Nigeria: "I Hold Obas in High Esteem," Says Tinubu

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has described as "political mischief" the attempt to misconstrue his statement concerning the Yoruba Obas.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti after attending the party's rally where its flag was presented to the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Mr. Tinubu said he holds the monarch in high esteem and could not have made any unpleasant remarks about them as alleged.

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