Obasanjo's Bode Thomas discourtesy to Oyo Obas, by Festus Adedayo
The unkindest epithet given to Obasanjo as comment on his Iseyin discourtesy to the Obas is the ar’obafin – disrespecter of the monarchy.
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The unkindest epithet given to Obasanjo as comment on his Iseyin discourtesy to the Obas is the ar’obafin – disrespecter of the monarchy.
I am actually interested in an aspect of the speech of Governor Makinde at the said event. On the vacant stool of the Alaafin, which is the subject of intense acrimony and tackles at the moment, Makinde had said: “Those of you fighting over the Alaafin stool should stop. Those who have collected money from people should know that Alaafin stool is not for sale. It is too important to Yorubaland that we will not sell it. For those who have collected money, I will take them to the EFCC”.
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Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democrati Party (PDP), speaks on the future of the party, and the lessons his party must learn from the 2023 elections
Former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, has said he bears no grudge against the former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.