COMMENT | When news of former Inspector General of Police, Musa Hassan’s gaffe emerged on Sunday night, I must have been among the many who had a good laugh and posted humorous and sarcastic notes on Facebook for some laughs.

One has to wonder why Musa did not understand satire. More importantly, common sense would have said something was wrong with the report.

Furthermore, in the 10 months the “news” was in the limelight, if it were true, some mainstream media would have picked it up. Surely a pardon of this terrorist of such international fame would have necessitated a headline in the newspapers and TV stations would have gone ballistic...