Exclusive: How a Nigerian king who Harry hailed as one of his 'new in-laws' is a conman twice deported from America, with a lengthy criminal record and a distinctly murky past...

EXCLUSIVE Exclusive: How a Nigerian king who Harry hailed as one of his 'new in-laws' is a conman twice deported from America, with a lengthy criminal record and a distinctly murky past...

By Ian Gallagher and Caroline Graham Published: 02:14, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 09:19, 19 May 2024 e-mail 130 shares View comments Taking the microphone, Prince Harry gestured towards the Nigerian royals ranged before him, playfully calling them his 'in-laws'. It brought laughter from his audience. 'I'll skip the protocol because at this point we're all family,' the duke added, to more guffaws.

On reflection, though, maybe it wasn't such a big joke after all. The House of Windsor may have cut the Sussexes adrift but in Lagos last Sunday wealthy rulers bearing gifts and titles were effectively competing to claim Meghan for their own royal families. But as the duke and duchess would do well to note, not everyone who came paying homage was all they seemed.

Prince Harry shaking hands with conman Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi in Lagos, Nigeria The Mail on Sunday reveals today that one of the kings is a convicted fraudster who was twice kicked out of the United States. The venue for what one guest described as Meghan's 'unofficial crowning' was a flashy fifth floor restaurant in the coastal mega-city's latest boutique hotel. Hardly the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace but there was a red carpet, fanfare trumpets –and no shortage of ceremony.

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