Speaker 1: Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Chamo says the Ministry has directed
Speaker 1: for the aviation staff who released the video footage containing
Speaker 1: the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson or
Speaker 1: Bob scene in an indecent appearance with her chest sexual
Speaker 1: organs exposed after the passenger shirt was torn by an
Speaker 1: Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen in the
Speaker 1: viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the aircraft
Speaker 1: following an act of confrontation between the passenger and Ibom
Speaker 1: Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the right
Speaker 1: of way of the passenger and prevented the passenger from
Speaker 1: disembarking from the plane and after countless warning to the
Speaker 1: airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger went physical
Speaker 1: with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,
Speaker 1: which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the
Speaker 1: alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which Hibom Airlines
Speaker 1: valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as stated in
Speaker 1: count five of the five count charges the police filed
Speaker 1: against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.
Speaker 1: The Aviation Minister Festus Kamo, who described the behavior of
Speaker 1: the passenger as unruly, said, although the airline staff is
Speaker 1: right to video record the event of the passenger's behavior
Speaker 1: for the purpose of legal action, but it is totally
Speaker 1: unacceptable for the staff to release part of the video
Speaker 1: that exposed the passenger's nakedness, especially her breasts. Details of
Speaker 1: the minister's statement reads verbatim below. Enough is enough reading
Speaker 1: the Riot Act on Aviation Safety and Security in reference
Speaker 1: to the case of unruly Comfort Bob on Ibom Airline
Speaker 1: and related incidents. Earlier today, we again woke up to
Speaker 1: viral videos of a female passenger on Ibom Airline, now
Speaker 1: identified as Comfort Emanson or Comfort Bob, who went berserk
Speaker 1: and physically assaulted both the flight crew and the ground staff.
Speaker 1: The incident took place yesterday, August tenth, twenty twenty five,
Speaker 1: on himbil Bomb Airline flight number Q one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty three from Uyo to Lagos at about fourteen fifty
Speaker 1: four hours. Ibom Airline has since issued a statement to
Speaker 1: provide some context to the effect that the whole unfortunate
Speaker 1: incident arose because of the refusal of the passenger to
Speaker 1: switch off her phone during takeoff as required by extant
Speaker 1: international civil aviation regulations. Consequently, in the last few hours,
Speaker 1: I have been speaking with the Commissioner of Police of
Speaker 1: the Airport Police Command, the DG of the NC double
Speaker 1: A and his team, the end of Faan and her team,
Speaker 1: the COO of Ibom Air and his team about the incident.
Speaker 1: Apart from the indefinite flight ban imposed on the said
Speaker 1: unruly passenger both local and international by the Nigeria Civil
Speaker 1: Aviation Authority NC double A, the police has promptly arranged
Speaker 1: her this morning at the Akeja Magistrates caught for criminal
Speaker 1: offenses and remanded her at Kirrikiri Prisons as she could
Speaker 1: not provide adequate surreoce in court. I have attached the
Speaker 1: charge sheet and remand order for clarity. We also note
Speaker 1: the scuffle that took place between the unruly passenger and
Speaker 1: ground personnel before she was eventually subdued. This was because
Speaker 1: of her uncooperative attitude. Whilst we support the filming of
Speaker 1: her recalcitrant behavior as evidence to prosecute her, what is
Speaker 1: deplorable is to release such evidence containing indecent exposure to
Speaker 1: the public to ridicule her that is totally unacceptable to us.
Speaker 1: We will not fold our arms and tolerate the debasing
Speaker 1: of womanhood. I have therefore directed that whoever released that
Speaker 1: part of the video containing the indecent exposure amongst the
Speaker 1: staff should be singled out and adequately sanctioned. I have
Speaker 1: also directed that the airlines must continue to train and
Speaker 1: retrain their staff in public relations and how to deal
Speaker 1: with potentially explosive situations in order to diffuse them promptly
Speaker 1: or knit them in the bud except when it becomes inevitable.
Speaker 1: I've also directed a joint security meeting between relevant agencies
Speaker 1: next week for better coordination of security measures in situations
Speaker 1: like this or similar ones we witnessed recently. For genuinely
Speaker 1: aggrieved passengers, there are clearly laid down remedies to address grievances.
