Chai! Na wah o! South Korea don see wetin dem call serious wahala as former President Yoon Suk-yeol don collect life imprisonment for court! The guy dey serve sentence because dem find am guilty sey him lead insurrection during him brief martial law make dem sabi for 2024.
Na dis matter wey happen on February 19, 2026, the presiding judge, Ji Gwi-yeon, come clear sey him no dey see any sign of remorse from Yoon. E talk say dis martial law wahala bring major social costs wey still dey shake the country till today. Yoon no fit escape from di hot seat as dem judge remind wetin he do wey involve military entering National Assembly wey make people no fit do wetin dem suppose do.
E be like as Yoon dey waka go court, police surround di place like dem dey prepare for war; as if dem no wan make wahala break out again. Naija people go understand say di way dem position di police for court na serious matter. E don talk sey e no guilty, say na him right as president to declare martial law, wey him claim say na to stop di opposition from blocking him government work. Wetin fit talk na say e no kuku work, and he don hit rock bottom.
This no be regular case o! Yoon be di first sitting president wey dem arrest for South Korea, and e don already chop impeachment from di parliament wey dis same martial law bring wahala come. Dem don even try to give him death penalty, but dem settle for life sentence, wey dem see as light punishment for di serious matter wey concern insurrection.
According to wetin dem talk for di court, Yoon no respect di constitution at all. He order troops to storm di parliament, so na cause for big trouble within di country wey even make people protest pass one month. As di judge finish talk di sentence, lawyer for Yoon come dey cry sey di whole trial be like a play wey dem don write di script finish before dem start am. Dem plan to talk with Yoon if e fit want appeal dis matter.
E no end there o! Even di former defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, don collect thirty years for di same matter. Na so di system dey shake for South Korea, as all dis political movements don scatter di country and di public na still divided. Some dey support Yoon, while others dey protest against him, as usual for any drama wey fit happen.
President Lee Jae Myung, di guy wey take over after Yoon, don yan sey di people of Korea don show wetin true democracy be. Dem don even suggest sey di public fit collect Nobel Peace Prize for how dem take handle di matter without violence. Na wetin dem call ‘role model.’ But di way things dey go, wetin we go hear next fit confuse person pass di entire political drama. E go take time before dem fit heal di wound wey dis martial law don cause, and di future fit still dey uncertain for South Korean democracy.
Na serious wahala don land for dis matter, as Yoon dey face more legal kasala with multiple trials wey dey wait for am. Di episode go still dey unfold, but as e be now, dem don lock am for serious prison time, and e fit don notice sey e don miss di small time wey e fit don see life outside. Make we dey observe as dis drama unfold, as politics for South Korea don turn movie wey everybody dey watch!
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