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Speaker 1: I am really shocked by the way some unpatriotic Nigerians

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have gone on social media misrepresenting Isho Speed’s visit to

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Nigeria and using it to project a negative image of

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their very own country while attempting to spoil what was

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a good narrative of a very successful visit. First of all,

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Isho Speed never said or implied that Nigeria is Smelli.

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The young man perhaps achieved his most successful stream during

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his African tour in Nigeria, reaching a milestone of fifty

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million YouTube subscribers whilst in our dearly beloved country. He

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is the first black streamer to achieve that milestone, and

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it occurred in Nigeria, boosted by Nigerian subscribers appreciative of

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his visit. What these few unpatriotic Nigerians who have a

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grudge against their own country fed by a separatist agenda,

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have done is take a screenshot of a particular stream

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where mister Darren Jason Watkins Junior made the face for

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a few seconds, which he often does all over the

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world world. Upon citing something interesting and peculiar using that

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snap shot, they painted a false narrative claiming that Legos

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is Smellian, but Darren Jason Watkins Junior aka Isho Speed

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did not enjoy his time there and found nothing interesting

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or cultural to do. Sadly, their claims have gone wildly viral.

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In fact, as evidenced by his streams and media coverage,

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Isho Speed had perhaps the most eventful moments of his

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speed As Africa tour in Nigeria, which is why he

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chose to spend his twenty first birthday in our country.

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He drew his biggest crowds here and was so impressed

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by that that he testified about it. He had gastronomical

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and cultural experiences, including visiting Freedom Park and eating the

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world famous Nigerian Joloff rice, which he raved about. Thereafter,

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he had a belated Debty December moment by interacting with

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street dances in a carnival like manner and had intermittent

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encounters and conversation with street performers, including a man whose

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physical strength he celebrated after attempting and failing to match

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his iron bending skills. Isho Speed also enjoyed Nigerian cature

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when he got to wear the special Nigerian hat known

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as a Feeler, made in Nigeria, from entirely from maid

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in Nigeria fabric, something that I have been promoting worldwide.

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His decision to blend in culturally with Nigerians through fashion

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made him so excited that he asked street vendors and

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onlookers whether he looked Nigerian. And on his twenty first birthday,

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Isho Speed was surrounded by school children in their school uniforms,

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singing the famous Happy Birthday song to him, almost bringing

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him to tears. At Freedom Park, Isho Speed interacted with

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various Legos street performers who taught the quick learner several

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dance steps particularly suited to the Nigerian music genre of

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afrobeats that has taken the world by storm. Isho Speed

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then visited the Nike Art gasp Lek, where the management

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fated him and gifted him a traditional Lukumi yoruber outfit,

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which left him in awe. Mister Watkins next met Afrobeat’s

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singers alat Adibile, who surprised him with a birthday cake,

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prompting Isho Speed to shockingly reveal that that was the

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first birthday cake he had ever received. Hard to believe

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his time in Nigeria has become one of the most

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discussed pop culture moments of the year so far, and

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he was sourpleased with Nigeria that one of the first

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things he did when he visited neighboring Benin Republic was

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to seek out Nigerian’s there to continue catching the fund

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that mesmerized him in Nigeria. Finally, it is not true

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that the streamer left Nigeria in a hurry after spending

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only a day in our beautiful country. The truth is

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that he has only twenty eight days to visit twenty

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African countries, and other than South Africa, where he spent

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three days, he spent approximately twenty four hours in each country.

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At the beginning of the time, when he had more time,

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he spent more days in countries, but as the tour

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wore on and he observed the logistical challenges of visiting

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the proposed twenty nations, pragmatism forced him to allocate his

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time more prudently. In no other country did mister Watkins

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enjoy such an action packed twenty four hours, which is

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why he claimed he was a Nigerian, even saying he

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was likely igboked and named himself a Mecca. From the above,

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it is clear that the narrative crafted by some unpatriotic

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Nigerians and blown out of proportion by fellow Africans who

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do not understand Pan Africanism is nothing but a pathetic

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light told by people who have already failed in their

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unfortunate attempts at setting the United States against Nigeria and

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are desperate to reignite their negative agenda for Nigeria. After

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seeing the Trump administration cooperating with our great country instead

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of invading it, gi many