Speaker 1: The Consumer Protection Directorate of the nc double A has
Speaker 1: consistently advertised these remedies, and there is no point trying
Speaker 1: to take the laws into ones hands that may lead
Speaker 1: to dire consequences. We will continue to apply equal sanctions
Speaker 1: available to us in aviation on any such airring passengers
Speaker 1: that is lengthy flight bands and report the matters to
Speaker 1: other law enforcement agencies to do their bit within their powers.
Speaker 1: We have reported that a careful study of the viral
Speaker 1: video involving the Imom Airline personnel, legos, airport security operatives
Speaker 1: and an aggrieved passenger comfort emnson on board the airline
Speaker 1: plane on Sunday, indicated that while the enraged passenger was
Speaker 1: being dragged off the plane by three men who held
Speaker 1: her two hands and legs, suspending her a little bit
Speaker 1: on the air, a lady putting on Ibom air corporate
Speaker 1: clothes who was behind the camera lens, could be seen
Speaker 1: in the video to have approached the passenger at the
Speaker 1: door point of the plane while the passenger was about
Speaker 1: to be taking out, apparently dipped her hand towards the
Speaker 1: waist part of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from
Speaker 1: the trousers, grabden, pulled the passenger's shirt towards her head,
Speaker 1: and in the process the passenger shirt got tore and
Speaker 1: the passenger's chest, sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed.
Speaker 1: The action of the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate,
Speaker 1: as the airline female staff was not part of those
Speaker 1: dragging the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female
Speaker 1: passenger's body was exposed, the Ibom Airline's female staff never
Speaker 1: joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger
Speaker 1: off the plane. This indicated that the motive of the
Speaker 1: female's staff of Ibom Airline was solely to remove the
Speaker 1: passenger sh shirt and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule.
Speaker 2: Madam na as a gud and here as a stanuel, Will.
Speaker 1: Lady wi you bring me in a morg A careful
Speaker 1: study of the viral video involving the Ibomb Airline personnel, legos,
Speaker 1: airport security operatives and an aggrieved passenger comfort a manson
Speaker 1: on board the airline plane on Sunday indicated that while
Speaker 1: the enraged passenger was being dragged off the plane by
Speaker 1: three men who held her two hands and legs, suspending
Speaker 1: her a little bit on the air, a lady putting
Speaker 1: on a bomb Air corporate clothes who was behind the
Speaker 1: camera lens, could be seen in the video to have
Speaker 1: approached the passenger at the door point of the plane
Speaker 1: while the passenger was about to be taking out, apparently
Speaker 1: dipped her hand towards the waist part of the passenger
Speaker 1: untuck the passenger shirt from the trousers, grabbed and pulled
Speaker 1: the passenger's shirt towards her head, and in the process,
Speaker 1: the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest, sexual organs,
Speaker 1: or private parts were completely exposed. The action of the
Speaker 1: Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate, as the airline
Speaker 1: female staff was not part of those dragging the passenger
Speaker 1: off the aircraft, and after the female passenger's body was exposed,
Speaker 1: the Ibom Airlines female staff never joined or assisted the
Speaker 1: security operatives to drag the passenger off the plane. This
Speaker 1: indicated that the motive of the female's staff of Ibom
Speaker 1: Airline was solely to remove the passenger shirt and expose
Speaker 1: the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule. The video of the
Speaker 1: passenger's partial nakedness, especially her two breasts completely exposed due
Speaker 1: to the apparent action of a yet to be arrested
Speaker 1: and prosecuted female staff of Ibom Airlines, has since gone viral,
Speaker 1: with some pornographic channels already updating their channels with the
Speaker 1: partial nakedness of the Ibom Airlines passenger. According to Punch
Speaker 1: newspaper comfort Emanson, the passenger accused of assaulting airline officials
Speaker 1: aboard an Ibomair flight from Muyo to Lagos has been
Speaker 1: charged in court and remanded in Kirrikiri Correctional Center in Lagos.
