Nigeria, April 12 -- The day before yesterday, social media in Nigeria was set ablaze by the viral video of a Nigerian woman living abroad, whose world unraveled when she discovered that her husband's supposed niece, a child he had brought into their home, was in fact his biological daughter. A daughter he lied about. A daughter who, perhaps coached or simply complicit, maintained the lie.

And instead of turning the full force of public outrage toward the root of the deception her husband's betrayal many Nigerians took to moral gymnastics, analyzing the woman's reaction more than they did the offense itself.

Let's be clear, the man lied. Not once, not in passing, but repeatedly. According to the woman, she had asked him twice before mar...