TrollCabal is about “reducing political and social tension on Nigerian Twitter with bants, says the Head of the Troll Civil Society Association (CSO) Situation Room, Amara Nwankpa (haha, yes oh, they have such funny positions they even have a police and high-court, LOL).
One part of TwitterNG is banter and jokes (which extends to the likes of TrailerJamShow et al). So, it is perfectly natural for there to be an offshoot of this nature.
In 2015, the then TrollCabal Convener, Nwachukwu Egbunike published an article on #TrollCabal and a New Conceptualization of Trolling which pretty much contains all you need to know about the whole TrollCabal movement. Here, Nwachukwu defines the #TrollCabal as a movement
made up of Nigerian tweeps from diverse ethnic nationalities, political leanings and cultural sympathies…makes mockery of the drama that characterizes Nigeria political space…also mimic the Twitter Overlords and their conversations…provides a counter narrative that is non-violent and at the same time humorous.
While Trolls all over the world have a negative undertone, these ones are not out to “cause problems or inflict undue pain” as seen in his closing statement.
In my chat with Amara , he states
Sometimes, we get too serious. We fight, cuss each other out. Get arrested etc… But it really shouldn’t be that bad. So, troll for world peace. Make people laugh. Create avenue for emotional escape. Kill boredom.
Personally, I think this is a really good development, we should have creative outlets to communicate interesting Points-of-Views (PoVs) on Politics and Social Issues. Like all the other parody accounts such as AmbodeObsarver (parody to the Gov. of Lagos, Ambode) and ParosidentBuhari (parody to the President Buhari) they have found ways to make us laugh while stating real issues.
I believe after a long day at your 9 – 5 (that is if you are fortunate enough to not be amongst the over 25% of unemployed youths in Nigeria) you should return to a relaxed environment, Twitter (which many of you have personally acclaimed to be there for just the “laughs and the LOLs”).
In other news, today is the day they vote for the next #TrollCabal Convener. So, go ahead, check it out and vote for your candidate of choice.
Official Vote For The Next #TrollCabal Convener
— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) March 25, 2017
Do you love banter? Get in on the #TrollCabal conversations on Twitter.
On behalf of my family and my 150 non reproductive cows, I hereby endorse @JajaPhD for #TrollCabal Convener.
Because cows > donkees pic.twitter.com/cP6Xr9QGdt
— Parosident Buhari (@TheMbuhari) March 24, 2017
Governors are also in on this!
I have just voted for @Papadonkee at the #Trollcabal polls. pic.twitter.com/0GMFZib6em
— Governor Dankwambo (@HEDankwambo) March 25, 2017