Speaker 1: Tunday Machud, special Adviser on Media and Communications to the
Speaker 1: Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus kmo Sam, confirmed
Speaker 1: the development in a post on his official ex handle
Speaker 1: on Monday. The more reason the flying public should be
Speaker 1: more careful. The unruly passenger on the Yuyo, Lagos bound
Speaker 1: Ibomair Miscomfort Emanson, has been charged to court and she's
Speaker 1: now cooling off in Kirrikiri, Machud wrote. Ibom Are in
Speaker 1: a press statement on Monday, said that ibom Ere confirms
Speaker 1: that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five, an incident
Speaker 1: occurred on board our Uyo Lagos flight involving a passenger,
Speaker 1: Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat to the
Speaker 1: safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly before take
Speaker 1: off from Muyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with standard
Speaker 1: aviation safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone. She
Speaker 1: bluntly refused to comply until the pilot in command made
Speaker 1: an announcement, after which a fellow passenger seated beside her
Speaker 1: took the phone and switched it off. This action prompted
Speaker 1: a verbal tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually calmed
Speaker 1: and the flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos,
Speaker 1: Emanson waited for all other passengers to disembark, and then
Speaker 1: proceeded to confront the purser who had earlier instructed her.
Speaker 1: She walked up to the unsuspecting purser, stepped on her, forcibly,
Speaker 1: tore off her whig, removed her glasses and threw it
Speaker 1: to the foe, and used her footwear to assault her.
Speaker 1: She slapped her several times, and when the other cabin
Speaker 1: crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She
Speaker 1: then attempted to forcibly remove a fire extinguisher to use
Speaker 1: as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and
Speaker 1: grounded the aircraft. By this time, the pilot in command
Speaker 1: had alerted airport security. Before security could arrive, the purser,
Speaker 1: as seen on the viral video on the Internet, prevented
Speaker 1: the passenger from leaving the aircraft until security arrived. The
Speaker 1: arrival of IBOM air security personnel did not deter the
Speaker 1: passenger as she attacked him as well, lashing out violently
Speaker 1: at both Hibombair and FAAN security. She was then restrained
Speaker 1: and removed from the aircraft by force. Even after disembarking,
Speaker 1: she continued to assault both Hibombair and FAAN security staff
Speaker 1: and even slapped the ground supervisor. The passenger was removed
Speaker 1: from the ramp and taken into custody by FAA and
Speaker 1: Security and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for
Speaker 1: further investigation. Ibom Air has since submitted a report on
Speaker 1: the incident to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and placed
Speaker 1: a travel restriction on Emanson, who will no longer be
Speaker 1: permitted to fly on any of our aircraft. Ibomair reiterates
Speaker 1: its zero tolerance policy towards any form of unruly or
Speaker 1: violent conduct that threatens the safety of passengers, crew or equipment.
Speaker 1: Such behavior will be met with the strongest possible response.
Speaker 1: GUIGNI management of National Youth Service Corps under the leadership
Speaker 1: of Brigadier General Olukunley Nafieu, has given reasons why serving
Speaker 1: Nigeria Youth Corps member Hashier Rita Aguamaye was denied n
Speaker 1: YSC discharge certificate that could have enabled her exit the
Speaker 1: one year mandatory program after she can depleted the one
Speaker 1: year paramilitary service to her nation as a new graduate.
Speaker 1: And according to a statement posted and made available by
Speaker 1: NYSC on Sunday with no name of the authority responsible
Speaker 1: for the press statement written or mentioned in the statement,
Speaker 1: the NYSC said Corps member Returugumei's discharge certificate was withheld
Speaker 1: and her service yet extended by two months following her
Speaker 1: alleged absence or failure to attend the April twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five n YSC biometrics clearance at etiosa Local Government Area Secretariat,
Speaker 1: and the month stated by NYSC was barely few days
Speaker 1: after the Corps member had cried out loud in the
Speaker 1: month of March twenty twenty five over the apparent increasing
Speaker 1: high rates of hunger as a result of rising costs
Speaker 1: of living in Nigeria and as such, she described the
Speaker 1: President Bola Armedtenubu as a terrible president. In a swift
Speaker 1: reaction to the reason given by NYSC Rita Aguamee's lawyer,
Speaker 1: barrister in nibihe f Young, while answering questions from channel's
