Fani-Kayode Slams Tinubu For Not Standing Up To Greet Ooni Of Ife At A Function

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has called out the national leader of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Bola Tinubu, for failing to stand up to greet the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, at the Coronation of the Oniru of Iruland in Lagos state on Sunday, September 6.

It was learnt that the Ooni of Ife had arrived at the event and was walking to the high table when he stopped by to greet Tinubu.

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Some Nigerians took to social media to condemn the former governor of Lagos State, for failing to accord the monarch his respect by standing up to greet him.
Others have also bashed the monarch for condescending by stopping to greet Tinubu.

Taking to the microblogging platform, Twitter, to react on Thursday, FFK said it was “insulting and shameful” for Tinubu to have refused to stand up to greet the monarch. He asked if that was how northern politicians disrespected their monarchs.

Here's what he wrote;

“That the Asiwaju of Bourdillon refused to stand up to greet the Ooni of Ife speaks volumes.

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“This was not only deeply insulting to every Ife & indeed son & daughter of Odua but it is also a crying shame. Would a northern pol. leader refuse to stand up for his traditional ruler?”