{"id":249289,"date":"2016-09-18T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=249289"},"modified":"2016-09-18T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T06:00:42","slug":"overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Overzealous’ aide plagiarised Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an “overzealous” staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

Several passages of a speech Mr Buhari made on 8 September overlapped with President Obama’s address after winning election in 2008.<\/p>\n

His office admitted the sentences were “too close to be passed as coincidence”.<\/p>\n

The two men are due to meet at the UN General Assembly next week.<\/p>\n

“There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and we regret that this has happened,” Mr Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu wrote on Twitter, saying those responsible would be punished.<\/p>\n

“President Buhari urges Nigerians to look beyond this incident and focus on the message of change which the country needs in order to restore our cherished value systems.”<\/p>\n

One of the offending passages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buhari:<\/strong> “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”<\/p>\n

Obama:<\/strong> “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”<\/p>\n

Mr Buhari used the copied extracts in launching a campaign called “Change Begins With Me”, part of a bid to tackle corruption in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The irony was not lost to some online, who mocked Mr Buhari.<\/p>\n

\"_91281912_parody\"
This is how one of Mr Buhari’s parody accounts saw it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the BBC Africa Facebook page though, others were more sympathetic.<\/p>\n

“So what’s the big deal? Famous lines from great people are used over and over again by others,” wrote one commentator.<\/p>\n

“The message conveyed is the most important thing.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presidential candidate<\/p>\n

Donald Trump, was accused of plagiarising portions of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an “overzealous” staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama. Several passages of a speech Mr Buhari made on 8 September overlapped with President Obama’s address after winning election in 2008. His office admitted the sentences were “too close to be passed as coincidence”. The two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":249292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an “overzealous” staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama. Several passages of a speech Mr Buhari made on 8 September overlapped with President Obama’s address after winning election in 2008. His office admitted the sentences were “too close to be passed as coincidence”. The two […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/\",\"name\":\"'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Overzealous’ aide plagiarised Obama\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an “overzealous” staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama. Several passages of a speech Mr Buhari made on 8 September overlapped with President Obama’s address after winning election in 2008. His office admitted the sentences were “too close to be passed as coincidence”. The two […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00","author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/","name":"'Overzealous' aide plagiarised Obama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-18T06:00:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/overzealous-aide-plagiarised-obama\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Overzealous’ aide plagiarised Obama"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}