palace body guards

On Friday, Tchiani declared himself leader after staging a takeover that began on Wednesday when his presidential guards seized President Mohamed Bazoum and sequestered him in the presidential palace.

Brandishing leaf branches and chanting sorrowful songs, the aggrieved residents were not able to have audience with the monarch as the palace guards told them that Oba Olanipekun had travelled to Offa, Kwara State, to attend a function.