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There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by Ofemannnu: 10:08pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
There is a Nigerian Astronaut in space and he
needs your help
FEBRUARY 15, 2016 BY VICTOR EKWEALOR
Nigerian Twitter is one of the most fun places to be
on earth.You cannot go through your timeline and
keep a straight face. Naija people would not let
you keep a poker face required to scroll through
the social web detached. You will either laugh, cry
or even curse. From the obnoxious wolves of Naija
Twitter forcing unnecessary trends to the armchair
hypocritical philosophers and social media
activists, there is no dull moment on Nigerian
Twitter.
Over the weekend I stumbled upon a startling
revelation while scrolling through my Twitter
timeline, apparently there is a Yoruba man floating
in space somewhere and we did not even know. In
learning about this Nigerian astronaut, I was so full
of admiration and pride for my country, but further
investigation revealed a nasty norm.
From the look of things, Air Force Major Abacha
Tunde has been floating in space since 1990, that
is 26 years now(never mind his cousin forgetting
basic 2+2). And his cousin that is a namesake of
one our big pastors around here has been
soliciting for funds from foreigners to help bring
the astronaut home and of course promising to
share entitlements with them in ‘due course’.
I am not going to dissect the intricacies of this
scheme’s folly like the fact Dr. Bakare Tunde does
not know that 1990 till now is 26 years and not
14, or that after 26 years (or 14 as you wish),
Major Abacha is hanging somewhere lacking
gravity and is still ‘in good humour’ as the letter
claims. I am not going to poke holes into the
story.
My major concern is the fact that this is coming at
a time when Nigeria is trying to rebrand and save
face amidst a tainted global image. At a time when
we are flooding Twitter with #
NigeriansAreNotCriminals , somebody is somewhere
fabricating the most incredible tales of Nigerian
spacemanship to fleece foreigners to the detriment
of the already battered Nigerian image.
Apparently, this scam has been around for a very
long time now, counting over 6 years and beyond.
Three years ago, the National Space Research and
Development Agency (NSRDA)
said 2015 was the year they would produce the
first Nigerian astronaut in space and 2015 came
and went, we did not hear anything from them,
maybe this year again then?
Astronaut in space or not, somebody was actually
doing their homework and studying the terrain. The
news apparently made the scammers dredge up
the astronaut story, dust it up and look for new
magas . An uninitiated mark would be conned
because looking the story up on Google would
lend it some credence with the NSRDA story
somewhere in the background as backing.
Thanks to a brave woman, there is a Nigerian flag
in the North Pole and Mountain Kilimanjaro of
course. There is a good representation of Nigeria
everywhere. But everybody take note, we are NOT
in space yet. We will get there someday soon.
NSRDA said 2015, maybe 2016? Or sometime in
the nearest future, we are just not there now.
Please just leave Air Force Major Tunde Abacha to
hang in space and keep taking selfies, we would be
in contact with him on Instagram. And tell
everybody to tell everybody, spread the word. |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by Macclane(m): 10:10pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
Let him come bk the wey he went |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by DaBullIT(m): 10:15pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
lolest |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by Cholls(m): 10:27pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
my brother hahaha! tell abacha sey I wan send $3m make im come down. |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by Flexherbal(m): 10:30pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
They should contact Dasuki. |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by akunjohn(m): 10:31pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
wey hin pix.... and d space wey hin dey hang |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by mayreeh215: 10:59pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
Lol so he is just hanging there waiting for people to bring him back What kind of super story is this abeg |
Re: There Is A Nigerian Astronaut In Space,he Needs Your Help. by chriskosherbal(m): 11:22pm On Feb 15, 2016 |
Hmmmm ok |
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