Popular Nigerian music artist, Seun Kuti, has slammed those condemning the father of the late Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, a.k.a Mohbad, for burying him hastily.
Tribune Online reports that Mohbad passed away on September 12 at the age of 27.
Following his death, the artiste was buried a day after the tragic incident in Ikorodu.
The immediate burial seems not to have sat well with some social media users who called out the ‘peace’ hitmaker’s father for allowing him to be buried without proper arrangements and investigations.
Reacting to the condemnation that has trailed the burial, Seun Kuti said in an interview with media personality Nedu’s Thehonestbunch podcast that Mohbad’s father is only receiving condemnation over the development because he is poor.
According to him, if the same decision was taken by a rich man, it wouldn’t have stirred such backlash from Nigerians.
He questioned why any sane father would want to keep the corpse of his dead son for days.
He opined that instead of consoling the man during this difficult phase, Nigerians are criticizing him simply because of his financial status.
Speaking in Pidgin, he said, “In this whole Mohbad issue, poverty is playing a big role. People are saying na Mohbad papa kill am because he buried him early. Who wan dey look his son dead body for 2, 3 days.
“If na Otedola pikin die and he bury am overnight, wetin anybody go talk here? no be sey una go dey give am condolences visit for house?”
“Instead of us to be consoling the man, we are making him evil that can kill his son. Somebody that just lost his child. You like the boy pass am na hin dem dey bully the boy all these days and you no talk anything.”
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