Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buharihas tendered an apology for plagiarizing parts of President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech.

President Buhari’s speech at the kick-off of the ‘Change begins with me’ campaign contained several paragraphs from Obama’s 2008 victory speech

The Presidency has owned up to plagiarism and has now offered an apology.

The similarities btw a Paragraph in the 2008 Obama Speech & Paragraph 9 of the #CBWMSpeech are too close to be passed off as coincidence(1)

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016

There was a mistake by an overzealous staff and we regret that this has happened. (2)

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016

Already, a Deputy Director in the Presidency has accepted responsibility for the insertion of the contentious paragraph. (3)

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016

This serious oversight will be investigated thoroughly and appropriate sanctions meted out (4)

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016

We wish to state in the clearest possible terms that we regret this unfortunate incident and will ensure that it does not happen again (5)

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) September 16, 2016