Wetin dey happen for Japan? Dem don sentence Tetsuya Yamagami wey kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment. Dis one no be small matter o, as na crime wey shake the whole nation.
As e be, the incident happun for July 2022 when Yamagami waka come Nara to shoot Abe while him dey deliver campaign speech. People dey call am unprecedented crime for post-war Japan! Chai! You fit imagine how e be for a country wey sabi dey safe like Japan?
Prosecutors wey charge am no gree play with matter, dem don insist say dem want life imprisonment for Yamagami because the impact of the killing na serious wahala for society. But Yamagami lawyers come dey argue say make dem consider say na 20 years dem suppose give am instead.
Security wey dey protect Abe no do well at all. E be like say dem don fall hand as Tomoaki Onizuka wey be Nara police head don talk say dem go investigate how such serious lapse fit happen. Na serious cause for concern wey show say even in Japan, problem fit dey anywhere if security no stand gidigba.
When dem shoot Abe wey don dey popular leader for 67 years, na from behind dem do am sharp sharp. E don dey deliver speech like say na normal occasion, but e no sabi say na last speech go be dis. Na true wahala for hospital, as dem try to bring am back to life no work, dem later pronounce am dead. Na serious matter wey disturb plenty people.
Yamagami no be small fish; him fit na former member of Japan navy too. When police catch am, him dey calm down like say nothing happen, him accept say na him shoot Abe, and him even talk say na rumors wey dey fly about Abe and some organization wey dem no fit name make am take such step. Na wah!
As dey open investigation, dem find out say Yamagami use homemade gun wey no too common for these parts. E carry am like say na normal thing. Police no just stop there; dem search him apartment wey dey near the scene and find more weapons. E better make we dey follow security updates for everywhere wey politician dey.
The whole saga expose deeper connection wey dey between Abe’s government and the Unification Church wey some Nigerians dey call cult. E be like say plenty lawmakers don dey business with these people, wey make plenty voters vex comot from supporting the party. E get as e be.
Abe wey don rule for 3,188 days no be person wey people dey ignore but na divisive character. Some people like am, some people no like am. Na him be the first foreign leader wey meet Trump after him win election, and their friendship sure no dey for ground.
For this new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi wey dey lead now, she don carry Abe’s legacy for head, but e no easy o. E be like say grave affects don follow the party since Abe die, and leadership don dey jostle seriously ever since.
As Japan dey try to heal from this incident, e go be interesting to see wetin go happen next. Japan don always dey known for safety, but this one don shake dem. Make we dey follow the story as e dey unfold.
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