Seun Kuti has explained why he
would not vote this year.
He also
opened up on the only condition
under which he would forgive
Buhari for locking his father up. He
told the Nation.
You recently came out and said you
were misrepresented in some
quarters of the media concerning
the major presidential candidates.
What are your views about the
coming elections? Are you going to
vote? Do you have your PVC?
No, I don’t have my PVC because I
decided already long time ago, even
before the candidates were chosen,
that the election is the politician’s
elections still. I’m not going to vote.
And I’ve been proven correct. I’m
happy that so many people in
Nigeria today want to be involved
in the democraticprocess of this
country. It is a big development in
our democratic development.
And so many people want to also
cast protest votes this year protest
against how the country has been
run by the present administration
and I understand.
And I support it as well.
But the truth about it is that I
believe that I am very politically
mature. And for me to cast my
vote, whoever I vote for has to
represent my aspirations.
I won’t just cast a protest vote in as
much as a protest vote is needed in
this forthcoming election.
The candidate that is brought
forward as well is someone that I
believe is not in the good books of
the Kuti family.
And my family, we’re very united
in our views about civic
responsibility and human rights.
And retired General Buhari has
trampled on the rights of my family
when he jailed my father, illegally
for that matter.
And Fela was innocent. This is why
it would be difficult for me to say I
want to vote for Buhari.
Maybe if Buhari wins and becomes
president, then I can forgive him if
he begins to do to Nigerians what
Fela would have liked for Nigerians
because maybe if Buhari becomes
president and he suddenly becomes
pro-people, developing Nigeria
from the ground-up, things that I
know would have made my father
happy, and he is bring Nigeria up
yeah.
Definitely, I would understand that
even if Fela were alive and Fela
sees Nigeria going forward like this,
he would speak in favour of the
man.
But so far, I can’t betray my father
based on some promises and some
words. So, that is why I’m not
voting for him.
