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In this thread, I will try to explain why the government has no case against Nnamdi Kanu by dissecting specific points as a result of events that occured during his trial.

Nnamdi Kanu is currently facing seven charges over his Biafra agitation. Six of the charges, which accused him of incitement, enforcement of a sit-at-home order in the region, intimidation, threat against Nigerians and security personnel, and professing to be a member of IPOB. Only one of the charges alleging illegal importation of a radio transmitter was filed under the Criminal Code Act.

To prove the injustice and illegality of Kanu's case, I will list and explain 5 points below.

- Strange ruling by Supreme Court judges

The Court of Appeal in Abuja ruling acquitted/freed Nnamdi Kanu. The court anchored its decision dismissing the charges on the illegality of the “extraordinary rendition”, that is the illegal kidnap of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 to continue his trial. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun declared that Kanu’s forcible repatriation (Kidnap) from Kenya to Nigeria was illegal.

Even after the supreme court declared that Kanu's kidnap from Kenya was illegal, lead judgement prepared by Tijjani Abubakar, ruled that there is no Nigerian law that prohibits the use of “illegally obtained evidence for the trial of a defendant.”

This shameful legal twist at the supreme court was glaringly a deliberate ploy to deny Kanu justice after he had won his case at the Court of Appeal. The supreme court stated "The Court of Appeal was wrong to say that the Federal High Court can no longer try Kanu". The judge further said “Our law is that evidence illegally obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now”

The supreme court also ruled that there is no legislation that provides in Nigeria that trial should stop where the prosecution does something illegal against the defendant while standing trial. So according to this funny ruling, does that mean that Nigeria's laws are so primitive that it is okay for the government been the prosecutor can kill or harm the defendant in their custody anytime even while standing trial?

Based on these absurd declarations to support illegality, is it not obvious that the judges at the supreme court who made these ruling were not interested in justice but only aimed at upturning court of appeal ruling by all means even if it means misquoting the law just to deny Kanu his freedom? When the judge said "Our law is that evidence illegality obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now” Does this imply that Kanu is now an "evidence" and no longer "defendant" in his case? Also, what does the judge mean by this sily statement "A violation of Mr. Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now". Clearly, Kanu's case should not have been entertained further by the supreme court after it declared the obvious illegality in his extraordinary rendition from Kenya. Since supreme court judge decided to bury this glaring fact of illegality shows that Kanu won't get justice in any Nigerian court.

- Use of anonymous security officers as witnesses.

So the government in a bid to prove the charges against Kanu, requested that the name of the witnesses be shielded from the public for the general reasons of security. In my opinion, this arrangement is unfair, allowing anonymous witnesses creates room for lies because these witnesses who claim to be DSS/SSS officers can not be held accountable by the law if their testimonies against Kanu are later exposed to be fabricated lies since they can not be identified, no real name or ID provided. Simply put, these anonymous witnesses can speak based on their imagination and conjure up fictitious stories or share fake statistics of persons killed by IPOB without any legal consequences.

- Empty witness testimonies

The government prosecution team presented 5 anonymous witnesses wth fake names to testify. None of these witnesses in their testimonies were able to indict Kanu directly of any act of terrorism instead they told stories of Youtube videos they watched and audio recording of his broadcasts. No witness was able to prove how Kanu carried gun and led other gunmen to attack several villages or towns in any south east state. No witness was able to provide details on how IPOB was directly involved in the killing of any of the victims they mentioned or call an actual victim to corroborate their testimonies in court. Also, no IPOB gunman was presented in court to say that Kanu's broadcast made him or her to go on a killing spree. All anonymous witnesses were strangely and conveniently DSS operatives with no neutral party presented as a witness by the prosecution team.

- The government's glaring complicity

IPOB was never formed to be a violent terror group. Nnamdi Kanu had in several of his broadcasts and interviews made it clear that his agitation is peaceful and about justice.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZT8pJq1jJU

The government ochestrated the violence in the south east through it's military campaigns that led to the killings of over 100 people, see link below for details

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/nigeria-at-least-115-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-four-months-in-countrys-southeast/

Through out Kanu's trial, no one who served in Buhari or Tinubu's government has been subpoenaed by the court or provided by the prosecution as witness to testify under oath over Nigeria's government role in the purported terrorism, state sponsored violence that killed these people in the south east. Is it safe to say that the government is above the law? What this means is that it is okay for Nigerian government to kill 100s of innocent people at will and without consequences.

