Fela Would be Proud of Seun – Omokri|Omohglobalnews

Media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan Reno Omokri has stated that late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti would be proud of his son, Seun for his stance against the duo of PSquare. 

He weighed in on the ongoing verbal sludge between Seun, the last child of the late Afrobeat king and singing twin PSquare. 

Seun on Wednesday lashed Peter Okoye aka Mr P for backing Labour Party(LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, saying he lacked the morality to advise Nigerians on who to vote for after hobnobbing with politicians. 

But Mr P’s twin brother Paul said the Afrobeat legend would be ashamed of his son, who he accused of lacking any pedigree other than being the son of the popular singer. 

In a tweet thread, Reno paid tributes to the Kuti lineage for all they represented and still doing while proposing that one of them should be on the country’s currency.

He said: “Wherever Fela Kuti is, if he has consciousness, he would be very proud of Seun. Never realised how deeply intelligent and aware of issues past, present and future Seun is. Very deep and quite cerebral. He obviously spent quality time absorbing from his father.

“For those who may not know, Seun Kuti is the great-grandson of Reverend Josiah Ransome-Kuti. The first Nigerian to record and release a music album. He has pedigree. Himself, his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are and were great. May God bless them!

“If you ever attended Sunday school in Nigeria, chances are that you at least sang one of Seun Kuti’s great grandfather’s songs. Reverend Josiah Ransome-Kuti wrote e je k’omode ko wa o, and a host of other spiritual gospel songs 100 years ago. Seun Kuti has pedigree.

“Other than the Kuti family, the only other Nigerian (although I don’t subscribe to him) who has attracted goodwill and tourism to Nigeria on an industrial scale, is TB Joshua. Under normal circumstances, there should be at least one Kuti on Nigeria’s currency.”

Addressing people who criticised Big Bird for his smoking lifestyle, Omokri stated: “For those saying Seun smokes xyz, I don’t know if it is true. What I know is that it is “not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth”-Matt 15:11. Xyz can’t defile Seun. What came out of his mouth defines him and his family creditably.”

Further urging individuals to desist from rubbishing the legacy of a great family such as the Kutis’, the social commentator added: “You will never hear Jamaicans talk down Bob Marley or his family. Let us not use our hands to belittle a great Nigerian legacy family. Fela and Seun Kuti, in word, action, and money, have done much for Nigeria. They may not always be right. But they always mean well.”