Listen, dis foreign TV channels dey spoil de image of our country. Dese white stations dey make billions of dollars to sell your war and blood to de world… We no bad like dis. OK, why dem no dey show corpses of deir white people during crisis for TV? Abi, people no dey kill for America or Europe?”“You dey speak grammar! ” someone shouted. “Wetin concern us wid America and Europe? Abeg, give us cable TV.”“Remove dis toilet pictures! ” said another.“ So our barracks be toilet now?” the police answered. "What an insult! “ "You na mad mad police, ” Monica said.“ Ok, cable TV no be for free anymore! ” the police said.“ But it’s our pictures we are watching on cable TV, ” Madam Aniema said. “Why should we pay you to see ourselves and our people?” The police answered, “Because government dey complain say cable TV dey misrepresent dis religious crisis. Uwem Akpan
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