Nigerians mocked over the Alleged fake sign language interpreter at President Nelson Mandela's funeral service.

Nigeria's image internationally has been so battered to the extent that any mention of scam else where in the world is linked to Nigeria. There have been an out cry by the international deaf community over what they say was a fake sign language interpreter. They said the interpreter was simply making up his own signs. The structure of his hand, facial expressions and the body movements did not follow what the speaker was saying.

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Reading comments from people on this issue saddened me, as they started taking swipe on Nigeria due to our notoriety in e-mail scams now popularly referred to as Nigerian Prince. This is not a Nigerian case, it happened in far away South Africa. Why should Nigeria be mentioned in this? It is such a shame that a country so endowed with natural resources, intelligent and hard working people has reduced itself to this type of ridicule. Please Nigerians let's put our house in order, else nobody will take us serious any longer. Long live Nigeria!


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The translation reads: Hello my name is Mr Roberts Pearson Smith Michael and I am Prince of Nigeria, I have escaped from my country and in desperate need of your assistance to retrieve my millions.