Popular saxophonist, Seun Kuti, says he was naive, young and foolish to have supported the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as governor of Lagos State.
Seun has been trending for days for publicly backing Omoyele Sowore and aiming subtle digs at other aspirants.
In an Instagram video, Seun said he was influenced by the closeness Tinubu had with his late father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
He said his support, however, changed when he realised their purpose and aims do not align.
He said, “I campaigned for Tinubu in 1999 because I knew him with my late father. I did Yoruba politics. Yoruba would be free from Nigeria because I was a fool in those days. I was young. I believed in what I could see.
“I didn’t just stay in that position of privilege thinking that yes, I have arrived because I know Tinubu. I continued to study, learn and develop my political consciousness.
“If truly we are all looking for the best way to be, then we must continue in a certain way to work and be better knowledgeable. So, as I continued to study, the more evidence in front of me proved to me that these politicians were not what they claimed to be.
“I stepped away immediately I discovered that what was happening there was false and selfish because it no longer matches my political consciousness.”
