APC Chairman Reveals Meaning of the Sign on Tinubu’s Signature Cap, Video Trends

APC Chairman Reveals Meaning of the Sign on Tinubu’s Signature Cap, Video Trends

  • Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has explained the significance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s infinity signature as freedom from poverty and military rule
  • The APC chairman discussed loyalists adopting Tinubu’s cap as a symbol of liberation and association
  • An interview monitored by Legit.ng highlighted the political narrative surrounding Tinubu's leadership post-1999 military rule in Nigeria

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FCT, Abuja - Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has explained that President Bola Tinubu’s infinity signature is a sign of freedom from poverty and freedom from junta entanglement after the military handed over power in 1999.

According to Prof. Yilwatda, Tinubu’s staunch loyalists started wearing the cap as a sign of freedom.

Tinubu/Tinubu's cap
APC chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda endorses party members wearing President Bola Tinubu's "infinity" cap. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Facebook

APC chair blesses wearing Tinubu's cap

The APC leader spoke on Tuesday night, February 3, during an interview on Channels Television’s 'Politics Today', monitored by Legit.ng.

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He said, as seen on X:

“It's people who believe in the infinity signature, in the infinity sign, sign of freedom, which Mr. President, after the military handing over power in 1999, felt that that yoke, military yoke, over Nigeria has been broken. Freedom of association, freedom from poverty, freedom from all military entanglement of 1999. Nigeria has been broken off it. And that's why he brought it. And most people who believe in it bought into it, and they started wearing it as a sign of freedom.”

The trending X video can be watched below:

Oluwo speaks on Tinubu’s cap

In the same vein, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, said that the meaning of the sign on Tinubu's signature cap is "the sign of a loosed chain."

Oba Akanbi said he is "well-pleased" with President Tinubu and extremely proud of the incumbent Nigerian leader.

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Although a former governor of Lagos state, President Tinubu's heritage has been traced to Iragbiji in Osun State.

Akanbi, an Osun-based monarch, expressed his optimism that Nigeria, under President Tinubu, "will be great again".

President Bola Tinubu’s cap has become the new ‘bride’ in Nigeria's politics
Many APC members and supporters of President Bola Tinubu imitate the Nigerian leader and wear his signature cap. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Facebook

Oba Akanbi wrote on his verified Instagram page:

"My own beloved in whom I'm well pleased. I'm super proud of you. He's been carrying his cross forever with the sign of loosed chain on his head.
"Freedom for us. Nigeria will be great again."

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Prof. Yilwatda said the ruling APC is not discussing the 2027 vice-presidential (VP) ticket, calling all speculation in the media premature.

Yilwatda stated that many stories in the press are purely speculative, untrue, and baseless.

The clarification from Yilwatda comes amid heightened public interest and speculation over the APC’s strategy for the 2027 elections.

Source: Legit.ng

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Ridwan Adeola Yusuf (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.