Nigeria: Fani-Kayode Denies Tribe, Says He's Not Yoruba

21 October 2019

Nigeria's former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he is not Yoruba. Fani disclosed this on Twitter while stressing that the word Yoruba is alien to his culture and not known in the Anago language while revealing that the name Yoruba was derived from "Yariba" and that it means "shady and unreliable"

Fani-Kayode in his words said the "Yoruba" is alien to his culture and not known in the Anago language while revealing that the name Yoruba was derived from "Yariba" and that it means "shady and unreliable".

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