- Pervasive injustice towards the Igbo man

It is no longer a hidden fact that there is a systemic marginalization, hateful sentiments towards igbo people in Nigeria. One example I will use is the events that occured during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja. The protest was organized by Omoyele Sowore, on the day of protest, Nigerian police deliberately targeted, arrested Kanu's brother, his lawyer and other igbo men who participated in the protest with trumped up charges while leaving Sowore the protest organiser to roam free. They reluctantly arrested Sowore only after widspread outcry by Nigerians calling out the obvious double standards by the police force.

Also, the Nigerian government prosecuting Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism has on several occasions released and negotiated with fulani deadly terrorists. Some of these terrorist leaders routinely meet with government officials fully kitted with automatic machine guns and are offered sweet amnesty deals after killing 100s of people in the northern part of the country. The undeniable fact is that Nnamdi Kanu even though is not a terrorist, is been unjustly persecuted by this same government that pampers terrorists mainly because is an igbo man.

Nairaland, the platform I am making this post is not spared from this biased sentiment as some of you reading this post, pretending to be emergency lovers of justice, are in support of the government's actions towards Kanu simply because is an igbo man.

- Final words
In conclusion, Nnamdi Kanu may have broken the law through some actions he took when he established IPOB but he is not a terrorist as I've proven that this is an unjust trial geared towards denying him justice. Nigerians who are in support of this that are calling for Kanu's head because he is an igbo man should note that this unjust trial if allowed to continue and his wrongly sentenced for terrorism, will only set another dangerous precedence that will eventually consume Nigeria in due time.

This injustice will not end with Nnamdi Kanu...

I understand that most users on this platform and other social media platforms that are joyful over what the government is doing to Nnamdi Kanu are Y-oruba people from the south western region. Tinubu Y-orubacentric government will end very soon. It is obvious that some of you, who pretend to frown at Nnamdi Kanu's struggle for self-determination will at the end of Tinubu's government become champions of Oduduwa nation, you will start your own agitation for the actualization of Oduduwa republic once your people are no longer controlling Nigeria's federal government. When the time comes and you are unjustly arrested, prosecuted for terrorism by the fulani government you so cherish to take over from Tinubu, I hope you will accept your sentences in good faith having supported the government's unjust actions towards Nnamdi Kanu.

I remember those good old days……..

If Nnamadi Kanu is arrested, Nigeria will burn

Nnamadi Kanu is a British citizen, the UK government will come to his rescue. They don’t play with their citizens.

The rest is history….

The same incitement offense (if there is even anything like that under the law) Nnamdi kanu was arrested for was what oba akiolu, FFK, mc olumo, bayo onanuga , Sunday Igboho etc committed but they are all walking freely including the thousands of boko haram members released under amnesty and fed fruit juice , jollof rice , chicken and a salary …the day Igbo elites are serious they will work on seceding igbos from Nigeria. Biafra can only come from international community and Igbo elites know the path but don’t want to follow it due to what they gain from Nigeria, because if it comes from Nigeria, international community will not recognize it. Progressive Igbos were forced into one country with people who don’t know how to progress and they have set igbo technological advancement backwards by at least 100 years . Read Fredrick Forsyth book and in Biafra black Africa died. Mentally most of them cannot measure up to Igbos but I don’t really blame any of them but British racists that went against igbos on full offensive because they saw igbo technological and brain capability as threat to the white race in the 1950s and 60s

truthera:
I understand that most users on this platform and other social media platforms that are joyful over what the government is doing to Nnamdi Kanu are Y-oruba people from the south western region. Tinubu Y-orubacentric government will end very soon. It is obvious that some of you, who pretend to frown at Nnamdi Kanu's struggle for self-determination will at the end of Tinubu's government become champions of Oduduwa nation, you will start your own agitation for the actualization of Oduduwa republic once your people are no longer controlling Nigeria's federal government. When the time comes and you are unjustly arrested, prosecuted for terrorism by the fulani government you so cherish to take over from Tinubu, I hope you will accept your sentences in good faith having supported the government's unjust actions towards Nnamdi Kanu.

