The Crocodile Tears Of Nigerians

The Crocodile Tears of Nigerians

There was a report that called Nigerians the happiest people in the world. But, that was an erroneous report. Because, the truth is Nigerians are the most hypocritical people in the world who are very good in the Fine Arts of Pretension, Seduction, Self-Gratification and Temptation. And the recent tragedies of the air disaster in Lisa Village in Ogun State of Nigeria and the death of the wife of the President of Nigeria, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo gave Nigerians the classic stage to act their best melodramatic roles in Hypocrisy as they competed in shedding crocodile tears.

In an open Condolence Letter addressed to the President of Nigeria, the conscience of Nigeria, the erudite legal luminary and human rights activist Dr. Gani Fawehinmi has come out with a classification of the different forms of Crocodile Tears in Nigeria as shed by all the fake and real mourners at the funeral services held for the late First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo and the 117 victims of the Catastrophic Bellview Airlines plane crash. These are the different forms of Crocodile Tears Dr. Gani Fawehinmi identified as follows:
§ Genuine Tears
§ Ministerial Tears
§ Contract Tears
§ Rotten-Head Tears
§ 2007 Tears
§ Teasing Tears
§ Oil Block Tears
§ Ghana Must Go (GMG) Tears
§ Immunity Tears
§ Pardon Me Tears
§ Face-Showing Tears or Notice Me Tears
§ Business Tears
§ Brixton Prison Tears among other forms of Crocodile Tears Nigerians know how best to shed for all occasions.

Gani Fawehinmi said, “Even Stella will chuckle in her grave.”
For more on these Nigerian Crocodile Tears and other issues raised by Gani Fawehinmi in his open letter to the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, see The Guardian newspaper of Monday, October 31, 2005.