Moment Tinubu stormed Oba of Lagos’ Palace (Photos)
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Tinubu was declared winner of last weekend's presidential poll in Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu stormed the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu’s palace in Lagos on Sunday to present his certificate of return to the monarch.
Tinubu was declared winner of last weekend’s presidential poll in Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Tinubu had polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, who had 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 votes respectively.
The president-elect went to the Oba’s palace on arriving Lagos.
He posted photos of the on his Facebook page and wrote: “Earlier today, I paid the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, a courtesy visit at the Iga-Iduganran Palace alongside Governor Sanwo-Olu, other monarchs, traditional leaders and well-wishers.”
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