedom is priceless. 185 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.679 It can neither be bought nor sold. It must be defended. 186 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:58.960 This is the Polish tradition, stretching back to the fifteenth century. 187 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.799 Light all who cherish freedom and peace to join my 188 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:06.440 fellow polls on August fifteenth in celebrating the halting of 189 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:28.919 despotism and the defense of liberty. WI co contestants in 190 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:32.679 the last concluded general elections in Nigeria and former Governor 191 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:36.759 of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has faulted President Bola Ahmed 192 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:40.360 Tenubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent 193 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:44.799 travel abroad at any slightest invitation and abandoned pressing issues 194 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:50.000 of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically, 195 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.919 Peter Obi said, the situation we find ourselves in is 196 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:57.639 deeply worrisome. Our president, who has not found it worthy 197 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:00.799 to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in 198 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:04.600 traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse, 199 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:08.840 often departing several days even before the events he's invited to. 200 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.600 The Presidency had in a statement on Wednesday, said that 201 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:17.200 President Bola Tanubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August fourteenth 202 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.720 for a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The 203 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:25.159 President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before 204 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:29.759 proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tanubu will attend the 205 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:35.519 ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in 206 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.639 the city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two 207 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:44.240 with the theme co Create Innovative Solutions with Africa. TICAD 208 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.399 nine will focus on Africa's economic transformation and improvements in 209 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.679 the business environment and institutions through private investment and innovation. 210 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:57.360 It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society 211 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:02.399 for human security, peace and STAB. In addition to attending 212 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.399 cleanery sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian 213 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:09.320 President will hold by lateral meetings and meet the chief 214 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.679 executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria. 215 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:18.000 Initiated in nineteen ninety three by the Japanese government and 216 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:23.440 co hosted by the United Nations UNDP, the African Union Commission, 217 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.720 and the World Bank. TICAD is a triennial conference held 218 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.720 alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took place 219 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:36.039 in August twenty twenty two in Tunisia. The forum fosters 220 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:40.320 high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners. 221 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:45.200 At the end of the TICAD nine, President Tanubu will 222 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.919 leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil, 223 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:52.360 on a two day state visit from Sunday, August twenty 224 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.919 fourth to Monday August twenty fifth. This follows an invitation 225 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.879 by the Brazilian President Luis Aetio lu La da Silva. 226 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.440 While in Brazil, President Danubu will hold a bilateral meeting 227 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.960 with his host and attender business forum with Brazilian investors. 228 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:14.799 His delegation, comprising key ministers and senior officials, will explore 229 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:19.080 opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memoranda of 230 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:24.200 understanding maus with the Brazilian government. Bao on Anuga, special 231 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.440 Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, stated on 232 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:32.360 August thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Peter Hoby, the Labor Party 233 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:36.120 presidential candidate in the last concluded general elections in the 234 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:40.240 West Africa country, in a statement on Thursday, said again, 235 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.440 our president moves as the nation bleeds amid the deplorable 236 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.679 state of our nation in all ramifications. We have a 237 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:51.879 virtually indifferent president who has continued to display insensitivity to 238 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:55.919 our situation. How can anyone explain that a president who 239 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.840 came from Brazil recently and met with the President is 240 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.320 returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of 241 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.600 challenges at home unresolved. The latest itinery of the president 242 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:10.679 shows he will depart Abouja on Thursday, August fourteenth for 243 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:14.320 a two nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The President 244 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:18.799 will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding 245 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:23.279 to Japan. In Japan, President Danubu will attend the ninth 246 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:28.799 Tokyo International Conference on African Development TICAD nine in the 247 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:32.600 city of Yokohama from August twentieth to twenty two. The 248 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:35.720 itinery is silent on the president's return date to his 249 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:40.360 visibly troubled nation. The situation we find ourselves in is 250 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:44.679 deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy 251 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:47.759 to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in 252 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:52.639 traveling to foreign countries at the slightest invitationer excuse, often 253 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.279 departing several days even before the events he's invited to. 254 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.600 In his last trip, for instance, he had a one 255 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.600 week six state visit to Saint Lucio before