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Political Decoys in world history.
Events of last few weeks kept many Nigerians wondering who really is occupying the highest office in the land.
The controversial leader of IPOB, Nnamdi KANU in 2017 claimed that the Nigeria President M.Buhari had died & buried in S.Arabia ...
Events of last few weeks kept many Nigerians wondering who really is occupying the highest office in the land.
The controversial leader of IPOB, Nnamdi KANU in 2017 claimed that the Nigeria President M.Buhari had died & buried in S.Arabia ...
Many dismissed this allegation cos apart from mere speculations there was no factual evidence backing up his claim.
However history have showed that some past & present world leaders have actually employed the strategy of Decoy/double to impersonate them,this is mostly....
However history have showed that some past & present world leaders have actually employed the strategy of Decoy/double to impersonate them,this is mostly....
To reduce the risks on the real person.
A political decoy is a Person employed to impersonate a politician.
Thus this thread will try to highlight some documented cases of decoying in history .
Adolf Hitler/Gustav Welder.
Hitler is known to have employed at least one double..
A political decoy is a Person employed to impersonate a politician.
Thus this thread will try to highlight some documented cases of decoying in history .
Adolf Hitler/Gustav Welder.
Hitler is known to have employed at least one double..
Gustav weler.
This was reported by a British surgeon & historical writer W.Hugh Thomas in his 1996 book Doppelgangers .
Heinrich Himmler ...
He was a one of the most powerful member of Nazi party of Germany & main architect of the Holocaust.
He committed suicide after his...
This was reported by a British surgeon & historical writer W.Hugh Thomas in his 1996 book Doppelgangers .
Heinrich Himmler ...
He was a one of the most powerful member of Nazi party of Germany & main architect of the Holocaust.
He committed suicide after his...
Capture in Luneburg in May 1945 but in actual fact it was only a deception by his double..
Saddam Hussein(1990s to 2003)
German television network ZDF claimed that Iraq's former president was frequently replaced with doubles for TV appearances.
Saddam Hussein(1990s to 2003)
German television network ZDF claimed that Iraq's former president was frequently replaced with doubles for TV appearances.
Sukarno..
The US (CIA) had planned to bring down Indonesia's first president Sukarno by portraying him in a pornographic film in late 1950s.
The agency put together a pornographic film starring a Sukarno look-alike in bed with a blonde playing a soviet agent.
The humiliation....
The US (CIA) had planned to bring down Indonesia's first president Sukarno by portraying him in a pornographic film in late 1950s.
The agency put together a pornographic film starring a Sukarno look-alike in bed with a blonde playing a soviet agent.
The humiliation....
Caused by circulating the film was supposed to drive Sukarno from office,but the plan was unsuccessful.
There are several other leaders who have been recorded to had made use of decoys/doubles including Manuel Noriega,Raoul Cedras,Enver Hoxho,Fidel Castro,George w Bush & ....
There are several other leaders who have been recorded to had made use of decoys/doubles including Manuel Noriega,Raoul Cedras,Enver Hoxho,Fidel Castro,George w Bush & ....
Osama Bin Laden.
However the import of this thread is not the propriety or otherwise of Nnamdi KANU's allegation but to highlight that the issue of Decoy/double is not new to power players around the world.
However the import of this thread is not the propriety or otherwise of Nnamdi KANU's allegation but to highlight that the issue of Decoy/double is not new to power players around the world.
