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'Welcome' signs for president's son anger Nigerians

Nigerians have reacted angrily to billboards welcoming the president's son home after medical treatment abroad following a motorbike accident.

"Nigeria children are grateful to the almighty God for your life - we will always pray for you," reads one of the signs on display in the capital Abuja. The other says "Uncle Yusuf we love you".




Some see the decision to erect billboards praising the president's son as tone deaf at a time when efforts to rescue more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by militants are under scrutiny.

One Twitter user called the posters a display of "sycophancy":


 
Another labelled it absurd:



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