ABUJA (Reuters) - The price of machetes has halved in parts of Nigeria since the end of general elections in April because demand from thugs sponsored by politicians has subsided, the state-owned News Agency of Nigeria reported.
NAN surveyed prices in the northeastern state of Gombe and found that a good quality machete was now selling for 400 naira ($3) compared with 800 naira before the elections, which were marred by politically motivated violence in many states.
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"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery." --Winston Churchill
In Rwanda, the Hutus had brought enormous amounts of machetes into the country in preparation for the slaughter of the Tutsis. The Tutsis were plenty worried by the falling price of machetes--rightly so, as it turned out.
We're not supposed to notice that Gary. Guns kill. People don't...
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"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery." --Winston Churchill
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