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Niger Gov Reverses Self After Ordering Arrest Of Anyone With Dreadlocks https://osazuwaakonedo.news/niger-gov-reverses-self-after-ordering-arrest-of-anyone-with-dreadlocks/23/04/2025/ #Issues #Bago #Niger #VeryDarkMan ©April 23rd, 2025 ®April 23, 2025 3:46 pm Niger State Governor, Muhammed Umaru Bago has reversed self over arresting anyone with dreadlocks, a matching order he gave on Tuesday at Stakeholders security meeting in the State to security operatives in the state which is one of the states in Nigeria most troubled by bandits and terrorists, clarifying that, the arrest order is only meant for a particular group of people suspected to be a member of a particular secret cult group that carries dreadlocks as a symbol of identification, this, a well known social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse aka VeryDarkMan had condemned the action of the governor, saying that, if the governor considered dreadlocks as a sign of insecurity, it therefore means, the Governor should be the first to be arrested for carrying a monster beards. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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niger state governor Muhammad Omaru Bago
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has reversed self over arresting anyone
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with dreadlocks a matching order he gave
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on Tuesday at stakeholders security
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meeting in the state to security
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operatives in the state which is one of
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the states in Nigeria most troubled by
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bandits and terrorists clarifying that
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the arrest order is only meant for a
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particular group of people suspected to
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be a member of a particular secret cult
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group that carries dreadlocks as a
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symbol of identification this a
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well-known social media influencer
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Martins Vincent Odds aka Vid Darkman had
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condemned the action of the governor
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saying that if the governor considered
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dreadlocks as a sign of insecurity it
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therefore means the governor should be
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the first to be arrested for carrying a
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monster beards vid Arman in a swift
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reaction to the governor's order on
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Tuesday said most criminals like Boohh
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Haram terrorists often dressed
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responsibly and they are hardly seen
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putting on dreadlocks hairstyles adding
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that the governor should focus on
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providing jobs for the thousands of
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unemployed youths in the state which he
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said is the major cause of insecurity
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hence urging the governor to avoid the
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misleading narratives of trying to tie
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insecurity to hairstyles according to
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Vared Darkman the kind of misleading
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narratives and actions taken by the
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Niger state governor Muhammad Omarago
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may be the reason why the insecurity in
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Nigeria probably has continued to be on
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the high side because the criminals do
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take advantage of the inability of the
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government to know the true modus
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operandi and thus the governments always
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chased after irrelevant issues and
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meaningless issues of concern while the
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terrorists and other criminals dressed
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behaved in a all responsible ways to
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continue to terrorize the country
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governor Muhammad Omaru Bago had on
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Tuesday said from today henceforth
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anybody you find with dreadlock in Niger
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state arrests him barb his hair and fine
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him parents should warn their children
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from this moment it's 100% fire for fire
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demolish houses hammering criminals also
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any house found hammering criminals
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should be demolished Niger state is not
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for useless people the governor had
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initially stated on Wednesday the
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governor in another meeting with federal
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government officials in Niger state
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reversed himself and stated that
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yesterday we read a riot act on
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huliganism and people misconstrued our
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words for people who have dreadlocks we
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don't have a problem with dreadlocks but
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we have a problem with the cult here
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with
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dreadlocks so if you have dreadlocks and
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you have business please come to Niger
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state all that is media propaganda we
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are only driving the cult that is
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becoming a menace in Niger state thank
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you meanwhile the governor at the
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security meeting on Tuesday banned the
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use of tricycle and motorcycle from 6:00
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p.m to 6:00 a.m in the state capital
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Mina details of the ban on the
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commercial vehicles as contained in the
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news release made available by Boi
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Ibrahim the chief press secretary to the
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governor of Niger state reads verbatim
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below niger state government has
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suspended movement of commercial
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motorcycle and tricycle riders from 6:00
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p.m to 6:00 a.m in Mina the state
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capital farmer Governor Omaru Bago made
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this public at a critical stakeholders
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security meeting held at the government
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house with the traditional title holders
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in Mina Emirate and the heads of
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security agencies
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farmer Omaru Bago who announced
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exemption for medical emergency
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described the measure as temporary aimed
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at addressing the growing security
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challenges in the state capital the
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farmer governor disclosed that he will
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not stay back and watch criminals
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continue to perpetrate evil adding that
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it is the responsibility of every
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government to ensure the security of
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lives and property of its citizenry he
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also warned district village and ward
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heads to always ensure proper
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documentation of people they harbor in
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the domains explaining that any house
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found to be hammering criminals will be
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demolished while buildings where hard
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drugs are sold will as well be destroyed
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the farmer governor also called on the
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entire security apparatus of the state
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to ensure that they clamp down on
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criminals their hideouts and their
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cartels
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farmer Omaru Bago equally cautioned
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parents to warn their children as anyone
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caught in any violent related activity
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will be arrested and prosecuted
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accordingly with the full weight of the
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law as the state government will
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continue to have zero tolerance on thugy
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and rascality he described governance as
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a collective responsibility and
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thereafter called on all stakeholders to
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come together and ensure that insecurity
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is tackled deputy Governor of Niger
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State Comrade Yuku Gaba Amir of Min
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Al-Haji Umar Farik Bajo district village
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and ward heads in Min as well as
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security chiefs in the state attended
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the
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meeting
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yesterday
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on people mischie
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with lots so if you have dread lots and
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you have business please come to United
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State all that is a media propaganda we
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are not driving lots of
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coming
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in thank you no
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tolerance to rascality in Mina anybody
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that you find with h barber or dreadlock
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arrest
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him grab his hair and find
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him nobody should carry any kind of help
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record again inside me i have given you
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m order the security agencies any boy
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anybody you find with a weapon deal with
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him as an armed robber
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so for parents
