Masara Kim Usman deserves an award for “Best Action Director for staging fake mass attack during burial in Plateau
According to the blockbuster production, gunmen, know as fulani bandits were supposedly attacking a burial ground in Barkin Ladi.
But somehow, our lead actor had enough time to run more than 2 kilometre away from the scene, hold his phone steadily, arrange his camera angle, control his breathing, avoid sweating, keep his clothes perfectly clean, and then deliver commentary like a seasoned Hollywood narrator.
No panic. No confusion. No dust. No exhausted breathing. Just smooth acting and dramatic shouting for the camera.
Meanwhile, the “attack scene” he claimed to be escaping from was calmly sitting far behind him, Nobody was shot, no injuries, nobody was rushed to the hospital.
Then came the grand finale: upload the video, trigger fire alarm to attract international outrage, and wait for foreign “conflict investors” and professional crisis merchants to amplify the propaganda.
In Plateau these days, some people no longer wait for facts. Once there’s a phone camera, its becomes a fact. No one cares to asked anymore questions.
But unfortunately for the directors of this low-budget propaganda series, facts keep ruining the performance.
Suddenly, the only bandits people saw in the video was a Berom militia holding a pistol.