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Kings Battle for an Ancient Throne in Nigeria
One king has been barricaded in the palace, protected from potential usurpers by hundreds of subjects armed with sticks and machetes. Another king, evicted from the same palace in May, is living in an annex down the road, dispatching lawyers to courthouses …