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*The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any* ." — Alice Walker
" *In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends* ." — Dr Martin Luther King Jr " *To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men* ." — Ella Wheeler Wilcox * *"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality* ." — Archbishop Desmond Tutu *"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true." —* Dr Martin Luther King Jr " *As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest."* — Nelson Mandela " *What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us* ." – Gaton Bachelard " *We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference* ." — Elie Wiesel " *Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral* ." — Paulo Freire " *Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on* ." — Thurgood Marshall " *Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly* ." – Mahatma Gandhi " *The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people* ." — Dr Martin Luther King Jr " *Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph* ." — Haile Selassie " *If I sit silently, I have sinned* ." — Mohammad Mossadegh " **Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."* — Robert F Kennedy* #2
Environmentalists demand prompt response to Ogboinbiri community oil spill.
THE Environmental Defenders Network, an environmental rights group, has called on regulatory agencies and oil companies to respond promptly when oi spils occur to forestall the spread and destruction of the environment. detention of the The EDEN call is coming as the Ogboinbiri community in Southern ljaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State recorded the first ol spill on the 14-inch •The community pipeline Ogboinbiri/Tebidaba since Oando completed a $783m takeover of the assets of the Nigeria Agip Oi Company. According to the Deputy Executive Director of EDEN, Alagoa Morris, the spill which ocCurred on Friday, September 5. has affected swamps, streams and farmlands, and disrupted fishing activities in the area with the National Oi1 Spill Detection and Response Agency and Oando Plc yet to move to avert a major environmental disaster. Speaking on the incident on Tuesday, a resident, Maxwel Oseke, said: "This spill happened on September 5, 2024. But as I said earlier, the previous one that I was part of the assessment team, I will not be specific with dates, but if I should go back to my pictures and whatever in my gadget, I will be able to come up with the date as I have pictures and videos that I posted on my Facebook page. receiving very due "It is not to my notice that previous spill-impacted sites were cleaned up. If a deamup was done, it would have showm in the environmernt. If there was a proper cleanup, you are here I think your cameras can capture some of the charTed trees from the previous spill-impacted site that was set ablaze. So, there was no proper cleanup. This current spill is because of equipment failure; that I can assure you. There has been a Joint Investigation Visit and, they won't deny what I just said." Contiued on www.punchng.com #3
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Enugu rights group accuses police of shooting five detainees in Akpawfu community The civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network has submitted a petition to the Inspetor General of Police, seeking redres for five individuals who were allegedly subjected to torture and shot in the legs by police oficers in Enugu State. Some sources and residents The petition, signed by CRRAN President, Olu Omotayo, Esq. and dated September 16, requested the IG to take immediate action to address the situation. The five individuals, who are members of the Neighbourhood Watch in Akpawfu community, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Enugu State, are - Sunday Nwobodo (also known as Divine Spoon), Onyeka Nnaji, Nnamdi Gabriel, Nweze Igweshi and Nwabunkeonye Nnamani. The petition demanded the IG to also ensure their immediate release or arraignment in a court of law, should they be suspected of committing an offence. It also demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged torture and shooting of the individuals. The petition partly read: "The family members of the above named detainees informed us that they were randomly arrested between August 3, 2024, and August, 12, 2024, from the community. "We were further informed that one Mr. Nnaji was reported to have been killed some time in July 2024, by unknown persons in the community. The community thereafter arrested one Mr. Ogodo and two others who they suspected had a land dispute with the deceased and handed them over to the police in the area, but the police later released the suspects and invited some members of the community's Neighbourhood Watch to report to the Octopus Base. The Neighbourhood aforementioned Watch members reported to the Plr and they bave since been detention. We were further ior that the police have access to the detainees by families and lawyer further stated that when s members of the community allowed to see the detainees t weeks ago, they were al in as they had been tortured shot on their legs by the Police while in detention. #5
Congo and Zarap Community online
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Ezinano community petitions PSC chair,
protests officer's alleged misconduct LEADERS and titled chiefs of Ezinano Ezinano community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have petitioned the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Hasimu Argungu, seeking for the investigation of the officer-in- charge of Police Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, Supol Iburu Ifeanyi. The community is protesting and accusing Supol Ifeanyi of various alleged misconducts bordering on unlawfu] activities, including unlawful use of firearms, harassment, threat to life, intimidation, and meddling in land matters. They urged the PSC to investigate and take disciplinary action against Supol feanyi. •Contiuued on www.punchng.com #8
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Residentsof Ugwu Mkpume layout I. Achalla Agu Community seek intervention as flood
havoc in their community. Several families and persons are currently affected and displaced by a flood disaster at Ugwu MKpume layout , Achalla Agu Community in Nkpor Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. South-East PUNCH indings showed that the severe impact of flooding has been a persistent issue in Anambra in recent years, especially across communities near the River Niger and other flood-prone areas. With the prediction of NIMET of impending flooding in the months to come, the worst may not have come yet. Anambra, being among the states being pencilled down by NIMET to be affected by the impending flooding, residents are worried that if critical steps and deliberate effort are not taking to forestall this danger, it might spell doom across all facets, incuding lives and property, farmlands and •Trapped victimns and submerged houses in the community livestock, among others. South-East PUNCH had reported that two persons, including a mother of three children and a yet-to-be- identified young man, were recently killed in the flood that suddenly hit the Ugwu Mkpume Layout, Achalla Agu community in Nkpor, on September 6, 2024, during a midnight downpour. The victims were reportedly asleep when the flood suddenly broke into their houses and swept them away. •Continued on www.punchng.com #10
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