
Legendary Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has responded to the Federal Government’s ban on his latest anti-Tinubu track, Tell Your Papa.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday prohibited the song, branding it “offensive.”
In an Instagram post later that day, Abdulkareem condemned the move, calling it an effort by the government to suppress the truth and silence dissenting voices.
Drawing parallels with the 2004 ban of his iconic protest anthem Jaga Jaga, the outspoken artist slammed President Tinubu’s administration as “insensitive and vindictive.”
Sharing the NBC memo regarding his song, he wrote: “It is obvious that in Nigeria, truth and constructive criticism is always deemed a big crime by the government.
“President Bola Tinubu-led government is now going on record as one of the most insensitive, vindictive and grossly maleficent administration that has ever presided over the affairs of Nigeria.
“They are instructing broadcast houses to shield the government by hiding the candle under the table. Anyone wonder why Nigeria has not made impactful strides all these years? The conscience is an open wound, only the truth can heal it.”