Hilarious. A group called Africans for Obama ‘08 held a scam fundraiser for Obama in Nigeria. I wonder if they were all invited by e-mail . . .

Here’s a picture of the event: …Each paid more than $2,000 to munch on grilled snails, sip from flutes of Veuve Cliquot and Moet & Chandon and join in a lively, if poorly executed, series of the ‘fist bumps’ popularized by Obama and his wife, Michelle.(AP Photo/George Osodi)

This picture, however, was taken before the cops showed up:

Hundreds of the city’s high-society elite and business leaders paid up to £11,000 for a table at the glitzy fundraiser, but police intervened when it became clear that U.S. laws prohibit overseas donations.
Staff from Barack Obama’s campaign team said the Democratic presidential hopeful was in no way connected with the “Africans for Obama” organisation and added that no money from the group would be accepted.
The organiser of the August 11 event, Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, chair of the Nigerian stock exchange, was questioned by corruption investigators but was cleared of any wrongdoing on Sunday because no Nigerian laws were broken.
She said in a statement that the money had never been intended as a direct donation to Mr. Obama’s campaign, but was to “mobilise and sensitise Africans” about his policies.