The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described Lionel Messi as the “Emi lo kan of Doha” after Argentina’s world cup victory.
The Nation reports Messi and Argentina won an all-time classic World Cup final on Sunday.
The match ended 3-3 after 120 minutes of football.
Argentina went ahead to subdue France in the penalty shootout that followed.
This is Argentina’s first World Cup in 36 years.
Tinubu took to his Twitter page and posted an edited picture of Messi in the signature regalia of the former governor of Lagos state.
The image was captioned “Emi lo kan of Doha”.
‘Emi l’okan’ in the Yoruba language translates as ‘it is my turn’.
It became a part of the political lexicon of Nigeria after Tinubu said it in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, before the presidential primaries of the APC.
The tweet has continued to elicit flurry of reactions from social media users.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
