Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem Ajenifuja, has replied the
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo for
claiming he resorted to blackmail after failing to extort money
from him to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
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The rapper had on Tuesday dropped ‘Jaga Jaga’ reloaded, a remix
of his 2002 hit song of the same title. But, this time around, he
featured Mr. Raw & Madarocker.
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In the song, Abdulkareem reflected on last year’s #EndSARS
protest, the numerous challenges confronting the country and how
the leaders have failed to tackle them headlong.
He also aimed a dig at Keyamo, alleging that the minister has
ditched his characteristic vocal criticism of societal ills because
he has “joined cabal to chop money.”
“Where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o,” he
could be heard singing with a picture of the minister.
Keyamo in a tweet on Saturday however claimed Eedris had
approached him in 2018 when he was named Director of Strategic
Communications for Buhari Campaign Organisation and wanted to join
the group for a fee.
He claimed he told the artist that he had no budget for
such.
The minister added that the singer thereafter begged him for a
loan of over three million naira to pay for his hotel bills in
Abuja and also cater for his sick mother.
Keyamo also disclosed that the musician pleaded with him to
introduce him to Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the
Federation (AGF), and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation,
to pursue his course of “getting into the system”.
The minister alleged that his refusal to honour Abdulkareem’s
request led the singer to endorse Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019
general elections and to become a critic of Buhari’s government
after the polls.
Narrating his side of the event, Eedris in a statement (with
some pidgin) on Sunday said, “When he [Keyamo] was in prison, I
stood by him, I fought (Olusegun) Obasanjo on behalf of all the
comrades in prison. I released Jagajaga. When my mother was dying,
I reached out to a brother, or one I thought was a brother and a
comrade. Could he have helped, yes, did he help, NO…such was the
wickedness of his heart that he munched and kept personal details
for three years…real Hallmark of a Blackmailer!
“In 2018, I still thought the man was a comrade. Thought he
could effect change in the government he served. Then he joined the
cabal, he became inner caucus and held the steering wheel
spiralling Nigeria into doom. He joined to crush the revolution of
the youths, he joined the cabal. The cabal which mowed down our
youths at LEKKI TOLL GATE.
“With a vexed spirit, I went again to the studio for ‘Jagajaga
Reloaded’ and the Blackmailer went to town. The cabal is awoken.
The cabal is hit. The cabal is in pain. The cabal is failing. The
cabal will fall.
“The Blackmailer said I recorded a song for Buhari. The said
song is titled: ‘Obasanjo Write Buhari Letter…’
“Issues raised on Jagajaga Reloaded are facts. Nigeria never had
it so bad. The Jagajaga has taken a gargantuan dimension. We must
keep asking questions. We must ask the cabal questions.
“Festus Keyamo don join the cabal. He is in pains because his
next ambition is to be governor of Delta State. Perhaps to localise
grand looting, terrorism, murdering and raping of our citizens,
kidnapping, which his cabal have romanticised and packaged as
banditry, and sundry other mis-governance. This is why Jagajaga ti
get e! Festus Keyamo na cabal.”
Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem Ajenifuja, has replied the
Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo for
claiming he resorted to blackmail after failing to extort money
from him to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.
The rapper had on Tuesday dropped ‘Jaga Jaga’ reloaded, a remix
of his 2002 hit song of the same title. But, this time around, he
featured Mr. Raw & Madarocker.
In the song, Abdulkareem reflected on last year’s #EndSARS
protest, the numerous challenges confronting the country and how
the leaders have failed to tackle them headlong.
He also aimed a dig at Keyamo, alleging that the minister has
ditched his characteristic vocal criticism of societal ills because
he has “joined cabal to chop money.”
“Where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o,” he
could be heard singing with a picture of the minister.
Keyamo in a tweet on Saturday however claimed Eedris had
approached him in 2018 when he was named Director of Strategic
Communications for Buhari Campaign Organisation and wanted to join
the group for a fee.
He claimed he told the artist that he had no budget for
such.
The minister added that the singer thereafter begged him for a
loan of over three million naira to pay for his hotel bills in
Abuja and also cater for his sick mother.
Keyamo also disclosed that the musician pleaded with him to
introduce him to Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the
Federation (AGF), and Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation,
to pursue his course of “getting into the system”.
The minister alleged that his refusal to honour Abdulkareem’s
request led the singer to endorse Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019
general elections and to become a critic of Buhari’s government
after the polls.
Narrating his side of the event, Eedris in a statement (with
some pidgin) on Sunday said, “When he [Keyamo] was in prison, I
stood by him, I fought (Olusegun) Obasanjo on behalf of all the
comrades in prison. I released Jagajaga. When my mother was dying,
I reached out to a brother, or one I thought was a brother and a
comrade. Could he have helped, yes, did he help, NO…such was the
wickedness of his heart that he munched and kept personal details
for three years…real Hallmark of a Blackmailer!
“In 2018, I still thought the man was a comrade. Thought he
could effect change in the government he served. Then he joined the
cabal, he became inner caucus and held the steering wheel
spiralling Nigeria into doom. He joined to crush the revolution of
the youths, he joined the cabal. The cabal which mowed down our
youths at LEKKI TOLL GATE.
“With a vexed spirit, I went again to the studio for ‘Jagajaga
Reloaded’ and the Blackmailer went to town. The cabal is awoken.
The cabal is hit. The cabal is in pain. The cabal is failing. The
cabal will fall.
“The Blackmailer said I recorded a song for Buhari. The said
song is titled: ‘Obasanjo Write Buhari Letter…’
“Issues raised on Jagajaga Reloaded are facts. Nigeria never had
it so bad. The Jagajaga has taken a gargantuan dimension. We must
keep asking questions. We must ask the cabal questions.
“Festus Keyamo don join the cabal. He is in pains because his
next ambition is to be governor of Delta State. Perhaps to localise
grand looting, terrorism, murdering and raping of our citizens,
kidnapping, which his cabal have romanticised and packaged as
banditry, and sundry other mis-governance. This is why Jagajaga ti
get e! Festus Keyamo na cabal.”