Muhammadu Buhari (President of Nigeria)

Buhari’s scandal erupted when speaking during the launch of honesty campaign in September 2016.

His words…”We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”

Words accused of plagiarising…”Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.” (Barack Obama, speech given in 2008)