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nigeria Anti-Corruption Police Economic
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and Financial Crimes Commission E FCC
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may have failed to state the alleged
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crime or crimes committed by a human
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rights activist Martins Vincent aka
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Vidman since 5 days over 120 hours the
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anti-corruption police arrested him in
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Abuja when he went with his mother to GT
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Bank to get clarification from the bank
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over constant apparent unauthorized
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withdrawals affected by the bank on the
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woman's savings account although Vared
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Darkman was arrested alongside his
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friend Steven Avuara aka CPAC but
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according to the statement issued by the
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activist lawyers legal chamber Deji
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Adanju and partners Steven Avuara was
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released shortly after he was arrested
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on Friday with the chamber insisting
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that as it on Tuesday e FCC have not
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been able to state the crime or crimes
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their client Verid Darkman committed
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rather as at on Monday four operatives
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of the EFCC engaged the human rights
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activist in hours long questions that
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borders on why he allegedly monetized
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his social media pages his public
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comments about a gospel musician his tax
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records and his source of income this
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apparently authenticated the BBC report
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that the EFCC confirmed to it that Vid
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Darkman was arrested and detained for
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cyber talking a BBC report which EFCC
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swiftly launched media war against the
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British media tagging the BBC report as
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a fake news and in retaliation the BBC
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pigeon replied EFCC with a post that its
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report is correct and undoubtedly the
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crime of cyber talking may not be the
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duty of the EFCC as such is apparently
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the constitutional responsibility of the
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Nigeria Police Force and if true that
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the human rights activist was detained
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for cyber talking it shows that the
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country ruling political party the All
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Progressives Congress APC may have
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questions to answer the APC had earlier
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issued threat message to the human
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rights activist after the activist
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called the Nigeria Senate President
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God's Will Actio out over the Senate
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President traveling to Rome in Italy to
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attend Pope Francis burial while almost
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daily killings and unabated high level
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of insecurity are observed in several
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states in the West Africa country and
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furthermore EFCC in a statement on
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Tuesday only issued an apparent vague
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statement that he received series of
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petitions against the activist as a way
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to try to justify why the human rights
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activist was arrested and detained but
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the anti-corruption commission probably
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could not make any reasonable allegation
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against the human rights defender even
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when the commission confirmed in the
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statement that it has been investigating
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the allegations filed against Marie
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Darkman before the activist was arrested
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in a commandoike style at the exit gate
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of GT Bank according to Deji Aliandu and
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partners legal chamber following our
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earlier statement on the arrest of our
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clients Mr martins Vincent Dots aka very
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dark black man and Mr steven Avuara aka
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CPAC by offices of the Economic and
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Financial Crimes Commission EFCC and
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considering the heightened interest that
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their arrest has generated amongst
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members of the public we are constrained
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to issue this further statement while we
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can confirm that Mr abuara was released
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after our intervention on May 2nd 20
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canada newly elected Prime Minister Mark
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Carney on Tuesday met with President
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Donald Trump of the United States US
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after he had arrived at its rival trade
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war neighboring country the US earlier
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on Monday with a statement that Canada
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and US are strongest when they work
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together and on Tuesday when he finally
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met with Trump at the Oval Office he
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bluntly told the US president that
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Canada is not for sale and won't be for
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sale ever after Trump made a repeat
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statement of Canada becoming the 51st
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states of the United States of America
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USA mark Carney shortly after arriving
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in the US on Monday said "I've arrived
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in Washington DC ahead of meetings with
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President Trump tomorrow canada and the
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United States are strongest when we work
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together and that work starts now carney
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stated via social media post during the
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meeting on Tuesday Trump said "As a real
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estate developer when you get rid of
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that artificial line when you look at
4:33
that beautiful formation together I said
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that's the way it was meant to be."
