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The segment opens with reports on the alleged attack on Omoare and the police response, alongside the separate court order involving witnesses in his ongoing trial. The host introduces him to discuss both the violence and the legal case.
African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoare is at the center of fresh developments involving his allegations of political intimidation in Akita state and his ongoing criminal trial over social media publications about President Bola.Chuare has accused individuals allegedly linked to the Akita state government and the presidency of shielding those responsible for an attack on him and members of his team in Adikiti on the 30th of October.Although the police announced the arrest of 11 suspects, Chaware insists that the principal perpetrators and alleged sponsors have not been brought to justice.Meanwhile, in another development, a federal high court in Abuja has ordered in chairman, Professor Josh Amupita and the APC chieftain Joe Ibukqui to appear as defense witnesses in Shore's ongoing trial.The INC chairman has been directed to produce President Bulamemed Tunibu's 1999 Lagos governorship and 2023 presidential nomination documents including his form CF00001 an affidavit relating to law certificates.
The case has been adjourned to November 11.But in all of this, let's speak to the man of the moment.Joining us this morning is the presidential candidate for the AAC mo joins us this morning.Thank you for being here this morning.
Thanks for having me.Good morning.
Well, um looking at where to start from either from the incident of the attack or better still the recent court case.First of all, um let's ask how you're doing.Hope you're fairing better uh as we speak this morning.
Well, um I'm still alive.
That's what matters.That's what matters.Um you did put out a picture of um one of the perpetrators and uh as time proceeds um our producers would do well to ensure that we have that post of yours up on the screen for Nigerians andeveryone to see and you highlighted that this was one of the persons or the perpetrators what attacked you and your team.Has there been any update on his whereabouts in terms of being invited by the police?Have the police taken the steps to ensure that he has been apprehended and brought to book and has justice been served in this case where as a presidential candidate you have been attacked and something should be done.
Omoare explains his account of the assault, naming alleged organizers, describing the injuries and stolen devices, and accusing authorities of inaction. He also criticizes the peace accord organizers for staying silent after the attack.
Well, none of the planners, the participants and those who have tried to cover up this attack have been invited, let alone arrested or even investigated.The person you put up uh is the chief security officer of the city boy movement in the kitty state and before he was chief security officer of the city boys movement.He was the chief security officer of the former Nance president who is a special assistant to president on student engagement.His name is Ashe Sunday.So, so it turns out based on our own investigation that uh it was a Sunday who brought in money from Abuja gathered all this guy together then got the state government uh to be involved as well the stategovernor.So the Monday the morning we were attacked the CSO to the state governor his name is um CSP Ailu as a police officer called one of our guys who was also attacked he was a t coordinator and then
former NC activist in a kit his name is Moa he's popularly known as gig but they called him and said what is sh doing in our state uh this is a one party state tell him not to tryto have a rally uh if he does he's going to have a problem with us and um so I didn't go to the kitty primarily to have rally but it's political season so I naturally met with some ofour friends at the restaurant the DSS went to the restaurant and they told them not to host us again so I was going to participate in the kitty marathon it's known as a koshi marathon the second time afterwe were attacked the organizer his name is Ario mande also Alo issued a statement that I was not allowed to participate.I was banned from not participating.The police uh after seeing us in you know uh blooded up and all taking treatment at their own police facility in a commission of police was there.
He came saw us shook his head went out and said it was a mere alteration and he went to the restaurant to take control.They said it was police and DSS to take control of the CCTV camera and then wiped it out.So, not knowing that we would on our own be able to obtain evidence, which is evidence you just shown, we got a video tape of uh this attack happening live with people with machetes and all kinds of weaponsand uh and injured.At least 11 of our people were injured.They took over all our devices, phones, glasses, cameras, and uh took them directly to the state governor's office.We tracked it down there.Uh we we still have some of them track, but some of them have been returned to the police now and some of them were given back to some of our guys were on the ground.