Yes we hate Kanu not because he agitated for biafrud nation,he called for our extermination and it's a greatest sin,he should have done his agitation without involving Yoruba.since he invited us to his discussion,can you please stop crying that we're giving him the attention he craved for.

Nigeria is very nice if he is released

If you watched the attached video in my post. You will see that Nnamdi Kanu apologized for what he said about Yoruba people or any other southern tribe in the video. I purposely attached that video to counter some false narratives peddled by mischievous Nairaland users against Kanu.

Nomercie:
Yes we hate Kanu not because he agitated for biafrud nation,he called for our extermination and it's a greatest sin,he should have done his agitation without involving Yoruba.since he invited us to his discussion,can you please stop crying that we're giving him the attention he craved for.

Instead of all this your plenty rantings on nairaland, why not apply as one of his witness and table all the above before the court. There was unshakable evidence before the court showing Kanu committing acts of treason yet you are here whipping tribal sentiments

Even after the supreme court declared that Kanu's kidnap from Kenya was illegal, lead judgement prepared by Tijjani Abubakar, ruled that there is no Nigerian law that prohibits the use of “illegally obtained evidence for the trial of a defendant.”

This shameful legal twist at the supreme court was glaringly a deliberate ploy to deny Kanu justice after he had won his case at the Court of Appeal. The supreme court stated "The Court of Appeal was wrong to say that the Federal High Court can no longer try Kanu". The judge further said “Our law is that evidence illegality obtained is valid before the court. A violation of Mr Kanu’s right should have been by way of civil proceedings. That is not our law for now”

@truthera

The problem you are not seeing is a legal technicality. This is how it works.
In America for example, if the police stops you on an illegal search and finds cocaine or even evidence that you murdered someone, that evidence is inadmissible in court as it was gotten due to an illegal search. Heck, if they don't even read your rights during the arrest, any statement you make might not be used.

Here in Nigeria though, we use a system called "Fruits of a poisoned tree" meaning that evidence gotten from an illegal search, arrest or process is admissible as long as said evidence indicts you and this is what the supreme court pointed out.

In the Nigerian system, you are allowed to sue the police for illegally breaking into your house and carrying out an illegal search and win but the evidence found during that search is admissible in court and will be used against you in trial.

Now, before you curse the Supreme Court judges, they merely interpreted the law, they didnt make.

Seriously I feel for MNK they don't want to release him I have gone through all the whole stuff on him and I see no case, here just government wanting to hold him to avoid over seen crises that's it, while the hold him south East is bleeding unnecessarily 😔

Okay but your explanation still does not justify continuation of the trial because Nnamdi Kanu can not be an "evidence" as he is not an object or document. He is a living human being with rights under the law. The supreme court clearly twisted the law just to nulify the Appeal court ruling acquitting him.

In my opinion, kidnapping him is already an offense not just under international law but also Nigerian law as his rights were clearly violated in the process (He is still a suspect and not yet proven guilty). It is absurd for the supreme court judge to justify the violation of his rights by transforming him magically to an "evidence" in a case he is a defendant. It does not make sense.

Mynd44:
@truthera

The problem you are not seeing is a legal technicality. This is how it works.
In America for example, if the police stops you on an illegal search and finds cocaine or even evidence that you murdered someone, that evidence is inadmissible in court as it was gotten due to an illegal search. Heck, if they don't even read your rights during the arrest, any statement you make might not be used.

Here in Nigeria though, we use a system called "Fruits of a poisoned tree" meaning that evidence gotten from an illegal search, arrest or process is admissible as long as said evidence indicts you and this is what the supreme court pointed out.

In the Nigerian system, you are allowed to sue the police for illegally breaking into your house and carrying out an illegal search and win but the evidence found during that search is admissible in court and will be used against you in trial.

Now, before you curse the Supreme Court judges, they merely interpreted the law, they didnt make.

What are the unshakable evidences apart from the testimonies made by 5 witnesses provided by the prosecution team. If you are sure of what you are saying then share these "unshakable" evidences here.

