They say this clone is a spitting image of Nigeria s
President Muhammadu Buhari who they submit is long dead.
The Jubril from Sudan yarn or conspiracy theory was first spun by anarchist and separatist Nnamdi Kanu, during one of the president s prolonged medical vacations in the UK.
The urban legend that is Jubril from Sudan has since assumed a life of its own and it s not uncommon to hear Kanu s conspiracy theory told and retold in not-so-hushed tones, even by members of the intelligentsia, at pubs, in markets, in offices, at social gatherings and in parks. Idiocy, sadly believed by even some intellectuals,