'Bowing honours him more' -- Ahmed Musa defends refusal to shake Kano governor

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'Bowing honours him more' -- Ahmed Musa defends refusal to shake Kano governor
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Ahmed Musa, Super Eagles captain, has broken silence concerning a viral video of him refusing to shake the hand of Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano.

In the footage, Musa goes down on his knees as he shakes Gwarzo’s hand, but the Eagles captain only bows respectfully before Yusuf and refuses the governor’s stretched forth arm. He added that he “chose to bow and not shake his hands, honouring him in a way that is deeply rooted in tradition”.

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