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Carne responded and said "As you know
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from real estate there are some places
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that are never for sale we are sitting
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in one right now having met with the
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owners of Canada over the course of the
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campaign the last several months it's
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not for sale it won't be for sale ever
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it would be recalled that the two
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leaders quickly engaged in a continuous
4:59
exchange of words soon after Mark Carney
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took over as Canada prime minister
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following Trump's repeated suggestions
5:06
that Canada become part of the US as the
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51st state after insisting that Canada
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is not for sale Mark Carney added that
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although Canada is not for sale but the
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opportunity is in the partnership and
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what we can build together and we have
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done that in the past trump still didn't
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let go of the idea as he later mused
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never say never time will tell it's only
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time but I say never say never Trump
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said i've had many many things that were
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not doable and they ended up being
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doable and only doable in a very
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friendly way trump had in some minutes
5:43
ahead of the meeting lashed out at
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Canada on his conservative social media
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platform the truth platform writing "The
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US didn't need anything the country has
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to offer in terms of trade and goods we
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don't need the cars we don't need their
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energy we don't need their lumber we
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don't need anything they have other than
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their friendship which hopefully we will
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always maintain they on the other hand
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need everything from us the prime
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minister will be arriving shortly and
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that will be most likely my only
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question of consequence trump wrote
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Carney's visit comes off the heels of
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his election win to replace Justin
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Trudeau that was fueled in part by his
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anti-Trump platform after his victory
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Carney warned Canadians "Trump is trying
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to break us so that America can own us
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that will never that will never ever
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happen." Trump on Monday had said he was
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not sure what the prime minister wanted
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to discuss but added that Canada wants
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to make a deal while Carney said on
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Friday that they will focus on trade
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pressures and the broader future
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economic and security relationship i'm
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not pretending these discussions will be
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easy they won't proceed in a straight
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line carney said unknown witness brought
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by the federal government of Nigeria to
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federal high court sitting in Abuja on
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Tuesday over the case involving Bafra
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Republic agitator nandi Kanu has
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testified before the court that the
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indigenous people of Bafrae ipob leader
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was the founder of the Eastern Security
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Network ESN an IPOB acclaimed vigilante
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security network established to fight
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against terrorists that were advancing
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from northern part of Nigeria and
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building camps in some parts of
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southeast states although the unknown
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witness who was fully masked and
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personal details kept secret introduced
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himself as a personnel of the department
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of state services the SS who was among
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the detectives that interrogated the
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detained IPOB leader but the IPOB leader
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Nami Kanu in a swift reaction said the
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witness is unknown denying ever meeting
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such a person the defense lawyer raised
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a point of observation during
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cross-examination that the issue raised
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by the unknown witness has been
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deliberated and struck out by the
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previous judge prosecution lawyer
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ado San on Tuesday called its second
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witness to testify the witness claimed
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that Kanu incited violence and
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established the eastern security network
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ESN allegedly as an armed wing of
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IPOB according to Punch newspaper the
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federal high court on Tuesday during the
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continuation of the trial banned Favor
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Kanu the wife of Prince Fineboy Kanu the
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younger brother of the leader of the
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detained indigenous people of Bafra
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Nambi Kanu from attending the next three
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court sessions after she streamed the
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proceedings live on her Facebook page
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justice Jameso issued the order on
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Tuesday after Favor admitted to live
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streaming the session and apologized
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the judge said her action could have
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amounted to contempt of court even
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though her husband's lawyer Chief Ku
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Agabi also begged the court for
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forgiveness justice Amatosho maintained
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that she must be barred for three
9:04
sittings the judge expressed disbelief
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that she still went ahead to post the
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video online despite her phone being
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seized during a previous court date for
9:13
a similar offense "i want to hear from
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her were you not the one who took your
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phone?" The judge asked "I did not give
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the order to forfeit that phone i don't
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know if she might be a wife to my
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brother Nami Kanu," he added prince
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Fineboy Kanu replied "She is my wife."
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Justice warned that no one should take
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actions that could delay the trial
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assuring that justice would be done
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during the proceeding the federal
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government's second prosecution witness
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told the federal high court in Abuja
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that Kanu is also the founder of the
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Eastern Security Network the witness
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code named BBB stated under examination
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by the federal government's lead council
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had ao in the open court presided over
10:02
recall that at the commencement of the
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trial Aamalo had asked the court that
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the identities of the witnesses be
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concealed from the public and protected
10:10
for security reasons he stated the
10:13
charges against Carnu bothers on a
10:15
serious offense of terrorism hence the
10:18
need to protect the witnesses in a short
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ruling Justice granted the prosecution
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council's request caro who was initially
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facing a 15count charge of ter N
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