Like I said before, someone in the US is interested in seeing how stupid people on the streets of lag can be.

The guy might not be a spy as many people on this thread are thinking. I'm not saying you're wrong, though. However, there might be a commercial interest behind his actions. We should not forget things so easily. I hope we can still remember how Pepsi Co tested the waters way back with the three Orange Men. That research concept was superb Many Okada men and Taxi drivers fled on sighting the three strange men who looked like aliens from outer space. Policemen were called to arrest the Orange Men but no one touched them. The Inspector General of Police had already been briefed about the Marketing and Advertising Campaign by Pepsi Co. We need to put on our thinking caps here, Nairalanders. The Police and other security outfits in the country might have been briefed concerning the American and his Gala selling program

I'm a researcher and I know incidents like this happen. I feel a multi-national company wants to launch a beef related product into the Nigerian market, and they're trying to see how customers relate with street hawkers. They are surely conducting the research to see how they can better what exists on ground. Dont be surprised when the product from North America is rolled out later in the year. It is also possible that this American guy is working as a researcher for some companies in America that want to break into the Nigerian Market with their products. This is Marketing Communication at its best. Everything should not be reduced to espionage and spies. I was shocked recently when I found out that the best research on the fruit juice Market in Nigeria was carried out by two American Professors What a shame on Nigeria Proper research is the key to product development and marketing.

The Guy must have gooten some form of clearance from the Nigerian Security Agencies for him to have been left alone and not harassed. Cheers.

bawomolo:

they do.

You think some white CIA operative is walking around the streets of Libya or Zimbabwe selling perfumes?

paranoia isn't a good thing.

No they dont.

Assuming they even need to, because in Nigeria for example, Nigerians will tell any enquirer everything they want to know.

In Libya, who told you the US wasnt keeping tabs on Ghadafi? In any case, they'll tailor their presence to whatever goes in the country being observed.

And who said they cant do both hidden and open surveillance?

I believe the guy is a Fulbright scholar working on his research.

you guys are reaching hard on this one.

[img]http://www.banklawyersblog.com/.a/6a00d8341c652b53ef01156f777a8a970c-800wi[/img]

In Libya, who told you the US wasnt keeping tabs on Ghadafi? In any case, they'll tailor their presence to whatever goes in the country being observed.

spies are typically unnoticeable and shun media attention. This guy is openly taking pictures for the camera.

And who said they cant do both hidden and open surveillance?

or maybe just a good ole sociology research?

bawomolo:

I believe the guy is a Fulbright scholar working on his research.

you guys are reaching hard on this one.



spies are typically unnoticeable and shun media attention. This guy is openly taking pictures for the camera.

or maybe just a good ole sociology research?

Once again, in Nigeria and Africa, spies dont have to be unnoticeable.

When people raise an alarm, then they can go underground, but right now they dont have to.

I'm not saying the man is a spy but I wouldnt rule it out just because you like oyibos.

I'm not saying the man is a spy but I wouldnt rule it out[b] just because you like oyibos[/b].

wow i never knew you would find out my little secret

bawomolo:

wow i never knew you would find out my little secret

na today Naijas dey sell themselves to foreigners?

This forum is filled with aspiring comedians and comediennes shey na only CIA? how about KGB and Gestapo
Lol when your relatives abroad tell you things are pretty f.ucked up at the moment here is what they mean

Kai!!!! Nigeria oooO!!!!  Roflmao!!!

Kobojunkie:

Kai!!!! Nigeria oooO!!!!  Roflmao!!!

if only we were this critical of our own politicians.

A-40:

This forum is filled with aspiring comedians and comediennes shey na only CIA? how about KGB and Gestapo
Lol when your relatives abroad tell you things are pretty f.ucked up at the moment here is what they mean

he could be tempting kids to join the taliban with free gala.

:p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p

bawomolo:

if only we were this critical of our own politicians.

are you not?

seriously, you people amaze me sometimes.


So what do you call all the insults, cursing, abuse and bad wishes Nigerians constantly send their politicians?

calling for not only the politicians death but also slow torture for their children and relatives?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1517171.stm <<<na the oyinbo guy mission be this

So the Gala hawker is part of an American conspiracy? How retarded do you have be to believe this crap?

4 Play:

So the Gala hawker is part of an American conspiracy? How retarded do you have be to believe this crap?

look, no need to be insultive.

if they say Mungo Park discovered the Niger today, na so so cry all of una go dey cry.

Was he undercover? Nobody knew he was looking for the source of the Niger?


My point is: regardless if the man is a spy or not, all of you will still shout when the information he's gathering, is utilized and NOT for your "perceived" benefit.