Speaker 1: television program presenters on Monday morning said the statement issued
Speaker 1: by the management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC
Speaker 1: on its decision to extend the service period and withhold
Speaker 1: the certificate of National Service of Corps member Hashie Rita
Speaker 1: Aguamaye alias Raye, does not represent the truth of the matter,
Speaker 1: saying on April seventh, twenty twenty five, Rita was physically
Speaker 1: present at the Local Government Secretariat for the head count
Speaker 1: and clearance, with the NYSC official at the local government
Speaker 1: level deliberately refused to attend to her, even after six
Speaker 1: hours waiting, during which she was asked to go back
Speaker 1: and queued up on the line repeatedly, the NYSC official
Speaker 1: still refused to attend to her, and thereafter, on April eleventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, the Corps member went to meet the
Speaker 1: NYSC official and begged her to allow her perform her
Speaker 1: April twenty twenty five biometrics clearance. The NYSC female official
Speaker 1: refused and asked the core member to leave. This, Amnesty
Speaker 1: International said the National Youth Service Corps NYSC must rescind
Speaker 1: its decision. The Amnesty International described as arbitrary and outrageous,
Speaker 1: saying NYSC allegedly used bureaucratic tricks to extend the core
Speaker 1: member national service year over the government's unacceptable intolerance of
Speaker 1: dissenting voices, with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abubaka describing
Speaker 1: the NYSC action as impunity and as such cautioned the
Speaker 1: government against subjecting everything to politics. And on Monday morning,
Speaker 1: the former governor of an Ambra State, Peter Obe, issued
Speaker 1: a statement and said in our country today, hunger and
Speaker 1: poverty are not just distant statistics. They are the harsh
Speaker 1: reality that millions of our people face daily. Recently, the
Speaker 1: United Nations stated that about thirty four million Nigerians will
Speaker 1: face acute food in socie security and about sixty three
Speaker 1: percent of our population, which is about one hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty three million people, now live in multi dimensional poverty. Inflation,
Speaker 1: even with the suppressed statistics is nearly thirty percent, while
Speaker 1: unemployment and economic mismanagement have nearly wiped out our once
Speaker 1: vibrant middle class. Families who once lived stable lives are
Speaker 1: now slipping into poverty. On the Lea Saware, the founder
Speaker 1: of Saha A Reporters News Media, said he was ready
Speaker 1: to stand beside the Corps member and escort her to
Speaker 1: collect her NYSC discharge certificate last week, but the government
Speaker 1: of President Bolah Ahmed Tanubu prevented him by thus unlawfully
Speaker 1: detaining him at the police station. In quotes, Sirware said,
Speaker 1: it is with deep sadness and renewed outrage that I
Speaker 1: address the ongoing injustice against Rita Iguamoye Raye. Nigeria's National
Speaker 1: Youth Service Corps NYSC has seized her discharge certificate because
Speaker 1: she criticized the Ta Nubu regime over economic hardships. I
Speaker 1: was fully prepared to stand beside her to help her
Speaker 1: receive her NYSC discharge certificate. However, the criminal Assawaju Bolahmed
Speaker 1: to Nubu regime unlawfully detained me in Abuja this past week.
Speaker 1: This regime thrives on intimidation, repression and silencing the youth.
Speaker 1: We had promised to fight for her justice and that
Speaker 1: promise remains unbroken. We will not stop until we achieve victory,
Speaker 1: not just for Raye, but for every Nigerian denied their
Speaker 1: rights by an oppressive system. We must not forget that
Speaker 1: Rai's courage and uncompromising stance compelled the authorities to increase
Speaker 1: the monthly allowance for her colleagues to seventy seven thousand niras.
Speaker 1: This significant improvement was won through her sacrifice, and it
Speaker 1: is an injustice of the highest order that she continues
Speaker 1: to be denied what is rightfully hers upon completion of
Speaker 1: her service year. We will not abandon her. Her fight
Speaker 1: is our fire. The struggle continues until we win. We
Speaker 1: reject the nysc's spurious position in its entirety. Youth Corps
Speaker 1: member Ashier Rita A Gumaye Reei's case could not and
Speaker 1: should not be dismissed as a mere biometric clearance issue.
Speaker 1: This was not about paperwork. This was punishment in retaliation
Speaker 1: for her public criticism of Asswaju Bola Ahmed Tanubu's disastrous
Speaker 1: economic policies. Silencing dissent is not service to the nation.
Speaker 1: It is a service to tyranny. We stand with Raye.