attending the 256 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:06.279 Brick's Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer, 257 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:09.880 though the role was dressed up as partner to the invitation, 258 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:14.559 which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries 259 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.359 who attended only arrived a day or two at most 260 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:23.359 for the event. Nigeria's insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human 261 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.039 suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among 262 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:31.039 the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the 263 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:35.400 hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the 264 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:39.160 full attention of mister President, and his travels should be 265 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.960 more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on 266 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:47.119 the ground and taking decisive action to alleviate the people's suffering, 267 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.640 rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no 268 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:54.559 tangible value to our nation's woes, and where the trip 269 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:57.359 is necessary at all, it could be attended in just 270 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:01.640 a few days, rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences 271 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:05.640 from a country that requires twenty four seven attention. What 272 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:09.119 our nation needs now is security of lives and properties, 273 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.680 economic stability, and ensuring that our people have food on 274 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:17.079 their table. Our presidents plan trip of twelve days departing 275 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:20.079 to day if necessary, should have been at most of 276 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.519 five day trip as the event he was invited to 277 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.960 in Japan commences on the twentieth. Nigeria to Day demands 278 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.640 competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with 279 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:34.200 the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required. 280 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.480 Mister President must, as a matter of urgency, commence towards 281 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.279 of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for 282 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:45.880 jetting out of the country every month. These visits will 283 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.880 enable him to see, listen, and learn more about what 284 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:53.319 Nigerians are going through. Though Nigerians know that our huge 285 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.759 problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see one 286 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:01.720 hundred percent effort and tireless commitment to solving them. Most importantly, 287 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.839 our President must know that he's not a tourist but 288 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.720 the chief executive of a troubled nation, so he must 289 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:11.799 have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict traveling schedule 290 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:14.279 to show that he has a troubled country to quickly 291 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:24.319 return to Gingi Ingim. Federal Government of Nigeria under the 292 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:28.279 leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tenubu, has ordered the Commissioner 293 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.359 of Police in charge of Lagos Airport to withdraw the 294 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:35.000 one sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria Police 295 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.519 Force may have wrongly instituted against a Nibom air passenger, 296 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:42.920 Comfort Emanson, who was seen in viral videos retaliating and 297 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:46.759 defending herself physically after a group of Ibam air personnel 298 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:50.039 and Lagos Airport team had attacked her and provoked her 299 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.359 to action. The FG position on the issue was made 300 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:57.759 known by the Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Festus Kamo in 301 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:01.200 a press release the Minister signed and made available few 302 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:05.599 minutes ago. Although Festus Kmo reversed his self and acknowledged 303 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:08.400 that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 304 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.519 twenty six years old passenger and the staff of Ibom Airlines, 305 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:15.200 who in The new press release admitted that the staff 306 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:19.319 of Ibom Air and the Lagos Airport Authority team acted wrongly, 307 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:22.920 but the minister did not state how the attacked passenger 308 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.920 would be compensated, most especially when her chest sexual organs 309 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.640 were seemed to be deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibom 310 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:34.039 Airline staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with 311 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:38.279 obvious intention to expose the passenger's nakedness. The action of 312 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.599 the Federal government may ease the tension among millions of 313 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:45.160 people who have accused the Nigeria Police Force our aiding 314 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.240 and a vetting the Ibom Airline company to continue to 315 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:52.039 attack and oppress the offended passenger, Comfort Bomb who is 316 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:56.519 also identified as Comfort Emanson, by thus supporting the statement 317 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:59.960 of Ibom Air management, who in their first press relief 318 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.799 diast made statement that seems to have some level of 319 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:05.839 deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win 320 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:10.519 undue public sentiments manipulate the Nigeria Police forced to help 321 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:14.680 them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos State Magistrate 322 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:18.920 caught to further oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger. Specifically, 323 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.519 Ibom Air stated in her first press released that shortly 324 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.079 after the plane landed at Lagos Airport, the passenger waited 325 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:29.000 for every other passenger on board the plane to disembark, 326 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:33.400 and thereafter, without provocation, went to one of the plane hostesses, 327 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:38.319 Juliana Edward. The