That’s what I called going straight to the heart of the matter! It was a very surprising way to engage such a discussion, in African terms. More often than not, one would be faced with many excuses, and so called reasons for being induced in such a fraud, which only served to dilute the issue in endless palavers leading to resentful conclusions. In this case, Yves Sandros made it clear that he had been cheated out of his money and admitted that he had not been astute enough to see through Savoi’s game—no excuses, no palavers, no plea from this man—no wonder he earned the nick-name of ‘Lion’.
“Mr. Sandros, I would like first to apologize on behalf of my company for what has happened. We were also victims of Monsieur Savoi’s cunning, as you are aware, and we regret the day we ever engaged h
