Seun Kuti says it’s impossible to infiltrate the All Progressives Congress (APC) to eliminate vices.
The Afrobeat star spoke in
a Twitter
Spaces hosted by Rinu Oduala, one of the
activists in the End SARS protest.
Kuti dismissed the view that
political parties like the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can be
hijacked.
He said it’s impossible for changemakers to transform the party because they will be won over at best or eliminated.
According to him, Nigerians
mistake what he termed the “wickedness” of politicians for incompetence and
aloofness.
“You can not infiltrate the APC
or PDP. I think it’s rather naive for people who think that. We assume our
politicians are not intelligent. And it’s very wrong. I don’t know if you’ve
been close to them,” Kuti said.
“Some of these people are among
the most intelligent. Even Buhari. He’s highly intelligent, trust me. But the
issue is that they’re wicked. You people don’t want to call them what they are,
so you mistake stupidity for wickedness.
“What’s happening today is
deliberate, planned, and orchestrated. It’s not because they’re incompetent or
don’t have sense. Do you see how they develop their personal lives, kids,
businesses? Do you see their jets?
“How they have the best of the
best things built by the best. They are just wicked people. Engaging with them,
you cannot out-wicked or outsmart them with some spying or dark acts.”
“They tried to convince my father
to join the military boys and work to change the country from the inside. My
father laughed. It is impossible to go into APC or PDP thinking you want
to transform the party from within.
“They will transform you,
eliminate you, or expel you from the party depending on your clout in their
midst.”
I don’t believe in
youth-dominated leadership, says Kuti
On the Movement of the People
(MOP), his fledgling political movement, Kuti said efforts are underway to
establish an office in Abuja while working towards announcing its first
convention.
In the context of Nigeria’s
leadership being dominated by the older population, the singer-turned-activist
dismissed the idea that citizens should champion youth-led governance.
Kuti argued that, by virtue of
education and tutelage, many youths are no different from those they seek to
oust, something he said the MOP looks to address.
“We need both young and old, everyone who is
Nigerian. I’m not an ageist. We’re trying to get MOP registered but it’s
difficult. We’ve not held our convention. We want to get an office in Abuja,”
he said.
“Once they hear it’s MOP, they
refund our money. Politics is very elitist in Nigeria. We realised poor people
cannot form a party here except they have an extraordinary sense of
organisation and duty above hunger that binds them.
“We’re trying to gather state
reps. As soon as we’ve done that, we’ll announce our convention.
“We scream EndSARS in Lagos and
cousins in the US are screaming Black Lives Matter. A policeman coked his gun
at him even after EndSARS. That’s why I told them (MOP) not to do the End SARS
protest.
“If we’re going to protest, we’re doing ‘end
oppressors, end domination’. EndSARS is a half step, with most young people
being oppressors in the waiting themselves because we were educated by
oppressors. It’s not judgment.”
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