4 Play:

So the Gala hawker is part of an American conspiracy? How retarded do you have be to believe this crap?

@4 Play
click on this link

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nJFFrLX-924C&printsec=frontcover&dq=economic+hitmen#PPR20,M1

Then go to page xx

Gosh dude!!! Roflmao~!!!

So, are you suggesting that where the article says …. In countries like Ecuador, Nigeria, and Indonesia, we dress like local schoolteachers and shop owners. . . . You take that to mean they send Caucasian Americans to dress as schoolteachers, Gala Sellers, and no one ever suspects a thing?

Roflmao!!!

Was he undercover? Nobody knew he was looking for the source of the Niger?

what does exploration have to do with espionage.

you are reaching heavily on this one.

good lord!

_{as my mum used to say.}

how sure are you that this oyinbo albino is an american
http://mycitynews..com

stmanpule:

how sure are you that this oyinbo albino is an american
http://mycitynews..com

You no know say ALL oyinbo for Nigeria na american e go be? Roflmao!!! Even if the dude can not speak a word of the English language, as long as im be oyinbo, na american, and high possibility say im be CIA/MIA.

roflmao!!

stmanpule:

how sure are you that this oyinbo albino is an american
http://mycitynews..com

maybe because he said this:

I am going to give a presentation to the United States Embassy about my research,” said Alsilski. Born in the city of New York, the United States

and you seem not to know what an oyibo looks like?

_{good lord! Am getting more and more amazed. I fear Nigerians fa}

T@meD0:

man, lwkmd for the different dimensions this story don take.

very soon now we go hear say na osama this bobo dey work for.

did some of you paranoias think for a second that the CIA will never send a Caucasian to come and spy in an all black country? come on now, that one no even require common sense (wey in most cases, no too common sef).

if the the CIA wants to send a spy or spies to naija, the obvious thing to do is use agents that are proficient in at least one naija language.

abeg, make una re n'le with all of una conspiracy theory o jare. . .like someone suggested, this could be a marketing strategy to penetrate the naija beef industry.

by the way, the spies wey some of una dey holla fit dey enter the same taxi or danfo with una everyday and you won't know it.

did the CIA tell you they dont already have plenty of Nigerians working for them?

If they feel your views are too biased, then who better to send than someone who isnt one of you.

una just dey argue sha!

OH NO!!!

There is EVERYTHING WRONG with a white man speaking Yoruba!!!! I will be too weirded out to respond to such a person if I ever met one. Just as disturbing as it would be to picture an Indian or a Chinese speaking fluent Ibo or Hausa!!! Abasi mbo!! TuFIAKWA!!!

Roflmao!!!

Nigeria has an official language called English.

Most younger people wey no sabi english dey still speak broken.

If not speaking Yoruba didnt prevent them from colonising you before then why would it suddenly be a problem now.

Even though it sounds outrageous to suggest this guy is CIA but can you prove that Michael Jackson was not a CIA agent that was used to infiltrate the KKK before his colour switch became irreversible?
If the CIA can overthrow governments then there's no telling what they can't do. They are not even military but intelligence well funded that even FBI and Interpol begs for information. I still believe the guy is selling for research though. Why waste a person hawking when you can bribe a Vice President or opposition leader to sell sensitive info.

MUZBO:

Even though it sounds outrageous to suggest this guy is CIA but can you prove that Michael Jackson was not a CIA agent that was used to infiltrate the KKK before his colour switch became irreversible?
If the CIA can overthrow governments then there's no telling what they can't do. They are not even military but intelligence well funded that even FBI and Interpol begs for information. I still believe the guy is selling for research though. Why waste a person hawking when you can bribe a Vice President or opposition leader to sell sensitive info.

that's the thing. standing in the sun for hours ever day is just plain suffer head

Strange things happen for strange reasons.
An American selling gala in lagos is very strange. Perhaps it is to promote a new range, for the press, the guy is insane or checking street mentality. He certainly isn't researching street hawking.

It is intelligent to ask questions about this guy.

Instead if you dey type "raflamao" you be mumu; de kin person wen all im pikin papa be im neighbour. Why? Because de mugu tink say neighbour suppose say "hello" for im bedroom.

This debate is surreal.   Is the presence of a white American hawking gala on the streets of Lagos the telltale signs of espionage?    

@kobojunkie
Please educate yourself about the CIA. There is a bill in America called the freedom of information bill. Since it was passed, people can get more information about the CIA and there hitherto secret operations. You'd be surprised what and who the CIA will use an as undercover. It is possible that the guy is a secret agent.