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Afrobeat singer and activist Seun Kuti has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, claiming its primary focus is to protect corrupt political elites rather than address the needs of ordinary Nigerians.
In a video posted on his official X handle on Sunday, the Grammy-nominated musician alleged that the President’s so-called tough economic policies are not meant for national development but to conceal high-level corruption.
“Nigerians, I want you to understand that when they say this President has made tough decisions to protect the country, see, the only thing the president has done is to cover up crimes upon crimes,” Kuti said.
He added, “And in order for those crimes to be covered up, the bravery needed to do that is wickedness. He [President Tinubu] impoverished the whole Nigerians because in crime something has been taken.”
The outspoken artist also took aim at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over comments made during a recent media chat. According to Kuti, Wike was more concerned with maintaining a corrupt political system than genuine governance.
“Wike and the other politicians who support Asiwaju [Tinubu] are fighting for the status quo. The noise they are making… If you listen to what Wike was saying at his media chat with a political ear, he is asking the opposition coalition politicians if they want to scatter the status quo,” Kuti remarked.
“He said this man [President Tinubu] is protecting all of us. When I say all of us, I don’t mean ordinary Nigerians. I’m referring to the political class; the rich, crooked, and corrupt Nigerian elites. That was what Wike was shouting at his media chat,” he added.
Referring to one of Wike’s revelations, Kuti mocked the Minister’s statement on alleged financial misconduct during Rotimi Amaechi’s time as governor of Rivers State.
“Wike’s recent media chat deserves some plots of land, in my books… Wike said during Rotimi Ameachi’s tenure as Governor of Rivers State, his [Amaechi’s] wife was collecting N4 billion per month. I wished he mentioned how many years that she received the money,” he said.
Seun Kuti, son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, has remained a relentless critic of successive governments, using his platform to spotlight the struggles of everyday Nigerians.
Watch him speak below…
"The only thing the President has done is to cover up crimes."
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