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We Had Court Order Not To Protect Lives, Properties During Rivers LGA Elections - IGP
Oct 8, 2024
We Had Court Order Not To Protect Lives, Properties During Rivers LGA Elections - IGP https://osazuwaakonedo.news/we-had-court-order-not-to-protect-lives-properties-during-rivers-lga-elections-igp/05/10/2024/ #Issues #Egbetokun #Fubara #Igp #Kayode #NPF #Nyesom #Police #Rivers #RSIEC #Siminalayi #Wike Published: October 5th, 2024 Reshared: October 8, 2024 3:45 pm
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Nigeria Inspector General of police
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kyote okon has said that the Nigeria
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police force was served with a court
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order not to provide security in this
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Saturday River State local government
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elections which apparently means the
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court ordered the police institution not
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to be alive to its constitutional and
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institutional responsibility of
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protecting lives and properties most
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importantly during conflict of interest
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or dispute the police B stated this in a
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press statement issued on Friday by the
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first public relations officer Ola ad in
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reaction to the statements of the River
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State Governor forar simal who had
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accused the igp of trying to stop or
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disrupt the election forar had early
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morning night on Friday about 1:00 a.m.
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stom the premises of River State
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independent electoral commission RS to
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ask the police team deployed to the
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facility by the igp to leave according
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to the igp he decided to withdraw the
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river state government house police
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operatives the governor sent to protect
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the RS office with another set of
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policemen following intelligent reports
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as relate to him by the commissioner of
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police in River State that there was an
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attempt to attack the building igp OK
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said the allegations made against him by
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the River State Governor was unfounded
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the Nigeria police force has noted with
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concern the recent statements made by
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the governor of rivers State his
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Excellency Sim fubara in which several
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unfounded allegations were leveled
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against the office of the Inspector
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General of police and the Nigeria police
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force in light of these claims it has
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become necessary to set the record
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straight firsty it is important to
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clarify that there is a subsistent
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federal high court order bearing the
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Nigeria police force from participating
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in the River State elections this order
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was duly served on both the npf and the
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rivers state government as a law abiding
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institution the igp instructed the
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commissioner of police in River State to
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strictly adhere to this court order by
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refraining from any direct involvement
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in the election
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process however in the evening of the 3D
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of October
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2024 the commissioner of police River
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State received reports that policemen
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from River state government house have
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been deployed to the office of River
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State independent electoral commission
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RS to add the conduct of the election
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this report was also relayed to the
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Inspector General of police who gave
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clearance to the commissioner of police
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to withdraw the policemen from the
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government's house and replace with
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policemen from the command operations
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Department the Mandate of the men from
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the operations Department was to provide
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overnight security for the RS to prevent
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any attack on the facility it is also
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important important to note that prior
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to this there had been series of
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security breaches in the state following
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the spirit of court orders and counter
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orders and reactions to them by
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supporters of the different political
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parties involved the response of the
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command to secure RS overnight was
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therefore professional and supported by
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the Inspector General of police for
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emphasis sake the policeman deployed to
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RS from the operations Department of
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rival State command on the night of the
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3rd of October 2024 where with the soul
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mandate to protect the RS office from
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Attack overnight this action was
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proactive and responsive to intelligence
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at the disposal of the state command it
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is therefore shocking to see the state
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Governor storing the RS office at night
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wrongly accusing the police unlawful
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duties the riding the police institution
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and using unprintable words to describe
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the Inspector General of police
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the Nigeria police takes exception to
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the unwarranted Outburst of the governor
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and particularly the Wy accusations
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which he falsely levied against the
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Inspector General of police and the
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entire Nigerian police force and advised
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caution and decency in the pursuit of
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individual political goals threatening
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to shed blood and to burn down the state
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because of a local government election
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is not acceptable to us the Nigeria
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police force is committed to Protec
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setion of lives and properties and will
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work with other security agencies in
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River State to ensure that there is no
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breakdown of Law and Order In the state
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to this end the Inspector General of
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police has ordered increased deployment
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into River State to beef of security
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throughout the state citizens of River
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State are advised to go about their
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lawful businesses the igp stated as
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contained in the Press statement
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Governor fubara had also accused the igp
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of trying to block the election from
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holding saying the relationship the igp
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has with someone in the state has gone
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beyond professional the person he could
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be referring apparently to the immediate
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past governor of the state who is
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currently the Nigerian minister of
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federal capital territory fct in wi who
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appeared to have had issues with the
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governor shortly after the governor took
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over
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office gentleman of the
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press
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we we came here this
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morning when we heard
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that
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the according to what they call
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themselves Nigeria
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police are coming to take over the
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premises of R State El
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commission and I had to come myself to
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find out why
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[Music]
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happen what I heard that one
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[Music]
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One D DC operation brought them here to
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withdraw policemen that are already here
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protected protecting this place so that
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new officers will take over the place
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but I have I have to have to say this on
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a very strong
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note we've been taking enough
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nonsense from this
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institution everybody is aware of the
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court judgment and even the Judgment
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judgment as they call it the ruling did
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the
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ruling specify anywhere that election
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should not hold he said don't give
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voters register what are we doing with
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it okay police don't provide security
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don't provide security is this the same
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thing as blocking the election I don't
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know what the relationship between
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Inspector General of police and one one
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one one one person who claim he has so
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much power in this state I don't know
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the relationship because it's beginning
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to go beyond the normal professional
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relationship I said the the the the the
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government wrote a letter with the
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Judgment that we have to
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him and what he's acting on is what what
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he called the federal government the
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Judgment he got from the federal High
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Court the even even at that if we should
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go by that the Judgment in the federal
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High Court did this say election should
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be
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bad that's that Justice that gave that
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that that that that fraudulent judgment
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did he say no election rather it
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technically said don't provide don't
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provide we don't need your we don't need
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your
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security we will provide our security
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after it happened
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in go away with your security but this
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election must hold if you like whatever
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it is you want to do do it the election
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result will be declared people will be
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swanning I say it here not
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what kind of country is it and when it
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comes to the issue of River State it
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become
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different you're not ashamed of yourself
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you call yourself police enough is
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enough enough is
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enough I will be here in fact if I go
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back and I hear anybody I will come here
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this is my property and you don't have
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any power whatsoever to B me from
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entering it just try it that that that
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part of your history as a very Wicked
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and fraudulent police will include
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shooting for yes I think I think I've
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given enough
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respect well let me say to all all
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Rivers IND everyone residing in River
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state election will
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hold election will hold anything that
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want to happen let
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it I don't understand anywhere
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anybody
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all so everybody just relax nothing is
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happening nothing we are ready this if
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this is if we know that this is going to
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be the last fight and we will take it to
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the end thank you
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[Applause]
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