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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jul 4

    🎷💃🏿 🕺🏿 France's President @EmmanuelMacron parties at Fela Kuti's Shrine in Lagos 💃🏿 🕺🏿 🎷 - playing a drum and taking selfies with African stars https://bbc.in/2tUCSZx pic.twitter.com/oHwvSNdOd7

    2:35 AM - 4 Jul 2018
    • 90 Retweets
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    • BarryTjunz Raúl ' هتوف🗺🇺🇸 Chibuzor Njeri wa Nyamiti Influential Icon A. Francis Ayodele Akande Human Torch
    17 replies 90 retweets 167 likes
      1. ★★★★‏ @LatentChrist Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Tell him to go home

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      2. Troy‏ @Lyte911 Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Taking selfies while his moron soldiers are in Ambazonia killing children, women and the old indiscriminately! Leave us alone wicked man

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Troy‏ @Lyte911 Jul 4
        Replying to @Lyte911 @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Here is the work of French mercenaries in Southern Cameroons Ambazonia and Macron is busy taking selfiespic.twitter.com/AwoflFdQrZ

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Hann Tusubira‏ @htusubira Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        “taking selfies with African...” ,to you that is the big news. What significance is it...?

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      2. Shango thomas‏ @Simple_toms Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        He should take his French soldiers out of Africa they've been there for centuries and they just never leave

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Tolani‏ @tolanialli Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Can I send you better photos of this from last night?

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      1. kelvin Mawunya Ashong‏ @Mawunya_ Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Massive

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      1. Cl W K‏ @Ck52427K Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        What a nerd of imperialist proportions, play drums and raise taxes all at the same time.

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      1. AND‏ @DreaSback Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Did he bring his mommy with him ??

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      1. xZukemifuna  🌍‏ @Zeo77MamBa Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Are his French military men still occupying the Ivory Coast and Mali? These are more important than selfies.

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      1. clement segun akran‏ @segetti Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Correct guy 👍🏿

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      1. Thomas Fournier‏ @ThomasF64746958 Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Honteux ou comment le néocolon @EmanuelMacron se montre dans ses colonies.....à gerber

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      1. Igandan George‏ @Iambodegeorge Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        @pweetiebizarre

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      1. Letty Ohanya‏ @mamakeyo Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        🙄🙄🙄🙄

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      1. Forex Trading‏ @bestforextrades Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        Forex Trading Retweeted Forex Trading

        @EmmanuelMacron would you come clean for the real reason you are in Nigeria? If you doubt that France has an ulterior motive watch this and retweethttps://twitter.com/bestforextrades/status/1013237659970555904 …

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        Forex Trading @bestforextrades
        Replying to @billyb2009
        See how disgustinig thing the French signed with #Cameroon in 1960. They are using that illegally to destroy #SouthernCameroons. France is the real evil in Africa. https://twitter.com/Africanpatriott/status/1013192786814930949 …
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      1. Diana‏ @Diana63607449 Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        It really is a shame of the fifa football federation to leave this type of corruption in the games of purchase of referees to steal Colombia from the party with england in a false penalty that did not really exist the laws have to do justice to this event .. .

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      2. ☆Emmanuel Nwode Orie‏ @EmmaNwOrie Jul 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ☆Emmanuel Nwode Orie Retweeted The Biafra Times

        #WhereIsNnamdiKanu? https://twitter.com/thebiafratimes/status/1014199558342103040 … @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron #France #Britain #SupportBiafra #IronsiOrieForBiafra

        ☆Emmanuel Nwode Orie added,

        The Biafra Times @thebiafratimes
        @_AfricanUnion @UN #WhereIsNnamdiKanu❓ He was last seen on Sep 14, 2017 after Nigerian Army’s ‘Operation Python Dance’ attack in #Biafra-land and invasion of #NnamdiKanu’s home. http://www.thebiafrapost.com/2018/07/biafra-ipob-appeals-to-united-nation.html …
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      3. xZukemifuna  🌍‏ @Zeo77MamBa Jul 4
        Replying to @EmmaNwOrie @BBCAfrica @EmmanuelMacron

        pic.twitter.com/78WEilDHRf

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