THE WILL NIGERIA
Ahead of the forthcoming election, Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has disclosed that he was a fool when he campaigned for Bola Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 1999.
In a recent video, the controversial singer said he was young and naïve when he campaigned for Tinubu.
Seun, who is the son of Fela Kuti, the late Afrobeat icon, said he worked for Tinubu because of his father’s relationship with the politician.
Seun said despite his own relationship with Tinubu in 1999, he never used it as an opportunity to behave recklessly.
“Na me campaign for Tinubu in 1999. Why? Because I knew him from my father. I followed him. I did Yoruba politics. Yoruba would be free from this Nigeria because I was a fool. I was a fool in those days. I was young. I was naive. I believed in what I could see. But the more I understand, the more I learn,” he said in a mixture of Pidgin and English.
“I didn’t just stay in that position of privilege thinking that yes, I don arrive. I know Tinubu. I can do anything I like. While I was there, I continued to study, lead and develop my political consciousness.
“If what we are saying is true. If we are looking for the best way to be, then we must all continue in a certain way to work and be better. To be better knowledgeable. So, the more I continued to study, the more the evidence in front of me proved to me that these people are not what they say they are.