So, I'm just giving you this background reporting or you know update so that you can understand where we are.The guy who is shown in this uh video, his name is Akinta Jaru participated in the rally for President Tinu about 7 days after we attacked.He was full of the boys movement.So nobody has arrested him.The leader of the city boys movement was even uploading videos dancing that oh you know celebrating the attack against us and threatening that if we come back to states they will attack us again and this time around they'llkill.So this is just where we are in terms of update.We wrote petitions to the IGP or police.We have not seen any action on his part.We've written petition to the office of the national security advisor.We've written petition to a lot of people a lot of both international and local bodies to bring their attention to uh this and just one thing before you ask your next question.
You remember when I came to your office I mean your studio the last time you asked me about the peace accord and I told you it's a joke right can you believe that those who organized the peace accordhave not made a statement since this attack happened not a single statement not even a tweet and very soon again they will ask all the presidential candidate to come and do their useless pizza court which uh which isa joke anyways and I've said this that they're just using that to fulfill European an union grant requirement.
Okay, we'll come to dig into the European Union grant requirement aspect of your statement shortly, but let's talk about why do you think the inspector general of police has not acted upon the information that you've shared with themin terms of the evidence.You've been able to dig and find evidence to share with the police.You've made a report um to the police.Although initially we heard that uh part of the argument I believe was that you were not willing to give a statement, but you've made an official report.Why do you think the police is not acting on it?
He expands on alleged links between security officials, political actors, and the attack, while rejecting the arrests made by police as irrelevant. The discussion turns to the wider danger of violence against opposition figures ahead of the 2027 election.
Well, who you think is the general police is practically a member of uh the ABC.So that is what the country has turned itself into.But most importantly, another angle that was revealed in the course of this was that the son-in-law to the president uh one honorable Joe who is the managing director of the federal housing authority was also involved.In fact, the guy who was on ground directing them I mentioned earlier works directly for him.Uh so those people will never allow the inspe to to even get involved.Even though the suggestion that general police will uh this claim that they have minuteed to the a different police formation to take over the uh the investigation but nothing has happened so far and I don't really trust them.You know this about me.I don't trust these individuals.I'm I'm sure we we all know that they are aware of who carried out these attacks.
So some of our colleagues in the kitty yesterday said the inspe the CP that's coming out of police in the kitty called them to a meeting and asked them if they know who the attackers were and of coursethey laughed at him and said but we have a video a series of video and why haven't you acted on those ones and he said well uh he can't just go back you know he was asking those peoplethat he met with that's know your gigabyte if they can take him to the house of the guy who was weing machete.You know, it's all a joke.They just hoping that they would have killed us and this that's that's that would have been that Nigeria will move on and that's what they're still hoping will happen that Nigerians will move on after all that has happened.
I mean, Mr.Sh, it's quite unfortunate what we're witnessing.It's not just you.We've seen a series of attacks on opposition uh candidates and supporters uh across the country.But the police naked is saying that they've made 11 arrest.Uh have you been able uh what's the progress uh with that?And also if these uh people who arrested
Yes.I I'll let you answer that first.
Okay.
Yeah.The people I've arrested were not involved in uh in the attack.What the police did and uh we we did our own investigation was to raid the environment after the incident in the evening as pressure mounted on them after they claim was an altercation and the suggestion didn't stick.They went and raided the area.You know how they do.Arrested some young people.Claimed that the devices that they are now in possession of came from those young people.But upon investigation, those young people were never involved in the arrest.And some of them were even released after they paid bribes to to the police because we also found out that a retired police officer who used to be in charge of RS in the state, his name is MarcusAll so was also involved in the attack.He was sitting across with some RS officer watching and if you if you listen to the longer version of the video, the persons recording the video were saying ah policemen follow these people to come and attack people and
somebody was in background.That's how they operate now.So they know the people that attacked us.They intentionally went and arrested people who were not involved and asked them to face the war.The devices and phones that they that they paraded with those people whose faces were never shown were never identified by us were not taken from those people.The devices that were sto that were robbed from us were taken by the same people that attacked us to the government house.We did the tracking of the devices to the government house inside the government house.It was when the pressure was much.It was when they discovered that we track these devices that went and forced and arrested some people.And guess what?On Monday, they went and the people they claimed they arrested having not spoken to us about them having not done any identification parade.
They ar them and granted them bail Monday.