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warn your
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children warn your
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words from this moment is 100% fire on
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fire any attempt to harass any security
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officer is an attempt to harass the
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government of Niger state we are going
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to come with the full force of power of
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the government and descend on you and
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any house found harboring criminals
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should be demolish development board
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bring it
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down
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NDLADC and other agencies clamp down on
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drug dealers 0% tolerance in
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Niger and Niger state is not for useless
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people
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If you can't take care of your children
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we'll take care of them for you
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we take care of them for
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you anybody that you find with Baba or
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dreadlock arrest
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him b his hair and find him
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nobody should carry any kind of help
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record again inside me i have given you
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mine order the security agencies all
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right so I just came back now and this
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is the first news I'm seeing on Tund's
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page where the governor of Mina Niger
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states he's talking about security
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insecurity in his state and then he went
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on to say that any youth or anybody you
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see with dreadlocks should be arrested
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and they should cut their hair so
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basically I guess he's trying to medge
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it up that dreadlocks is a sign of
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insecurity maybe you understand but if
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you want to judge by the looks even UAB
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governor they're supposed to hold you
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bad your face your
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beers because your beers alone shows
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that you don't even look responsible now
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not from my own point because I know a
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lot of elderly people where we say they
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see you you carry beers or Come on go
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and clear this thing i don't see some
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old men that time for church or they
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tell those brother for children they do
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fine boy for choir or say bad this hair
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you are looking
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irresponsible so if you are judging the
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youth and saying that okay they look
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irresponsible with their look and it's a
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threat to security based on you are
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discussing security then even you as a
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governor you need to clean
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shave you need to shave but that's
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number one number two I'm a very nice
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guy very dark man is very nice i want to
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help you as the governor to get the boys
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that have dreadlocks in Niger state i
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will help you as the governor but guess
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what I will also help you do i will also
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help you find the youth in Niger state
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that don't have a job
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the people living in abject poverty in
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Niger state a lot of youth in that Niger
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state are into fraud because the economy
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is not favoring them and the government
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is not creating an avenues for the youth
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to thrive
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so if that dreadlocks now they give the
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person walk do you know what you're
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about to stop now all about people that
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are into the business of making
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dreadlocks because as far as I'm
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concerned it's a hairstyle is a
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hairstyle
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so about the people that into the
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business of making drug laws now you
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don't close person place where they take
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make money with
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that do you understand you don't close
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person they say make you governor make
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you governor see me in Niger state
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governor
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now this is what you know advanced
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country talk about now let's now go back
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because like I said he was talking about
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insecurity right which is a good topic
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right now all the old people where they
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don't catch for insecurity insurgency
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boo you know bok haram bandits and
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everything none of them carry dreadlocks
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show me a boo member with dreadlocks
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dreadlocks show me a boo member with
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dread laws
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people that attack that cause insecurity
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in Nigeria they are very smart they have
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to blend in
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and it is people like you and this kind
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of ideology that is making them blend in
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very well now you are going after people
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you want to start going after boys that
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are carrying dreadlocks then people now
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wear one do the insecurity they dress
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well they go wear suit and tie they
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carry bomb go bomb they go they
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kidnap they kidnap they wear suit and
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tie now they wear allergic clo they wear
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and buba they wear isu they wear
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isua or they wear mala clothes or they
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wear suits they carry out atrocities you
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would not know because you think that
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the people get drunk now them be the bad
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people for the society let's clamp on
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them Before you able to you'll be able
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to talk to the youth you must have
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something to offer the youth what are
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you offering the youth for them to
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change their lifestyle for you a lot of
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them now
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artists a lot of people carry dreadlocks
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for low self-esteem some people they
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carry and this they cover their hair
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some people they look and say "Okay now
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this dreadlocks they beautify me." A lot
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of people have different reason to some
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people want to grow their hair longer no
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problem with dreadlocks some people want
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to save their stress of going to the
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barbing saloon always so they carry
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dreadlocks dreadlocks does not mean
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irresponsibility
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when they dreadlocks not even strength
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if we go by the Bible Samson hairstyle
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they say Samson keep once you know they
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once you know they comb your hair
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because Bible not talk about comb once
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you know they comb your hair now
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dreadlocks turn to so Samson get dread i
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want to believe John the Baptist also
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had dreads
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now we get debate say whether Jesus
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black man if Jesus black man that is to
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say Jesus said get
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or okay yeah there's a part where they
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shake
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do you understand so my dear governor
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with all due respect you cannot
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stereotype the people on dreadlocks and
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tag them with those causing ir
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insecurity or irresponsibility in the
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state you can't do that you can't do
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that so Please sir honorable governor
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with all due respect this is wrong this
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is stereotyping this is
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wrong other country they they carry
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youth they go outside country train them
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AI may they come into production i say
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young governor I expect you to bring in
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the youth so that they can go into
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production
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this is what you can offer
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for bringing you the news in a more
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digital
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