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After watching the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Benin City, Edo State, on TV live during his fact finding meeting with the good people of Edo state, I realised that he is totally not a Nigerian. He listened to all speakers with rapt attention and concentrated interest. One could see him practically and personally experiencing the pains of the abandoned and raped people of the Niger Delta. Even when there was a mini riot in the hall he remained calmed and probably prayerful as an ordained man of God. If the mild drama of mini riot that played out in the hall had happened in a situation where even a local government chairman was in charge, the chairman would have ordered the security men to shot at sight. If the person in charge was a state governor or a President, he would have ordered a massive arrest and inglorious shot at perception and at sight, but the learned and erudite scholar and legal luminary of international acclaim did not do any of that. Rather when he re...

After watching the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Benin City, Edo State, on TV live during his fact finding meeting with the good people of Edo state, I realised that he is totally not a Nigerian. He listened to all speakers with rapt attention and concentrated interest. One could see him practically and personally experiencing the pains of the abandoned and raped people of the Niger Delta. Even when there was a mini riot in the hall he remained calmed and probably prayerful as an ordained man of God. If the mild drama of mini riot that played out in the hall had happened in a situation where even a local government chairman was in charge, the chairman would have ordered the security men to shot at sight. If the person in charge was a state governor or a President, he would have ordered a massive arrest and inglorious shot at perception and at sight, but the learned and erudite scholar and legal luminary of international acclaim did not do any of that. Rather when he re...

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Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the counts for lack of proof of evidence. The charges dismissed include charges three, five, seven, nine and eleven. Specifically in count eleven she said claims by the prosecution that the defendants are researching how to make improvised explosive devices cannot hold waters, because there is no proof that they were doing it. On count five which bothers on belonging to an illegal organization, Justice Nyako also ruled that nothing was placed before the court to indicate that it is an illegal organisation. On count seven which bothers on importation of radio transmission equipment ,Justice Nyako also says that the prosecution did not furnish the court with any proof to suggest that the importation was illegal She however retained five other counts bothering on treason, terrorism and possession of arms. The accused persons are being re-arraigned again in the remaining charges. This is the fifth time Nnamdi Kanu and his co-defendants are being re-...