roforofo fight
n.— «Nigeria’s Lower Legislative Chamber is involved in what the Yoruba call roforofo fight with the Executive arm of government headed by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Participants in such fight cannot escape being badly messed up or roundly stained. It does not matter the justification or innocence to which a participant lays claim.» —“Na’Abba vs. Obasanjo: The lingering blackmail” by Sufuyan Ojeifo in Abuja Vanguard Daily (Lagos, Nigeria) Nov. 5, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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