By Cynthia Johnson
Nigerian musician Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, popularly known Seun Kuti, has again been in the news as he defended Mohbad’s father for burying his son hastily.
The youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, in a recent interview with media personality, Nedu on Thehonestbunch podcast, said that the deceased father is only receiving condemnation because he is poor.
In his words, “Poverty is playing a big role in this whole Mohbad issue. People are saying Mohbad’s father killed him because he buried him early. Who will be looking at his son’s dead body for two to three days?”
Airing his views in Pidgin English, Kuti continued, “If na Otedola pikin die and he bury am overnight, wetin anybody go talk here? No be sey una go dey give am condolences visit for house?
“Instead of us to be consoling the man, we are making him evil that can kill his son. Somebody that just lost his child. You like the boy pass am na him dem dey bully the boy all these days and you no talk anything.”
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Quest Times recalls reporting that Mohbad who died on September 12, in a controversial manner, was buried the following day, Wednesday 13 September 2023.
See reactions to Kuti’s defense on social media:
ruzanabyruzana: “Kept saying this!!! So we suddenly love Mohbad more than a man that single-handedly raised him, he didn’t kill him all these years!!! Haba! I feel bad for the man seriously….poverty caused it and serious see finish!”
erique_iyke: “First of all, you won’t bully a rich man’s son that way, secondly, no rich man whose child died controversially will hurriedly bury their child that way, the man’s disposition and antecedents sponsored the suspicion. Clearly Moh didn’t get a lot of love growing up so everyone is a suspect. It is not out of place to investigate everyone involved in such shady burial. These ‘hot takes’ notwithstanding”
tegan12314: “God bless u BRO for this”
de_papito1: “Poverty play a big role Aje, cos poverty don overcome the man”
g.comfitness1: “If I agree for other things I no go gree for this one.. e don no be just ordinary son. He was a star. U don’t bury a word star like that. Because his poor and he used poor mentality to bury a star immediately. He needed not to go look anything. Instruct the family on what to do and dey do it properly. No one said he should sit beside is son’s corpse and be watching it.”
officialotex: “No mind them”
donye_the_creator2: “Fact though”
iamtbenz: “Ah this guy,I’ve been saying few things but people go say I b yeye person”
iam.oluwabjay: “Tell dem”
bolu_tife37: “Don’t mid them. They tot is easy to watch your child lifeless”
king_toboy_: “This matter go far”
chennarr: “Seun man of wisdom”
sandramac_anthony: “I will never be poor”
uzama_of_delta: “Truth be told abeg”
dr_j_onos: “Thank you Seun! The whole thing has because something else and the death has become a clout chasing item for Nigerian celebrities.”