09-27-2019, 10:12 AM
It is a shame that an administration with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu will lock somebody up" Seun Kuti speaks to LITV on Sowore's arrest (video)
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Seun Kuti has condemned Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the arrest of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore for planning a protest tagged "Revolution Now."
Condemning the arrest, Seun Kuti, while speaking to Linda Ikeji TV's On Air crew said: "It is a shame that an administration with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu will lock somebody up when he's the leader of that party that is ruling, for saying Revolution Now, knowing the history of NADECO, the role that he played, and where we all came from, from 1993 till date, I think it was a bit harsh."
He added: "The only thing I told Sowore was that he needed a bit more time to take people along. You can't do revolution on the people's behalf. You have to do your revolution with the people."
He went on to say that he can never accept a political appointment from the current administration.
The Grammy nominee said: "I can't take a political appointment in an oppressive system."
He continued: "There's a Yoruba proverb that says that the only discussion the cockroach and the chicken can have is inside the stomach of the chicken."
Watch below.
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Seun Kuti has condemned Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the arrest of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore for planning a protest tagged "Revolution Now."
Condemning the arrest, Seun Kuti, while speaking to Linda Ikeji TV's On Air crew said: "It is a shame that an administration with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu will lock somebody up when he's the leader of that party that is ruling, for saying Revolution Now, knowing the history of NADECO, the role that he played, and where we all came from, from 1993 till date, I think it was a bit harsh."
He added: "The only thing I told Sowore was that he needed a bit more time to take people along. You can't do revolution on the people's behalf. You have to do your revolution with the people."
He went on to say that he can never accept a political appointment from the current administration.
The Grammy nominee said: "I can't take a political appointment in an oppressive system."
He continued: "There's a Yoruba proverb that says that the only discussion the cockroach and the chicken can have is inside the stomach of the chicken."
Watch below.
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Seun Kuti @bigbirdkuti speaks about Sowore's arrest. He said to LITV: "It is a shame that an administration with Ashiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu will lock somebody up when he's the leader of that party that is ruling, for saying Revolution Now, knowing the history of NADECO, the role that he played, and where we all came from, from 1993 till date, I think it was a bit harsh." . . He added: "The only thing I told Sowore was that he needed a bit more time to take people along. You can't do revolution on the poeple's behalf. You have to do your revolution with the people."
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Seun Kuti @Bigbirdkuti speaks on why he can't accept a political appointment from the current administration . . . "I can't take a political appointment in an oppressive system," the Grammy nominee said. . . Reason? . . He replied: "There's a Yoruba proverb that says that the only discussion the cockroach and the chicken can have is inside the stomach of the chicken."
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