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Tensions in Nigerian state capital ahead of sacked governor’s return

Police were out in force in Ibadan, the capital of the southwestern Nigerian state of Oyo, amid fears of violence over the reinstatement of sacked governor Rasheed Ladoja. By early afternoon some 5,000 people were thronged around the seat of government for Ladoja’s arrival, some of them chanting slogans in his favour. Full Story