Controversial Nigerian musician, Seun Kuti, has apologised to human rights activist, Femi Falana, for his connection to the allegations made by social media activist, VeryDarkMan against the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Recall that VeryDarkMan had accused Falana of collecting N15 million bribe from Bobrisky in order to get a presidential pardon for him.
VeryDarkMan had also involved Falana’s son, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, alleging that he is part of the bribery because he is gay.
After VeryDarkMan made the claims, Seun Kuti applauded him, noting that he was aware of the leaked recording and had given VeryDarkMan the go-ahead to post it.
However, in a swift turn of events, Seun Kuti during his live Instagram on Friday expressed deep regret for any offence his involvement may have caused.
He further noted that he never intended to offend or join any effort to discredit the respected lawyer.
Seun further explained that though he is cool with Verydarkman, he does not control him and is not behind him posting the audio online.
He said, “I am deeply sorry if that offended Uncle Femi. It is really not my intention. I will not, in any way, shape, or form, want to join anybody, even VDM, to fight Uncle Femi Falana. We have been through a lot. We have come a long way. The one thing that matters to me is the institutional lapses of EFCC taking money to drop the money laundering charge. I will never join issues with anybody to try and denigrate, insult, or defame. I’ve told people I’ve seen him work many cases. I’ve never seen Uncle Femi take money from those people he decided to help in any case. He’s not that guy.
“All these bloggers mentioning my name repeatedly and trying to make this a Seun issue. Seun doesn’t have anything whatsoever to do with this issue. You know. The issue is not my problem. I want to clarify some things about me and VDM’s relationship, where I think many people get it twisted. We are cool, but I don’t control VDM, and if you don’t know yet, just by looking at VDM or his page, let me tell you now, he doesn’t listen. You can’t tell him anything.”
News About Nigeria reports that Seun’s apology is following Falana’s Thursday interview with Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV Politics Today where he had denied any involvement with Bobrisky and had threatened to follow the matter legally against those involved.