Willy2025:
Instead of all this your plenty rantings on nairaland, why not apply as one of his witness and table all the above before the court. There was unshakable evidence before the court showing Kanu committing acts of treason yet you are here whipping tribal sentiments

Kanu himself is not denying that he committed the offences, but said he did so when he was in England. Go and listen to his ramblings in court yesterday. Are five witnesses and many exhibits tendered not enough to prove a case?

truthera:
What are the unshakable evidences apart from the teatimonies made by 5 witnesses provided by the prosecution team. If you know what you are sure of what you are saying then share these "unshakable" evidences here.

I took the time to go through his case. I still maintain that the government has no case against him as long as terrorism is concerned. There is a valid argument to be made if the charges brought against him was for hate speech or possession of illegal materials. Nnamdi Kanu is not a terrorist. Note that right to self-determination is internationally recognized. It is a fundamental principle of international law.

Willy2025:
Kanu himself is not denying that he committed the offences, but said he did so when he was in England. Go and listen to his ramblings in court yesterday. Are five witnesses and many exhibits tendered not enough to prove a case?

If that of Simon ekpa is legal and just, then that of Kanu is even more legal. A leader of terrorist group. Ekpa was his disciple.

CoronaVirusPro:
I remember those good old days……..

If Nnamadi Kanu is arrested, Nigeria will burn

Nnamadi Kanu is a British citizen, the UK government will come to his rescue. They don’t play with their citizens.

The rest is history….

Don’t mind them. His court case is illegal but when his army were busy burning down Federal Government Properties and killing innocent citizens, none of them opened their odoriferous mouths to condemn their actions.

When government agents were busy killing unarmed IPOB members, innocent people and burning their properties in the south east, you and others condemning Nnamdi Kanu now, did not open your odoriferous mouths to condemn the government's atrocious actions.

Saturnalia:
Don’t mind them. His court case is illegal but when his army were busy burning down Federal Government Properties and killing innocent citizens, none of them opened their odoriferous mouths to condemn their actions.

CoronaVirusPro:
I remember those good old days……..

If Nnamadi Kanu is arrested, Nigeria will burn

Nnamadi Kanu is a British citizen, the UK government will come to his rescue. They don’t play with their citizens.

The rest is history….

They actually burnt their region. They sent many people to their early graves. Ignorance!

It is the government and not IPOB that destroyed the south east. Nigerian government sent over 100 people to their early graves - https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/nigeria-at-least-115-people-killed-by-security-forces-in-four-months-in-countrys-southeast/

duro4chang:
They actually burnt their region. They sent many people to their early graves. Ignorance!

After Kanu dismissed his lawyers and listed high profile politicians as witnesses, this guy is one of the Eyepob saying the Kuje lord will disgrace the Govt in court....these Eyepob speak first before thinking, now, he's here crying. I have listened to many of them after Kanu changed his mouth and told the court he wasn't calling any witnesses again, they are confused and scared that Kanu must have used their heads to break coconut

It is not your faults, it's the Nigerian Govt tolerating nonsense from terrorist sympathizers. I dare you to go to US and take the Govt to court for "kidnapping" terrorists suspects being locked up in Guantanamo bay. Since you Eyepob also support Isreal, do you have the nerves to condemn Nentayahu for picking up Palestinians and locking them up in an underground cell. It's the Nigerian Govt wasting time & resources prosecuting a terrorist that I blame. Kanu should have been locked up in an underground cell where he will never see the sunlight again forever.

Obiedun:
If that of Simon ekpa is legal and just, then that of Kanu is even more legal. A leader of terrorist group. Ekpa was his disciple.

It's their double standards for me. Simon Ekpa was a product of Kanu's indoctrination. But they want the Chief terrorist to be released. Saying he is innocent is even a big slap on the entire country. Like I said, I blame the FG wasting time and resources prosecuting a terrorist. They know what to do and nothing will happen.

This emotional dude has come with another emotional thread. What is the problem bro? Is it that that you never step outside your house/fantasies and therefore remain incapable of accepting/doing reality?