Now Mr.Sh.Yes.Uh just to follow up uh just to be clear on what you're saying is that the principal uh perpetrators and the sponsors remain untouched.
Yes.We know the perpetrators
as a presidential candidate of a political party in Nigeria, one that is vying for the highest office in the land.Are you entitled to some form of state protection?maybe DSS detail police officers and if this trend of attacking uh opposition leaders and candidates and supporters continues cuz we've seen it across political parties uh what danger does it pretend uh for the January 2027 elections?
Omoare describes his attempts to obtain police protection and says officers failed to protect him during the attack. He argues that violence and intimidation are being used to suppress opposition and prevent a fair election.
Well uh to answer your first question I did apply uh because this is my third time uh running for office.I did apply directly to the police force for uh protection and uh they on paper assigned some six policemen to me but they insisted that I must get you know and hear this now.They insisted that the lawyer who wrote the petition the the request to them must come to Abuja and he was based in Lagos.So while we were bargaining as to when the lawyer would come, they released one ugly to me that had a piece to that that person was you know disarmed at the event of the attack till today the policehasn't asked them to come to explain what happened they we also had arranged two police officers by mobile policemen this also very important who were with us when we were in a kit state two policemen man and one
ugly.He was now wearing uniform.When the attackers came, they met the policeman in front of the restaurant.The policeman ran away and told the ugly when he was questioning, "Why are you running away?Somebody's coming to."They said, "Oh, these are state government people.We don't want to have anything to do with them and we're not allowed to touch them.These are untouchables."So all of this thing I've told you you can ask the CP of the state and to to to very interestingly when we got a copy of the video that you're showing here we sent first to the CPthat this is a video this will help you break into this case.He never responded to today
but like I have his number.I sent him a copy of the video even before it was released to the public.I still have the time down.He read it never responded.I keep pressuring him after that.He said, "Well, Mr.Sh, I don't want to have any conversation with you."That's all CP of K that's like a fallad.So, it is the biggest cover up.But the most important thing which is what you said is that Nigerians are seen all of this and I have no doubt because some didn't understand the scope of what I had told them in the past that theregime of Tinu is not interested in election.They want to have another selection but they have looked at the country geographically demographically and noted that there's no way out of this election.There's no way anybody's voting for Tino in this election and they want to do everything they can to scare people to ensure that voters don't come out.
That is why they deploying violence as much as as they are doing and they're willing to go to any length.This is not going to be the only thing they will do after they conclude with attacking people at rallies.They'll be carrying out specific targeted assassinations.You can go and write it down, you know.So those people who are laughing or who feel unconcerned because it's not them or their candidate just watch out because this is a very desperate moment for the president.That's quote and he knows that based on what is the security uh reports are showing that nobody wants to vote for him in the north.Nobody will vote for him in the south.Nobody will vote for him in the north east.Nobody's roundly rejected across the country.But he wants to carry out another selection.But as it is, I don't I'm sure they don't know how to do it.
But they want to make a statement by deploying violence as broadly and as frequently as possible so that they can suppress those who are against them.The candidates and where they are not using violence, they use the judiciary that you have seen.There's nothing I'm saying now that I probably haven't said on your show before in the past.
The conversation shifts to the federal high court case, including subpoenas for key witnesses and his complaints about judicial bias. It ends with his criticism of the peace accord committee and his view that it exists mainly to satisfy donor requirements rather than stop violence.
Okay, Mr.Shore, I mean, you just touched on the judiciary, so let's go there.Uh the federal high court uh subpoenas um um IND chairman.This was yesterday and it's actually in an ongoing uh connection um of a criminal trial that involves yourself and he's been told to appear before the courts.Uh we hear it's in November.Uh can you tell us how this is going especially looking at the fact that he's been told to bring documents alongside him?Yeah, it's expected to bring the documents tomorrow, Wednesday, November uh 11 and to the criminal trial that I've been facing, which is one of the strategies they have used to tie me down and make sure that I can'tcampaign.Uh the judge has insisted that he wants to be doing day-to-day trial so that I can't leave to go and campaign and whenever I go to campaign, I must take permission from him and if I take permission from
him, they will go and wait for me, attack me.Don't forget this is not the first time they did this in River State.They put a tracker on my car with intention of attacking me.So tomorrow chairman is expected to bring records of uh form CF 101.I mean I think it's one 0 I I can't remember exactly the one that is the bio data that uh a candidate files which includes every education record uh to to court to come explain the difference between theone of 1999 when he was running as governor talking about Batin now and that of u 2023 when he ran as president so we hope they will not find an excuse not to come because the chair has beensad We also subpoena.These are court subpoena witnesses.If they don't show up, we will file for them to get arrested.
