London Museum honors Nigerians who stormed Queen Elizabeth’s funeral with Asoebi
The Palace has honored Nigerians who invaded the UK to attend the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II of England.
According to Kemi Filani, Nigerians living abroad went above and beyond to honor the late Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Online images that went viral showed Nigerians dressed in vibrant Aso Ebi with a picture of the late Queen detailed out. It was their original means of honoring the longest reigning monarch of England.
An online update to the story stated that the UK Palace had asked for the garment to be on exhibit at the London Museum.
This information was published online by well-known news editor Dele Momodu, who revealed that one of the group members took the “Aso Ebi” attire seriously despite its origins as a joke.
Dele Momodu also described the outfit’s delivery from Lagos to London the day before the momentous occasion and the way that a global media outlet made the outfits’ originality known.
Dele Momodu caption his Instagram publish saying : “It started as a joke, and one of us took it seriously. The outfits were turned around in four days and delivered from Lagos to London the day before the event.
It went viral, was on sky news, and the Palace have now requested for it to be displayed at London Museum…”