Speaker 1: We will continue to fight against NYSC until the injustice
Speaker 1: is corrected. Revolutiono NYSC, in the press release, has said
Speaker 1: that the NYSC management wishes to clarify a misleading information
Speaker 1: circulating on social media regarding Corps member Ushier Rita A
Speaker 1: Gumaye State Code number twenty four B eight thousand, three
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five. Contrary to false claims that she
Speaker 1: was denied as Certificate of National Service CNS due to
Speaker 1: critical remarks about the government. This assertion is entirely unfounded
Speaker 1: and false in its entirety. Rita is among the one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty one Corps members whose Certificates of National
Speaker 1: Service CNS were withheld for valid disciplinary reasons. Specifically, Rita's
Speaker 1: service year has been extended by two months for failing
Speaker 1: to attend the April twenty twenty five biometrics clearance, a
Speaker 1: decision that aligns with the NYSC by laws. It is
Speaker 1: important to note that this extension is a standard procedure
Speaker 1: and not unique to her case, and the principle of
Speaker 1: equal treatment was only applied in this case. The NYSC
Speaker 1: management thus urges the public to approach this matter with
Speaker 1: understanding as extending service for non compliance is a long
Speaker 1: standing tradition within the NYSC and should not be politicized.
Speaker 1: The NYSC scheme remains committed to discharging its mandate in
Speaker 1: line with the dictates of the Constitution. Nigeria is ours, Nigeria,
Speaker 1: We serve. Former Nigeria Vice President Hatiku Habu Baka said,
Speaker 1: what manner of impunity is this? Everything should not be
Speaker 1: subjected to politics. I hope that Ashie Rita Aguamea's NYSC
Speaker 1: discharge certificate is not being withheld because she had the
Speaker 1: courage to complain about the economic hardship under the President
Speaker 1: Bola Tenubu led administration. It is unacceptable that the young
Speaker 1: lady who had served her country without queries should not
Speaker 1: have received her National Youth Service Corps certificate one year
Speaker 1: after passing out. The appropriate authorities should take urgent steps
Speaker 1: to ensure that she gets her discharge certificate. Amnesty International,
Speaker 1: in a press release said the National Youth Service Corps
Speaker 1: NYSC must rescind its arbitrary and outrageous decision to deny
Speaker 1: Rita Ushie widely known as Raye, her NYSC discharge certificate
Speaker 1: upon completion of a year of national service. Using bureaucratic
Speaker 1: tricks to extend her national service shows unacceptable intolerance of
Speaker 1: dissenting voices. The flagrant decision to withhold her certificate may
Speaker 1: not be unconnected with her comments on social media on
Speaker 1: the widespread economic hardship as a result of President Bola
Speaker 1: Tanubu's economic policies. It is perfectly within her right to
Speaker 1: express discontent peacefully. Instead of punishing her by withholding her
Speaker 1: NYSC certificate for her opinions on rampant inflation, the authorities
Speaker 1: should prioritize addressing the country's escalating economic woes. The Nigerian
Speaker 1: authorities must stop responding with abuse of power and intimidation
Speaker 1: to individuals and groups who express dissenting opinions in utter
Speaker 1: disregard for the Nigerian constitution and international law. Holding and
Speaker 1: voicing dissenting views is not a crime. In March, Ritaashier
Speaker 1: faced threat to life and violence for her her viral
Speaker 1: TikTok video criticizing President Bola Tanubu's government over unprecedented economic
Speaker 1: hardship that plunged millions of people into abject poverty. Since
Speaker 1: May twenty twenty three, series of economic policies introduced by
Speaker 1: Nigerian government have been undermining the ability of people on
Speaker 1: low incomes to secure their right to adequate standard of living.
Speaker 1: Millions of people in Nigeria are increasingly unable to meet
Speaker 1: the costs of education, food and healthcare. No one should
Speaker 1: be punished for expressing dissenting opinions. Authorities have obligation to
Speaker 1: uphold and respect the right to freedom of expression without discrimination.
Speaker 1: Former Governor of a Nambra State, Peter Obey, in a
Speaker 1: detailed statement on Monday, said, in our country today, hunger
Speaker 1: and poverty are not just distant statistics. They are the
Speaker 1: harsh reality that millions of our people face daily. Recently,
Speaker 1: the United Nations stated that about thirty four million Nigerians
Speaker 1: will face it acute food insecurity and about sixty three
Speaker 1: percent of our population, which is about one hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty three million people, now live in multi dimensional poverty. Inflation,
Speaker 1: even with the suppressed statistics, is nearly thirty percent, while
Speaker 1: unemployment and economic mismanagement have nearly wiped out. Are once
Speaker 1: vibriant middle class families who once lived stable lives are
Speaker 1: now slipping into poverty. But this is not just ordinary.
