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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 22 May 2017

    Ex-Gambian President Yahya Jammeh 'stole $50m' from state http://bbc.in/2ruvF2d pic.twitter.com/W7Irhu9iQG

    2:16 PM - 22 May 2017
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      1. ckollynLyf‏ @toprastar1 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        That's not news in Africa,African leaders are busy stealing billions of money go in eastafrica see especially in @UGANDA

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      1. El-dude ™️‏ @Solomoniorkua 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is some one who presented himself as a righteous Muslim, wonder why corrupt bush people keep emerging as leaders in Africa.

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      1. ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK‏ @okereke84 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Tutsy22 that's too cheap, In Nigeria they steal in billions not millions

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      2. Dr Olasakinju Tunde J‏ @DrOlasakinju 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        just $50m that director will have in his wardrobe in Nigeria! Jammel is such a saint.

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      1. D. Chigariro‏ @sirdicchi 22 May 2017
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        That one must be extradited back to his country and pay for his crimes.

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      1. Wellingtone Ogenga‏ @WellingtoneOge1 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Idi Amin did that and ended up a pauper in a foreign land.

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      2. Abdulsalam Jubril‏ @Abdul_Jubril 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africa and 'thieves' at the helm of affairs... No wonder the continent has remained underdeveloped.

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      2. Aminu‏ @aminu_ba 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        just $50m. He should come to Nigeria for some tutorials on how to loot and get away with it. Lol

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      1. victor ehikhamenor‏Verified account @victorsozaboy 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Local government chairman pocket money in some country.

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      1. The Alkebulan Trust‏ @Alkebulan_Trust 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No he didn't stop lying. Stop spreading lies on him. Just because he was anti-Western remember when you called Mandela a terrorist?

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      1. Dimitry Alksande Mia‏ @JoseLuisMbaMia1 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He should be jailed for life. stealing from national resources is a crime

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      1. JOHN-TERRY TRESH‏ @JohnTerryTresh 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If found, let him face the full rigor of the law!

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      1. Traveller‏ @orpington50 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        How many hospitals! Oh yeah he was busy locking up GAY people whilst stealing from his followers BASTARD

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      1. ((2020PresidentialCandidate))‏ @Mindset2Africa 23 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #slander 😱

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      1. Gbenga‏ @gbemiga_oke 23 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        $50m? Still a learner in Nigeria. Bad leadership! *in Lagbada's voice*

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      1. The Alkebulan Trust‏ @Alkebulan_Trust 22 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Meanwhile you stole many resources and our people but let us not go in too deep on your propaganda

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