Folarin Falana, the rapper better known as Falz, has criticised Christian leaders in Nigeria for allegedly turning a blind eye to current security challenges in the country.
In an Instagram post on Sunday, the rapper reacted to the
killing of at least 75 residents in Kaiama LGA of Kwara, expressing frustration
over the government’s perceived inaction.
Falz also called out Christian leaders for “urging people to
pray” while “allowing politicians to use church platforms for campaigns”
despite the country’s persistent insecurity.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with us. I don’t know when we are
going to wake up. Nearly 200 people were killed in Kwara, and the president
only released a routine statement saying he was saddened. Who has been arrested
or persecuted? Nothing was said, just carried on,” he said.
“They are killing scores of people every day, yet today
people will go to church. Religious leaders tell their followers to sit down
and pray, saying God will save them. They are already campaigning for the next
election with several groups like Relax Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria. He is?
“These guys will still go to your religious leaders, and
they will allow them on the pulpit to campaign to you and convince you to vote
for this same evil. With the same pattern they have been using for years, you
will follow suit and vote.”
The rapper claimed that religious leaders fail to educate
their congregations on concrete political obstacles to progress.
“Your religious leader will not tell you that the Senate is
currently refusing to adopt a resolution amending the Electoral Act to allow
real-time transmission of election results because they know it would make
rigging difficult. Instead, he will tell you to sit down and pray for a
spiritual solution. No problem, let’s be waiting,” he said.
In the caption accompanying his video, Falz posed a direct
question to the clergy.
“What are our so-called religious ‘leaders’ doing for the
people? At times like this, how add they moving?” he asked.
The killings in Kwara, which occurred on Wednesday, prompted
President Bola Tinubu to order the deployment of an army battalion to the area.
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