That's the way it works.And also uh Chief Joey Buk, who is a an operative of the APC in uh Lagos, uh is expected tomorrow.Now Joey Bukoku has been avoiding service uh but we intend to file subsided service so that we can get him to come to Abuja to come and be a witness.There are certain things he said relating to that particular uh uh post that I made that was prominent in the DSS position and some of them are happening now because one of the things the DSS said was thatbecause I posted against in his reporters are angry or we become angry and they will take the violence.They are doing that now.So we want to get to the bottom of it.But in doing that also we want to get to the bottom of making the point that we have very solid uh position on criminality.
So and there will be more.It's going to be interesting even though I must say publicly here that the judge hasn't been very open to letting us get the best possible defense we need but we will push.We we have some of the best lawyers led by
how how do you mean that the judge hasn't been giving you the opportunity to have the best possible defense?
Well, we we had subpoenaed the DJ of DSS and the judge initially agreed that we should subpoena him and then reversed himself by saying that anybody from DSS could come.Even when the first person to come from DSS said he had no knowledge of some of the things that they put his name on.So there was forgery.The judge let the DSSG get out of that.We subuned uh the prosecutor ATK and the SEN uh for his position on the case that he's complicit in suppressing evidence and the judge also let him out yesterday.But the judge doesn't let any of applications go through.Whenever they come with their own application, the judge is happy to reverse.Even some of the orders he had granted, he will reverse.like all these there's no subpoena we put out there that the judge didn't sign off on only for the judge to then reverse himself on this opinion.
So but against all odds we are certain that we'll get to the bottom of this and uh this is a very very historical case and we hope the media will pay serious attention and most importantly for the mediato when you cover these cases to cover it as broadly as possible.We've noticed that whenever we finish from court, the media only reports what the DSS uh u you know PR people sent to them which is uh sad.
Okay.Um so what would be the next steps now that you know these subpoenas have been set aside?What's what are the next steps for you?
No the the the subpoena for the NH has not been set aside.That's that's meant for trial tomorrow.Okay.
The sub for has not been set aside.I'm just telling you the past opinions that the judge granted and then decided to set aside uh which is kind of very curious as to his own impartiality.
Okay.
Um earlier just as we wrap up, you had made mention about the police trying to fulfill all righteousness in order to be able to uh meet up with the European Union grant.What did you mean by that?
Well, I didn't say police.I meant the peace committee.The
peace accord.Yes.
Yeah.Yeah.as a peace.The people who organized the peace accord, I had expected them to be front, back and center of these attacks, not only against me but against any other participant in the electoral process.They have been quiet, no statement made.They should be the one pushing for investigation.In fact, it's part of what they made us sign in this joke of his piece that anybody who engages in violence that they they will push for prosecution themselves.I said they have not done a single thing.They have not made a statement, not a tweet, not a post about the attacks has been going on including death.The peace accord or the peace accord committee whatever it is called witness the death of 70 people in a state.They did nothing.They've not they've not done anything.They not pushing for any investigation.They are planning yet another jambbury.
That's why I said it's a fulfillment of the grant requirements of the European Union.Very soon they will call us again to come to uh whatever they choose to govern to come and have another grandio peace P.
I mean like like you said the last time I asked you this question, you only go there to socialize and you know meet some of your
friends time was a joke.
Well the party and our campaign will decide whether it is worth going or not.Uh, so we we'll let you know when we get the invitation.We'll take a position on that.
All right.No problem.Thank you, Mr.Moles, for joining us this morning.We look forward to having you again and we'll continue to follow up with the story.