Reactions As Super Eagles’ Captain Rejects Governor’s Handshake (Video)

A viral video which captured Super Eagles’ Captain, Ahmed Musa, refusing to shake hands with Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf Kyari, has sparked reactions from netizens across diverse social media spaces.

In the video, while Musa bowed the knee to return a handshake from an associate of Kyari, Musa refused to take the governor’s handshake which got many talking.

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While a section of netizens see Musa’s action as a form of disrespect others rose to defend the football captain, maintaining that Musa’s action was a sign of respect for the elderly within the ambience of the northern culture. See reactions from netizens on Instagram below:

nnamdiosi opined, “Monitoring spirits plenty for 9ja.”

6thingsz said, “Respect, we are Africans.”

talktoshe_ng opined, “Is it respect or what? He could have used both hands though.”

abdul_oga said, “This how northerners pay maximum respect to elders… You’ll read so many negative comments here, es- pecially from foks who have no idea of the Northern culture. This is maximum respect and I must say I’m impressed.”

fairly_used_items said, “It’s a sign of respect in hausa culture though not widely practiced now.”

unlimitedeniola said, “He did it out of respect- I spoke with him and I understand why he did so. Ahmed Musa is a respectful person.”

drsundayadetunji said, “Elderly can feel@bad when they stretch and u ignore, the respect is that u shouldn’t b d first to stretch hand, but when they do and u ignore, it’s the same disrespect they will feel especially when u shook similar elderly person hand next to him.”

The event gives us an insight into the diverse cultural heritage of Nigeria which should be appreciated.

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