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Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by ThePreachersSon: 9:40pm On Mar 26, 2019
Guy lives on pension and runs an ICT something.

So sad, they get there saying they be fighting for a noble course. Later they'd forget what and who got them there, he deserves everything he got. His people may have forgiven him, but man has to live with the consequences.

Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by HolyTitus(m): 10:02am On Mar 27, 2019
helinues:
Power, money and fame are not for weak ones...

Funniest part, majority will read for reading sake without reflecting on the reality.

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Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by haymoney01(m): 12:50pm On Mar 27, 2019
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Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by stagger: 2:09pm On Mar 27, 2019
Fact is that Sierra Leone was stone broke when Strasser took over, and he was too young. He was not even the bonafide coup leader of 1992, so he never had a firm grip on the country. Most of the diamond mines were in the hands of the RUF. Soldiers were not being paid, and they had to launch Operation Pay Yourself where they would routinely raid civilian homes to cart away food and money.

Strasser is lucky he did not end up dead like John Paul Koroma, or in the Hague like Charles Taylor.

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Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by okeniti: 4:07pm On Mar 27, 2019
You could have the world in the palm of your hands, you still might drop it - Mac Miller.
Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by bong4(m): 10:04pm On Mar 27, 2019
id911:
If he were to come from Nigeria, he can never ever be poor as Ex-Head of State whether he stole while in power or not. Go and check what this country is paying all past Nigerian leaders monthly or yearly as the case may be including coup plotters that committed treason by subverting the mandate of the people.

Nigeria is probably the only country in the world that pay coup plotters in the name of being Ex-Head of States. Useless country

Spot on bro! It should be such that no body who became head of state or president through coup should enjoy any benefits as a former leader, especially the ones that overthrew a democratically elected government.
Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by panafrican(m): 4:15am On Mar 28, 2019
He is poor for having been honest.
Had he stolen millions in mineral revenues and hidden that money he would be a rich guy today.
Remember Sierra Leone is one of the leading diamonds producers in the world.
Re: Valentine Strasser, From Ex-Head Of State To Pauper: Youngest West Africa Leader by elohorluv: 1:01am On Mar 29, 2019
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