Afrobeat artist Seun Kuti has revealed that MKO Abiola framed his father, Fela Kuti for theft and likewise marked him to be killed.
Seun Kuti accused the late MKO Abiola and his spouse, Simbiat, of hatching a devious scheme to border his father for armed robbery throughout Muhammadu Buhari’s brutal navy dictatorship.
In his stunning revelation, Seun Kuti alleged that the Abiolas made up a story about Fela boldly stealing their Ferrari at gunpoint.
In line with him, the accusation got here at a time when Buhari’s Deputy Head of State, the hardline Tunde Idiagbon, was executing draconian legal guidelines that made armed theft a capital offense, punishable by dying.
Seun Kuti’s phrases;
“Abiola and his spouse, Simbiat, lied in opposition to Fela that he and his boys robbed her of her Ferrari at gunpoint beneath Idiagbon’s regime. This was Abiola and his spouse’s plan to kill my dad as a result of, beneath Idiagbon, armed theft was punishable by dying.
“Abiola and Simbiat wrote an announcement at a police station that they noticed Fela and his gang rob her at gunpoint. This led to Fela’s arrest which is punishable by dying, however fortunately for Fela, he was performing in Cameroon the very day Simbiat was mendacity concerning the theft. Fela escaped the case as a result of he can’t be in two locations on the identical time; its both he’s on a stage in Cameroon or robbing in Lagos.
“Responding, Fela and my elder brother, Femi, took 12 buckets of faeces go and hearken to his tune – give me shit, I offer you shit – then you should have a greater understanding. They took it to Abiola’s home in the course of the evening and smeared his compound.
“The following day, the police visited my father’s home saying they got here to research the shit-show in Abiola’s home the day before today. However Fela denied the act saying if given the chance, he would smear Abiola’s home with faeces.”
