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Legendary Nigerian saxophonist and afrobeat singer, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, has cleared the air over a statement he made about the supporters of the Labour Party(LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The LP’s presidential candidate’s supporters identify themselves as ‘obidient.’
The five-time Grammy award-nominee in a video posted on his Instagram page said that that he never referred to Obi’s supporters as zombies, contrary to news making the rounds on social media.
He further explained that the bone of contention he had with the presidential candidate’s supporters is the name they call themselves, ‘obidient.’
According to the Bang Bang crooner, his family has faced so much in the hands of various Nigerian governments to be ‘obidient.’ He further stated that he has never supported any political party or candidate and do not intend to change that in 2023.
“I have seen insults directed to me and my family as well as the threat that they will burn the shrine because they feel I said that Peter Obi’s supporters are zombies.
“First let’s be clear; what did I say? I said that I am too angry and sad, and depressed to be obidient. I said that how can anybody come up with that term? How can you be obidient, how? I don’t see it. How can you be obidient in this country; we have had the #EndSARS, killings, my grandmother was killed, my father’s house was burnt, the oppression of my family, and I am supposed to be obidient.
“Do you know the meaning of obidient? It means if they tell you to sit down, you will sit down and when they tell you to stand up you will stand up. It means you are an obidient person. I cannot be obidient.
“I went on to say that Obi himself was friends with Atiku and he went on to be Atiku’s vice president. So, if he was Atiku’s vice president, they are pals. If they had won the last election they would have been pals hugging each other now.
“Did I call Peter Obi’s supporters zombies? It means I would have said that ‘all Peter Obi’s supporters are zombies’. Did I say that? No.”
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