Veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has narrated how an unnamed Nigerian senator offered him N200m to keep bashing the government of President Bola Tinubu.
According to the singer, the politician offered the bribe in form of a support for his trending but banned song ‘Tell Your Papa’.
Recall that the viral song has been making headlines following its ban by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday over claims that ‘Tell Your Papa’ disrespects the president.
Abdulkareem disclosed that he rejected the bribe, noting that he doesn’t need their money for his music or activism.
He said, “So I got a call from one criminal who claimed to be a honourable; he didn’t even allow me to hear his name. After claiming to be a hounarable, at the end of the call when I asked him what his name was, he claimed to be a senator.
“He told me that he was in a meeting yesterday with Seyi (a son to President Bola Tinubu), and some government officials. He said, ‘They are going to call you and bribe you, don’t listen to them, we are going to be sponsoring you underground’. I then asked him, ‘who told you that I need anything’?”
Continuing, he said, “Immediately I heard his voice, I knew he was sent by them. So, I told him I was not interested . He said, ‘We will give you N200m, don’t even listen to them’. So, I asked him, the video I shot, was it you who sponsored me underground?’ You guys should go and rest somewhere, I am not interested. Thieves, may God punish all of you. It’s me that you guys want to record for caricature; you people are insane. I have prepared for you people a long time ago.”
