Anyone who read Achebe's "Anthills On The Savnnah" will immediately recognise the strategy of being disingenuous by using the public's ignorance against them.
Instead of "the police killed Chris," the official statement said "Chris suffered a fatal incident in custody."
Instead of "the police killed Chris," the official statement said "Chris suffered a fatal incident in custody."
Knowing full well that the people did not understand the import of the term "fatal incident" and would conflate it with "serious accident."
Nigerian leaders and wannabe leaders have been pulling this stunt since the 1960s.
It's nothing new.
Nigerian leaders and wannabe leaders have been pulling this stunt since the 1960s.
It's nothing new.
That's why Sheikh Gumi will defend Pantami by claiming he was "a young, inexperienced imam" when he pronounced the Fatwa that led to Sunday Achi's murder.
"A young, inexperienced" man who happened to be 32 years old and married with children.
But he knows the public won't know!
"A young, inexperienced" man who happened to be 32 years old and married with children.
But he knows the public won't know!
Another set will come and present a financial statement audit (as against a forensic audit) without an ICAN seal and present that as proof of "transparency."
Knowing full well that the public has no idea that this "audit" is inadmissible in court and is essentially worthless.
Knowing full well that the public has no idea that this "audit" is inadmissible in court and is essentially worthless.
In the business of Nigerian leadership, you can never go wrong by betting on the public to be shallow, unaware and ignorant.
That's why we were looking for "change" and we went and voted in a 3-time coup plotter from our parents' youth as our 21st century "change."
That's why we were looking for "change" and we went and voted in a 3-time coup plotter from our parents' youth as our 21st century "change."
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