Nigerian rapper and singer, Eedris Abdulkareem, has clarified that his new song, ‘Tell Your Papa’, was only a reply to claims made by Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, and not aimed at attacking him.

Abdulkareem made the clarification on Sunday when he featured on Channels TV’s Rubbin’ Minds.

He said the song, ‘Tell Your Papa’, which has now been banned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from being played on TV and radio, was not meant to insult Seyi but to urge him to tell his father to fix the country’s problems.

Seyi Tinubu had in March, during a visit to Yola, the Adamawa State capital, claimed that his father is Nigeria’s greatest president.

But the rapper/singer disagreed, saying things have gone worse under Tinubu.

“Nigerian youths are just asking for basics: electricity, security, enabling economic environment, job creation and not palliatives,” Abdulkareem said.

He emphasised that he had no reason to launch a personal attack on Seyi Tinubu.

“So, why should I attack Seyi Tinubu personally? If Seyi Tinubu never talked about it, I wouldn’t have recorded a song like that. So, I am replying to the video that he made. If he had kept quiet, I wouldn’t have said anything. I am inspired by Seyi Tinubu to record that song,” he said.

Abdulkareem also talked about his 2001 song titled ‘Nigeria Jagajaga’, noting that the message was still relevant today because the country has not really moved forward.

He explained how Seyi Tinubu’s words gave him the idea for the new song, ‘Tell Your Papa’.

“I was inspired by Seyi Tinubu to record the song. I saw a video where he was campaigning for his father and he was defending his father, saying, ‘My father is the best president, my father is the greatest president, they are coming for my father,” Abdulkareem said.

“He (Seyi) repeated it like six times. But for Seyi, I differ because it looks more perfect when you are silent than when you speak. I would advise Seyi to hand over the microphone to the MC next time. He lacks the charisma and purpose to express himself, telling the truth about the true economic situation in Nigeria under his father’s government,” he stated.

Abdulkareem said while Tinubu may be a good father to Seyi, many young Nigerians are suffering.

“He (Tinubu) has empowered Seyi as his son but Nigerian youths don’t have jobs, talkless of food to eat. The Nigerian youths can’t travel by road, so I ask Seyi Tinubu to travel by road without his security. Let him feel the pains of ordinary citizens,” he said.