IBOM Air management described as purser, stepped 328 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:42.000 on her forcibly, tore off her wig, removed her glasses 329 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:44.519 and threw it to the floor, and used her footwear 330 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.759 to assault her. She slapped her several times, and when 331 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:51.480 the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped 332 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:54.720 her too. She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire 333 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:57.680 extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could 334 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:00.920 have damaged and grounded the aircraft. Soon after the IBOM 335 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:05.200 Air management released the statement on Monday, her video surfaced 336 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:08.400 on the Internet that probably invalidated the statement of the 337 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:11.920 IBOM Air management and stood out as an acceptable evidence 338 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:14.720 that the management of IBOMB eer people who may be 339 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:19.160 rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling 340 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:22.640 lies as a way of managing crisis and handling difficult 341 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:26.359 customers relations, has seen in the viral video that surfaced 342 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:29.880 the internet after the apparent falsehood of Ibom Air Management. 343 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.720 The attacked passenger was seen politely telling the air hostess 344 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:36.720 Juliana Edward to leave the doorway so that she can 345 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.960 disembark from the plane. The senior aggressor in this matter, 346 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:43.359 the air Hostess Juliana Edward, refused to yield to the 347 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:46.720 appeal of the passenger, and IBOM Air Management in their 348 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:50.799 first press release, confirmed that the air hostess Juliana Edward 349 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:54.599 deliberately blocked the doorway to prevent the passenger from disembarking 350 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:58.079 the aircraft, and in the viral video, the attached wighair 351 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:00.319 on the head of the air hostess was still seen 352 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.000 on her head and intact while the passenger was telling 353 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:06.200 her to leave the doorway so that she can pass. Obviously, 354 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:10.599 this is in contrary to the seemly deliberate falsehood painted 355 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.960 and stated in black and white by the Ibom Air 356 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:16.400 management that the air hostess attached wig hair was destroyed 357 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:20.599 by the passenger without provocation. Also, the attached wig hair 358 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.079 on the passenger head and the jacket she was putting 359 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.599 on were still intact as at the time she was 360 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.839 telling the apparent aggressor the air hostess to leave the 361 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:32.440 door and another viral video later showed both the air 362 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.960 hostess and the passenger dragging at the point of the 363 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.920 plane divider cotton and at this time, as seen in 364 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.240 the video, both the passenger and air hostess wig hair 365 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:44.240 were pulled off, including the passenger jacket she was putting 366 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:47.279 on to cover her body completely. The natural hair on 367 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:49.839 their heads could now be seen as they continued to 368 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:53.359 drag each other at the plane doorway, and IBOM Air management, 369 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:57.400 in trying to seemly win undue public sentiments, raised up 370 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.079 a dead issue of a minor quarrel the passenger had 371 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.400 with the air hostess and co passenger over the passenger 372 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:06.720 alleged initial refusal to switch off her phone during the 373 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:10.160 plane take off at Uyo Airport. The IBOM Air management 374 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:12.920 in the press release confirmed that the minor quarrel the 375 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:16.440 passenger had with the air hostess and co passenger over 376 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:19.839 switching off phone at Uyo Airport was already a dead 377 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:22.279 issue and the action of the passenger never led to 378 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:27.240 threat of aviation safety or violation of aviation safety procedures. Hence, 379 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:30.319 the passenger was not the plane at Uyo Airport, but 380 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.359 we don't know why the management of Ibom Air decided 381 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:36.200 to advertise and bring up the minor quarrel as a 382 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:39.279 way to seemly win public sentiments to cover up the 383 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:42.279 true picture of a separate event that occurred between the 384 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.400 passenger and the air hostess when the plane landed at 385 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:49.000 Lagos Airport, and the Nigeria Police Force in the five 386 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:52.920 count charges filed against the passenger at the Akeja Magistrate 387 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.240 Court in Lagos State, did not state or even mention 388 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:59.440 the event that occurred at Uyo Airport before the plane 389 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:04.240 took off. Announcing them withdrawal day early morning, the Nigeria 390 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:08.279 Minister of Aviation, Festus Kmo said and in quotes that 391 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:12.200 one in the last forty eight hours, I have been 392 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:16.000 in consultation with critical stakeholders in the aviation sector and 393 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:20.079 those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviors 394 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:25.359 of certain individuals at our airports of recent two. Though regrettable, 395 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:28.839 we think valuable lessons have been learned by all sides 396 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:33.359 to these incidents, and airport security protocol especially have been 397 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:37.119 well highlighted for the traveling public. If nothing at all, 398 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.039 the episodes have undoubtedly helped to raise public awareness about 399 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:46.200 appropriate conduct within the aviation space. Three. As highlighted in 400 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:50.079 my previous statements on the last two incidents, clear wrongs 401 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:53.079