Speaker 1: It is as a result of incompetent leadership without capacity
Speaker 1: and compassion, who are not interested in putting the Nigerian
Speaker 1: people first in their actions. Other nations have faced similar
Speaker 1: challenges and turned their fortunes around through disciplined leadership, sound
Speaker 1: economic policies, and a total commitment from the leaders to
Speaker 1: invest in human development and pulling their people out of poverty.
Speaker 1: A recent example is what is happening in Argentina. In Argentina,
Speaker 1: over fifty two percent of its population lived in poverty
Speaker 1: by early twenty twenty four, acording to the World Bank,
Speaker 1: with millions of Argentines unable to meet basic needs, inflation
Speaker 1: was above two hundred percent and economic confidence had collapsed.
Speaker 1: Yet within two years, through decisive action to cut waste
Speaker 1: in governance and prioritize economic stability, the newly inaugurated president
Speaker 1: was able to cut down the poverty rate to thirty
Speaker 1: eight point one percent from fifty two percent in just
Speaker 1: two years, and extreme poverty fell to eight point two percent,
Speaker 1: with inflation just around two to three per cent monthly.
Speaker 1: As at twenty twenty five, the urban poverty had declined
Speaker 1: to thirty one point six percent, lifting millions of people
Speaker 1: out of poverty. Investor confidence grew in the economy began
Speaker 1: to grow. The people now see real improvements in the
Speaker 1: daily lives. Both Argentina and the current Nigerian leadership assumed
Speaker 1: office in the same year, and this proves what I
Speaker 1: have always stated that two years may not be enough
Speaker 1: to change a nation with a one hundred percent turnaround
Speaker 1: but it is more than enough to kick start the
Speaker 1: transformation journey that will change the fortune of our dear country.
Speaker 1: With the people witnessing real and genuine change. But only
Speaker 1: if the leadership is honest, focused and committed to the people,
Speaker 1: Nigeria can work. We can reduce hunger and restore dignity
Speaker 1: to Nigerians. But this will not happen while corruption and
Speaker 1: criminality dominate our governance. Our nation requires leaders who will
Speaker 1: put the people first, manage resources prudently, and stand firm
Speaker 1: in rejecting corrupt practices. Nigeria will work, but only if
Speaker 1: we as leaders commit to tackling corruption, cutting the cost
Speaker 1: of governance, and focusing on critical areas of development like education,
Speaker 1: health care, and lifting the people out of poverty, just
Speaker 1: as other nations have done with remarkable results, a new
Speaker 1: Nigeria is possible. We had reported that after the Nigeria
Speaker 1: be Afra Civil War, the National Youth Service Corps NYSC
Speaker 1: was established on May twenty second, nineteen seventy three to
Speaker 1: give the youths the opportunity to leave their parents and
Speaker 1: stay alone to contribute to the betterment of the West
Speaker 1: Africa country Nigeria. Interestingly, a few days ago, one of
Speaker 1: the serving CORPSS, Hashie Rita A Guamaye, went to the
Speaker 1: market in Lagos State to buy foodstuffs, but she was
Speaker 1: shocked that the prices of foodstuffs in the month of
Speaker 1: March have again increased far more than they were previous months.
Speaker 1: Apparently faced with the heat of passion, her Guamaye took
Speaker 1: to social media to call on the youths to unite
Speaker 1: and defend the country from total economy collapse, saying it
Speaker 1: was her first time to leave her parents and start
Speaker 1: paying domestic bills alone, adding that the money she spends
Speaker 1: on transport is more than the monthly salary NYSC is
Speaker 1: paying her. Begging the youths to stage a thirty days
Speaker 1: non stop challenge protest to make the country President Bola
Speaker 1: Arma to Lubu, she described as a terrible person to
Speaker 1: be alive to his political and institutional responsibilities of making
Speaker 1: cost of living reasonably okay for people to afford, stressing
Speaker 1: that some Nigerians are pretending to still be rich whereas
Speaker 1: the bad economy has pushed them into poverty. This Reno Omakri,
Speaker 1: former presidential spokesperson who have been living abroad since twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: reacted and said that there is no country in the
Speaker 1: world where a paramilitary official like the Corpos is permitted
Speaker 1: to criticize the government. She didn't participate in.
Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. I think this is in
Speaker 3: Matsa dad Nan. Jurans who have followed this case since
Speaker 3: much when you started closely would be able to make
Speaker 3: reasonable deductions. Now let me start by saying that the
Speaker 3: statement issued by the management of the National Uses Corps
Speaker 3: yes to do quite unfortunate. It betrays the very idea
Speaker 3: behind the establishment of the US. In their statement, they
Speaker 3: claim that ryan Uh is being punished and penalized in
Speaker 3: compliance with the by loss of the Corps and the
Speaker 3: Saving Spirit has been extendard for two months and as
Speaker 3: a digate of national service with Hell because she missed
Speaker 3: or absence from the barmetric clearance for the month of
Speaker 3: the prel.
Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is that not only
Speaker 1: did Rio Rita.
Speaker 3: Present herself for Clarence in the month of April, specifically
Speaker 3: on the seventh of April, you know when people, she
Speaker 3: also attended the city.
Speaker 1: Which took place on the send it.
Speaker 3: Because if you're saying that the commember did not undergo
Speaker 3: clearance for a particular modes. One would want to know
Speaker 3: what what that reason for missing Clarence. I haven't said
Speaker 3: literally anything in that regard. And the simple reason is
Speaker 3: because what they were, she has said publicly, is completely false.
Speaker 3: This leddy presented herself before the little Government's inspector.
Speaker 1: I need.
Speaker 3: Of yourself, logle governments one, missus Veronica be.
Speaker 1: This is the same woman who not only I not her.
Speaker 1: Initially she claims, oh, go and join the.
Speaker 3: Q got to the back, she complied, of course, it
Speaker 3: got to.
Speaker 1: A found against. She was then to the back again.
Speaker 1: This lady spent six hours.
Speaker 3: Ryan spent six hours hoping, pleading, begging, almost prostrating to
Speaker 3: be cleared. She refused to Claire and guess what she
Speaker 3: sees that Clarence letter. Because if they're saying someone has
Speaker 3: not been clad for you to be clear of the commember,
Speaker 3: I also almost many of us went through this skin
Speaker 3: for you to be clear. Your mother have a Clarence
Speaker 3: letter from your Ppa with that which even the US
Speaker 3: cannot clear you.
Speaker 1: That is, even if you're sure.
Speaker 3: I have commembers who are you saving in our firm,
Speaker 3: and every month I have to sign their Clarence to
Speaker 3: say that looks I've worked the reporter and the PPIA
Speaker 3: for the month on the reference. Please attend to them.
Speaker 1: That is what that puts.
Speaker 3: She went there with a Clarence letter from her place
Speaker 3: of primary assignments, Missus Veronica Bell, collected declarance letter and
Speaker 3: then pretended as if she did not want to attend
Speaker 3: to her that time.
Speaker 1: As I said, when she kept pleading, the woman answered.
Speaker 3: Balley attacking her. She persisted she didn't told her she
Speaker 3: was not going to clear her.
Speaker 2: I did not get my ask her to get out
Speaker 2: country that she will.
Speaker 1: Not attend to her.
Speaker 3: And I said, look, madam, dad, please, as may I
Speaker 3: have done anything. I had to go by the NYS
Speaker 3: by laws, which is correct. I am supposed to face
Speaker 3: the court.
Speaker 1: Is Plary committee.
Speaker 2: It's been a long time.
Speaker 1: I went.
Speaker 3: That infurated the woman they move that.
Speaker 1: Who are you to even make.
Speaker 3: A suggestion about what the by law.
Speaker 1: Says I to live?
Speaker 3: What was she supposed to do after six hours? This
Speaker 3: is after she has seized her Clarence letter.
Speaker 1: She sent her away.
Speaker 3: I'm trying to On the eleventh of her prayer, Ryan
Speaker 3: went back to me with Veronica Blee's office.
Speaker 2: Family.
Speaker 3: This is a few days after the death.
Speaker 1: Bag with her. Please claim me for the month of April.
Speaker 3: People, should I say people? No, I don't have problem
Speaker 3: with you, okay, but nothing can be done now we
Speaker 3: are finishing monthly clear us. This is eleventh of the press.
Speaker 3: Did she bring all this to your notice at this
Speaker 3: time in April.
Speaker 1: I'm a lawyer. I'm preventing.
Speaker 3: Listens, I'm telling you, I'm preventing these things.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you as far back as April. Of course,
Speaker 1: I let me make you clean to you. You bring
Speaker 1: me in a mortgage, ready, you bring me in a mortgage.
Speaker 1: Nowhere