Naomi Campbell is one proud ‘girlfriend’, congratulating Skepta as he is conferred with Chieftaincy title in Nigeria. The British model, who is of Jamaican descent, and British-Nigerian rapper Skepta are rumoured to be dating and have been in Nigeria for some time now.
Following a little misunderstanding with the President of Nigeria on Friday, Naomi, 47, tweeted out congratulations to the 35-year-old rapper from London.
Posting a picture of the Shutdown rapper in his traditional clothes and holding up his certificate, she wrote: ‘Congratulations Chief Joseph Olaitan Adenuga!’
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The 2016 Mercury Prize winner attended a ceremony in his family’s hometown of Ijebu Ode, Ogun state yesterday and was conferred with the honourary chieftaincy title Amuludun of Odo-Aje.
The rapper, real name Joseph Adenuga, is of both Yoruba and Igbo ethnicity and proudly showed off a video of the ceremony to his followers on Instagram.
His caption reads: ‘Thank you to the Baale, Chiefs of Odo Aje and King for presenting me with my Chieftaincy title today. ‘I am honoured and will continue to put time and love into Nigeria, especially the community of Odo Aje.’
So now we have to address the That’s Not Me hitmaker as Chief Skeppy? Incredible! Skepta was in Lagos, Nigeria for Monday’s Boy Better Know: Homecoming concert which took place at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
BBK, an acronym for Boy Better Know, was founded by Skepta and his younger brother and grime artist JME – and was also attended by Star Wars actor John Boyega who was pictured with Naomi Campbell, Skepta and British rapper J Hus at the event.
The concert happened days before Naomi Campbell and the President of Nigeria struggled to get their stories straight on social media.
A picture of President Muhammadu Buhari with Naomi stirred up a massive conversation online after Naomi claimed to have been invited by the retired Major General in the Nigerian Army – and the presidency swiftly responded with a disclaimer.
Naomi Campbell says she was invited to launch by President, he says otherwise Naomi first claimed the President invited her to the launch of Eko City while the presidency insisted she ‘bumped’ into His Excellency and requested for a picture.
The model of Jamaican descent quickly deleted her initial tweet to match the 75-year-old’s disclaimer. Naomi first tweeted, but deleted: ‘Was a pleasure to be invited by His Excellency The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to the private launch of Eko Atlantic @NGRPresident @MBuhari.’
The personal assistant to Buhari, Bashir Ahmaad, tweeted the presidency’s version of events.
Ahmad wrote: ‘For the sake of clarity, President @MBuhari didn’t invite Ms. Naomi Campbell to any event during his 2-day visit to Lagos State. ‘They only met at the Eko Atlantic City while Mr. President was touring the project, and she requested to take photos with him.’
After deleting the post, Naomi replaced it with: ‘Was a pleasure to meet His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, to the launch of Eko Atlantic.
Here for Arise Fashion Week.’ You can’t blame Naomi for her excitement over visiting Eko Atlantic as it’s pretty spectacular. The brand new coastal area is reclaimed land from the Atlantic Ocean, sprawled on a land area of approximately 10 square kilometres in highbrow Victoria Island, Lagos.
