Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has insisted his new song was not an attack on President Bola.
According to him it was a response to comments made by the president’s son, Seyi Tinubu, who described his father as the best leader in Nigeria’s history.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds programme, Abdulkareem said, “Nigerian youths are just asking for basics: electricity, security, an enabling economic environment, job creation, and not palliatives.”
He added, “Why should I attack Seyi Tinubu personally? If Seyi Tinubu never talked about it, I wouldn’t have recorded a song like that.
“So, I am replying to the video that he made. If he had kept quiet, I wouldn’t have said anything. I am inspired by Seyi Tinubu to record that song.
“He (Tinubu) has empowered Seyi as his son, but Nigerian youths don’t have jobs, talkless of food to eat.
“The Nigerian youths can’t travel by road, so I ask Seyi Tinubu to travel by road without his security. Let him feel the pains of ordinary citizens.”
The rapper also hit out at the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, for banning the track, calling it a hypocritical move that suppresses free expression.