It is one thing to be opinionated but entirely another, as in the case of you lot, to be uncompromisingly opinionated about things you are not expert at.

Go and ask the many lawyers who were defending Kanu why they continued with his trial, till he sacked them, since they were all too stupid to understand Kanu's trial is "unjust and illegal" unlike legal supremo Truthera of Nairaland.

You can't come here daily projecting your fantasies as realities. That's not how life works. You'll only agitate yourself doing that.

There are grey areas related to how Kanu was arrested and returned to Nigeria but nothing "unjust and illegal" about his trial.

Obiedun:
If that of Simon ekpa is legal and just, then that of Kanu is even more legal. A leader of terrorist group. Ekpa was his disciple.

The OP is someone who sincerely needs the advice of "calm down". Dude is really hyper. The only issues with legally hazy areas are to do with the way Kanu was arrested and returned to Nigeria.

Yet, that cannot invalidate the premises of the serious criminal charges against him. The UK would be involved, since Kanu is a British Citizen, if it can be established by law Kanu's trial in Nigeria is "unjust and illegal".

These are the facts and realities fantasists and 'projector' people don't want to deal with.

WizardOfNG:
There are grey areas related to how Kanu was arrested and returned to Nigeria but nothing "unjust and illegal" about his trial.

Which grey areas?. Bro, you think any baga can dare a US Govt if they bundled back home any individual they consider a threat to any part of America?. You think anyone has the guts to accuse the US of kidnapping illegally any terrorist suspect?, how about those languishing in the Guantanamo bay?.
Bro, the US won't even waste resources bringing back Kanu from Kenya, they would have walked into Kenya and nuked him right there. Trust Nentayahu to nuke him into ashes wherever he must be hiding in Kenya. They don't give a fck what anyone says. But Nigerian Govt is here trying to be politically correct just because some region are making it a tribal issue.

I read your post and laughed at your sentimental emotional outburst. Although, I am not an IPOB member, I am forced to question your level of education as in your assertions you failed to acknowledge the fact that an accused remains innocent until proven guity. Nnamdi Kanu has not been proven to be a terrorist, he is only a suspect in an ongoing trial. You said Kanu changed mouth, i ask on what basis? Did Kanu not reveal the reason why he changed his earlier stance on calling witnesses? You intentionally omitted the fact that it was reported that DSS had on several occasions denied him access to his case files.

You mentioned Nigerian government tolerating terrorist sympathizers.... Are you aware that the government may also be a sympathizer - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/19/nigerias-secret-programme-to-lure-top-boko-haram-defectors

Putindbutt:
After Kanu dismissed his lawyers and listed high profile politicians as witnesses, this guy is one of the Eyepob saying the Kuje lord will disgrace the Govt in court....these Eyepob speak first before thinking, now, he's here crying. I have listened to many of them after Kanu changed his mouth and told the court he wasn't calling any witnesses again, they are confused and scared that Kanu must have used their heads to break coconut

It is not your faults, it's the Nigerian Govt tolerating nonsense from terrorist sympathizers. I dare you to go to US and take the Govt to court for "kidnapping" terrorists suspects being locked up in Guantanamo bay. Since you Eyepob also support Isreal, do you have the nerves to condemn Nentayahu for picking up Palestinians and locking them up in an underground cell. It's Nigerian Govt wasting time & resources prosecuting a terrorist. He should have been locked up in an underground cell forever.

Fee Nnamdi kanu free Nnamdi kanu free Nnamdi kanu

truthera:
Okay but your explanation still does not justify continuation of the trial because Nnamdi Kanu can not be an "evidence" as he is not an object or document. He is a living human being with rights under the law. The supreme court clearly twisted the law just to nulify the Appeal court ruling acquitting him.

In my opinion, kidnapping him is already an offense not just under international law but also Nigerian law as his rights were clearly violated in the process (He is still a suspect and not yet proven guilty). It is absurd for the supreme court judge to justify the violation of his rights by transforming him magically to an "evidence" in a case he is a defendant. It does not make sense.

Kanu is not an object or event but his deportation was an event. The deportation was what came under scrutiny and it can be addressed.

It means the court says the way he was transported was illegal but he is here and in court so he should face trial. The poisoned tree is the deportation but the fruit is that he has a case to answer.

