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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 8 Mar 2016

    Nigeria's Senate Leader Ali Ndume jokes about polygamy as he speaks on #IWD2016 http://bbc.in/1RxZscm pic.twitter.com/sRFvTiOwbF

    3:56 AM - 8 Mar 2016
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      1. In The City Africa‏ @InTheCityAfrica 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica a joke too far. What a shame. This is how women's issues are trivialized.

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      1. Emeka Anene‏ @martmekus 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @Nedunaija This senate is making Nigeria a laughing stock before the whole world. So shameful

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      2.  🌟KING OF LAGOS(MFR)‏ @Derek74399105 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica ...wil rather choose being polygamous than allowing gay nd lesbian in a society ..I hv anything against gay ppl thou ..

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      3.  🌟KING OF LAGOS(MFR)‏ @Derek74399105 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @Derek74399105

        @BBCAfrica ...poking their nose on Africa business all d time ...we never poke our nose on ur affair nd what u allow in ur society ..

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      1. Nicholas El-Hanan‏ @N_ElHanan 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @GeneralJugod #IWD2016 it wasn't a joke. Except for a lighthearted suggestion to the senate president to marry another wife!

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      1. Ijiola‏ @ijistephen 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica these people delight in making us all look like retards!

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      1. #BringBackOurGirls 🆖‏ @iam_olutayo 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Again, the @NGRSenate is a big problem for Nigeria. They should stop disgracing us for crying out loud

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      1. ikwerregirl‏ @didibk 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica this is one of the reasons the Nigerian senate wants to pass the social media bill. So d citizens can't expose this foolery.

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      1. Omosoki Gbenga Michael‏ @mgsoki 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica bunch of buffoons...

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      1. Tobe‏ @TobeAsomugha 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica the kind of character we have in red chamber. He will just have a good time there and collect jumbo pay

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      1. lanre olabamiji‏ @lanreolabamiji 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica shameful!!

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      1. H!‏ @OdionHendrix 12 Mar 2016
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        @bbcafrica Abeg leave Sen. Ndume for me ooh. Maybe that's his way of appreciating the womanfolk

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      1. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica They are all too busy with their many wives to realise Rome is burning. We have no Electricity and Water. They are Jokers

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      1. Mayor Of Obudu‏ @JudeAgba 8 Mar 2016
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        Clowns! > @bbcafrica @chairmannhrc

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      1. Oluwafolakemi‏ @cutekems 8 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica bunch of ineffectual buffoons!

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      2. PatrioticNigerian.‏ @PatrioticNGRN 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica these are the kind of men running governments in Africa,hence we are seen as a bunch of idiots. Ali Ndume is a classic BUFFOON.

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      3. ibrahim s musa‏ @ibrahimsmusa3 9 Mar 2016
        Replying to @PatrioticNGRN

        @kelvinbenye @bbcafrica he is right,african culture said that.

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      1.  🌟KING OF LAGOS(MFR)‏ @Derek74399105 8 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        How is our affair in Africa ur business @BBCAfrica ? Face front nd face ur gayism nd lesbianism ...we r polygamous in nature , so what ?

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