Nigerians were embarassed to learn on Friday that the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari at the ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign was partially plagiarised.
After careful perusal, it became evident that it shared some similarities with the 2008 election victory speech delivered by Barack Obama, president of the United States.
The discovery has elicited series of reactions and the president has ordered that disciplinary action be taken against those responsible for the insertion.
Twitter, a social media platform, has been agog with various remarks from Nigerians.
Here are some of them:
Ngwanu #TheStolenSpeech is trending. Mrs Trump from Daura has done it again… Where did we go wrong? Where?
— Amapopping (@Orikaeze1) September 17, 2016
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If I catch you saying "change begins with me" the slap you will collect will change your life into Nigeria's economy! #TheStolenSpeech
— Alh Aminu Sani (@emmaikumeh) September 17, 2016
#TheStolenSpeech didn't start 2day."I am a man who belongs to no one and who belongs to everyone" C. De Gaulle,1958 pic.twitter.com/2QNSTOLUhw
— Newton Ikire (@NewtonIkire) September 17, 2016
A president who asserted his citizens are "fantastically corrupt" has been caught plagiarising #TheStolenSpeech pic.twitter.com/enjtMazzSA
Advertisement— Akintomide (@Tomyboiz) September 17, 2016
If you deliver like Obama,I'm sure a lot of people will notice.It is the poor delivery that is even more annoying.Why waste an Obama speech?
— Khaleesi!!! (@AbangMercy) September 17, 2016
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😔 @GoodYemi: Under Buhari we have the #TheStolenBudget and #TheStolenSpeech in just one year.
Buhari is a record breaker just like Messi
— Adeola (@Taofeek_Adeola) September 17, 2016
Just like the SUN, the TRUTH can never go away even if you succeed at shutting it out for a bit. #TheStolenSpeech pic.twitter.com/5YyDqVduMM
— SEGA L'éveilleur® (@segalink) September 17, 2016
@GarShehu said we should move past #TheStolenSpeech but Buhari and APC don't want to move past GEJ/PDP. They can't even taste their medicine
— #EdoDecides (@KcUzoka) September 17, 2016
Wicked people.
Twitter Archelogists.
They have dug it out. #TheStolenSpeech https://t.co/FLG19tycug— Ebube D Statesman (@akaebube) September 17, 2016
When will Nigeria stop relying on US for help? Even my president cannot write his own speech #TheStolenSpeech pic.twitter.com/dxhh10Dsxf
— Famakinde Olumide. A (@Olu_mind) September 17, 2016
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