Now he can sue over his deportation and that's valid but he will stand trial. Get it now?

Simon Ekpa was not a product of Kanu's indoctrination. What you said is a lie as Nnamdi Kanu had denounced Ekpa's actions and exposed him as a government stooge. Please read - https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/613341-nnamdi-kanu-accuses-nigerian-govt-of-sponsoring-simon-ekpa.html?tztc=1

Putindbutt:
It's their double standards for me. Simon Ekpa was a product of Kanu's indoctrination. But they want the Chief terrorist to be released. Saying he is innocent is even a big slap on the entire country. Like I said, I blame the FG wasting time and resources prosecuting a terrorist. They know what to do and nothing will happen.

truthera:
I read your post and laughed at your sentimental emotional outburst. Although, I am not an IPOB member, I am forced to question your level of education as in your assertions you failed to acknowledge the fact that an accused remains innocent until proven guity. Nnamdi Kanu has not been proven to be a terrorist, he is only a suspect in an ongoing trial. You said Kanu changed mouth, i ask on what basis? Did Kanu not reveal the reasok why he changed his stance on calling witnesses? You purposedly omitted the fact that it was reported that DSS had on several occasions denied him access to his case files.

You mentioned Nigerian government tolerating terrorist sympathizers.... Are you aware that the government may also be a sympayhizer - https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/19/nigerias-secret-programme-to-lure-top-boko-haram-defectors

Yeah, you're not an Eyepob, you're only a cult follower.
You said he has not been found guilty?, how many suspects in Guantanamo bay have been found guilty?, how many Palestinians locked up by Nentayahu have been found guilty?. You must be a clown. You think you can hide in any country and threaten the peace of the US or Isreal while they look away?. You know what's coming.

And the same Kanu that told the court that he has gone through his case file is the one you are here lying he was denied his file?. I listened to some ibo lawyers sympathetic to Kanu and how they have been lamenting that Kanu is about to mess up his case by himself, they are so confused why he is flip flopping.

When the case was called on Monday, Kanu said he has gone through the case-file and realised that there is no valid charge against him.

truthera:
Simon Ekpa was not a product of Kanu's indoctrination. What you said is a lie as Nnamdi Kanu had denounced Ekpa's actions and exposed him as a government stooge. Please read - https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/613341-nnamdi-kanu-accuses-nigerian-govt-of-sponsoring-simon-ekpa.html?tztc=1

Kanu had denounced him? . When did he denounce him, did he denounce him when they were together blabbering on radio biafra and having good times sharing the money or it was after he found himself in jail. Someone that is in jail, why won't he denounce his second in command when his yansh don dey for fire, dey play

Hmm the statememt said "Evidence obtained illegally...." in this context what was obtained illegally and presented in court was the defendant Nmamdi Kanu by virtue of his kidnap from Kenya to Nigeria. Note the exact statement by the judge - "Our law is that evidence illegally obtained is valid before the court." His "deportation" (event) can not be the evidence as it is not what is been presented in the court as evidence. Well, I am not a lawyer but I think this is a straightforward logic as it means that Kanu was what that is "illegally obtained" when analyzed by a layman. Your explanation if that's what the judge meant still does not justify the continuation of Kanu's trial.

Mynd44:
Kanu is not an object or event but his deportation was an event. The deportation was what came under scrutiny and it can be addressed.

It means the court says the way he was transported was illegal but he is here and in court so he should face trial. The poisoned tree is the deportation but the fruit is that he has a case to answer.

Now he can sue over his deportation and that's valid but he will stand trial. Get it now?

I've shared the link with you. There was no time Nnamdi Kanu was in support of Simon Ekpa's violent campaign in the south east. He clearly condemned it, you can read the article I shared as it happened before Simon Ekpa was jailed. I guess you won't acknowledge this fact because of your biased sentiments towards Kanu.

Putindbutt:
Kanu had denounced him? . When did he denounce him, did he denounce him when they were together blabbering on radio biafra and having good times sharing the money or it was after he found himself in jail. Someone that is in jail, why won't he denounce his second in command when his yansh don dey for fire, dey play