Popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Femi Kuti, has disclosed that his family will not support any presidential candidates in the 2023 election.
Kuti, a son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti stated this while reacting to the backlash he has received over his statement about not being ‘Obidient’.
DAILY REPORT NG earlier reported that Kuti explained why he wouldn’t support Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP because he was too angry.
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Explaining his reason for not supporting Obi, the singer said he has his doubt about Peter Obi because he paid visit to the likes of Former Nigerian leaders Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida who did not change Nigeria and are part of the reason the country is at dire need today.
Kuti further explained that his family also does not support Bola Tinubu if APC or his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar because they are heartbroken.
According to him: “Why would I support Tinubu? Please don’t get me angry. I believe Peter Obi and Atiku are friends for him to be his Vice President if they had won the last election, so why should I not have doubts?
“My family has not supported any political party, we just sit and watch. We would not support anyone because we are heartbroken.
“If Obi wins and things change, then we’ll jubilate but no one should tell me not to have my doubts about him. I can’t tell you what to do with your life.
“Stop threatening me that you’ll burn the shrine or insult my children. Stop that. When Fela was against Abiola, you voted for him, same thing about Obasanjo
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“If you tell me Obi is different, but he went to greet Babangida, Obasanjo, that makes me skeptical
“My family believes these political elites are part of the problem of this country. I have my reservations about Peter Obi and you cannot tell me what to think.
“How would you ask me if I like Tinubu, when he was Governor he raided the shrine so many times. We had a big battle with Tinubu closing the shrine.
“I just love to play my music and don’t want anything from anybody. I’ve always believed in the youth just like my father. My children are youths and I have to see life like there’s light at the end of a tunnel,”
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