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Nigerians called out Teni over disrespecting President Buhari after receiving her award.

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Nigerian musician, Teniola Apata popularly known as Teni has stirred reactions over her ‘disrespectful’ body language towards President Muhammadu Buhari during the National Honours Award Investiture ceremony on Tuesday.

Buhari conferred national honours of different categories on 447 Nigerians and foreigners at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

Teni after receiving the plaque for the award of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) from the President walked away without paying any obeisance in a manner presumed by some Nigerians as rude.

A former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, while reacting to Teni’s action said whoever disrespects the office of the President is an illegitimate and ungrateful Nigerian.

Teni’s reaction has been greeted with reactions on social media as Nigerians are divided in supporting and opposing the entertainer.

Here are some of the reactions on Twitter:

ayebaiduabo tweeted, "Teni did not only disrespect our president and his office but the whole Yoruba Nation. It shows she lack a better home training so sad and shameful."

teeana_world wrote, "Teni disrespected our president and you all are praising her for such unruly behavior?"

nonso_andrew wrote, "Teni Collected an Award from Buhari and left without greeting him.E shock Buhari.. Some Said it's disrespectful. Others said it's awesome..."

PowerOfUnity12 tweeted ":#Teni didn't recognise Buhari as his Excellency Mr President
This one shock Buhari, he was like to take back the award from

Bola Tinubu vows,says never again will PDP come to power

PDP is ‘party of termites’; ‘ll ever come back to power — Tinubu

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THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 25 elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday described the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a political party of termites that should not be allowed to return to power.

Asiwaju Tinubu stated this in his address at the inauguration of the APC Women Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Team, at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja

The former Lagos State Governor described himself and the APC as a new hope for the country.

He said, “They are a political party of termites. They are in the village of lunacy. A nation is not just built on abusive language. 16 years of nothingness, rudderlessness, digging the hole of indebtedness. Never again shall they come back. A new hope is here.
To you women who are gathered here today. I’m so proud of you. You have chosen to vote for us and to give us a new Nigeria, thank you.”

Also speaking, the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong urged the Women to avoid character assassination, hate speech and propaganda.
He admonished them to carry put issues-based campaigns.

According to him, “Leave that to the opposition and stay with the achievements of our party in women empowerment and also tell them that under the Presidency of Bola Tinubu, Nigerian women and their children will have an even better deal.”

He urged the Women Team to “go all over Nigeria particularly into the grassroots and sell the agenda and vision of Candidate Bola Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima whose pedigree for women empowerment is widely known.”

Lalong promised that the PCC will fully support and monitor the activities of the Tinubu/Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team to ensure that it achieves its general objectives and that of the Party.

The APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, said if the women who are of greater number follow through with their avowed support, the APC is ready to tap from their potential and ultimately deliver victory to Tinubu and his running mate, Shettima, during the Presidential election.

In attendance were Senator Kashim Shettima; First Lady Aisha Buhari; wives of the candidate and his running mate, Senator Remi Tinubu and Mrs Nana Shettima.

Others are Governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State; Women Leader of the APC, Dr Beta Edu; other leaders of the party; National Assembly members and others.

Also in attendance is veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs Joke Silva, whose public support for the APC presidential candidate attracted mixed reactions from Nigerians on social media recently.