By Folorunsho Hamsat Few figures in Nigerian public life have polarized opinion as consistently as Femi Fani-Kayode, newly-accredited Nigeria’s ambassador to SouthAfrica. Over the past two decades, the former aviation minister has built a reputation defined by fiery rhetoric, shifting partisan loyalties, and deeply contentious commentary on Nigeria’s ethnic and political fault lines. Yet, following a dramatic diplomatic standoff in Pretoria this week, he finds himself buoyed by a wave of solidarity from an unexpected quarter: the Igbo diaspora and commentators from Nigeria’s South-East. The spark was a formal ceremony…
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