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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 9 Jan 2017

    Plagiarising presidents:The leaders caught stealing the words of others http://bbc.in/2jal2L4 pic.twitter.com/Kgh3i4qX03

    9:42 AM - 9 Jan 2017
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    22 replies 108 retweets 45 likes
      1. Yaw Amoateng‏ @yamoateng 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        .@BBCAfrica Just looking out for bad news from Africa. You paid very little service to the successful elections and elegant inauguration.

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      1. Mwanaisha‏ @manoahmajani92 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the most and important thing is for him to accomplish to citizens wat was in that speech

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      2. Ngwato M. Thobejane  🇿🇦‏ @TsipaA 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He's already fake. He must step down. He'll probably be as useless as Jacob Zuma of South Africa 🇿🇦

        7 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. M 💪🏾ghty Daniel™ 🤴🏾 🇬🇭‏ @mightydaniel190 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @TsipaA @BBCAfrica

        useless comment

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. TSI‏ @GrayFallacy 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        lazy,incompetent and unimaginative speechwriters are to blame

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      1. julius afedi‏ @mr_fresh9 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        what's plagiarism about @NAkufoAddo speech.Did #bush give credit to #WilsonWoodrow for same words use. #FakeJournalism

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      2. Shad.KBN.Slavery-Jim Crow-Subjugation‏ @ugaso2010 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Did he take advice from Melania Trump? Lol

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. B.L.O.W 💥 💥 💥‏ @DeiEmmanuel 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ugaso2010 @BBCAfrica

        u only read de headlines n mke disrespectful comments, gt his full statement n read n de how useless BBC is in reportn

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Shad.KBN.Slavery-Jim Crow-Subjugation‏ @ugaso2010 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DeiEmmanuel @BBCAfrica

        Listen 2 Clinton at his 1993 inauguration b4 u comment on BBC reporting ok.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. B.L.O.W 💥 💥 💥‏ @DeiEmmanuel 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ugaso2010 @BBCAfrica

        actually Clinton z not de "owner" of dat phrase, it wz made by a former American prez Wilson Woodrow ova 70yrs ago.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Ayo‏ @akinjide_ 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DeiEmmanuel @ugaso2010 @BBCAfrica

        Please he was 😹😹😹😹😹 So you should do some reading before commenting. Clinton wrote that line first

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. B.L.O.W 💥 💥 💥‏ @DeiEmmanuel 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @akinjide_ @kofi_xx and

        Jeez, r u ohkay??? Wat do u smoke?? Grass or wat?? U did not read n see wat u telln me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Shad.KBN.Slavery-Jim Crow-Subjugation‏ @ugaso2010 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @DeiEmmanuel @kofi_xx @BBCAfrica

        What is with the name calling Dei? No one is attacking u personally.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Edward Obi-Akpere  🇳🇬‏ @Obiakpere 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Plagiarism is a pointer to the fact that their speeches are bunch of lies, they don't conform even with their own intellect.

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      1. julius afedi‏ @mr_fresh9 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #FakeJournalism what plagiarism abt @NAkufoAddo speech.Did @BarackObama give credit 2 Martin Luther King jnr . Shame unto you

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      1. Josh Kofy Sam‏ @KofyJosh 12 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBC . wat kind of people r working @BBCAfrica .

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      1. Loice Matilda‏ @MatildaLoice 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        TINA this is new Africa😂😂😂😂

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      1. NEWTON RUNYOWA‏ @nrunyowa 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        information shared is information used I do not think anyone has "stolen" anything but they used relevant and appropriate info

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