Soft-rock musician, Etcetera, has blamed
Nigerian entertainers for the explosion that occurred at Nyanya Motor
Park, Abuja on Monday morning.
In an opinion piece posted on his facebook page, he
stated that the likes of D’banj, Don Jazzy, Onyeka Onwenu and others
should be partly blamed for rubbing shoulders with Nigerian politicians.
“For God’s sake, can Somebody please call Dbanj, Don Jazzy, Onyeka
Onwenu, Duncan Mighty, Stephanie Okereke, Genevieve Nnaji, Funke
Akindele, Omotola, Rita Dominic, Aki and Pawpaw, Sammy Okposo, Sunny
Neji, Maleke, Okey Bakassi, Jay Jay Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Daddy Showkey,
Richard Mofe Damijo, Kwam 1 and other entertainers that have at one
time or the other been seen dining with politicians?
Can you please tell them that there has been a bomb blast in Nyanya?
Can you include pictures of the mutilated bodies? Please don’t forget to
tell them that most of the dead might have been lovers of their music
and movies and cheered them in every concert and football matches they
played both at club level and the national team. Tell them that their
CDs and Movies were bought by those dead fans for inspiration and
because they wanted to feel alive and ease off the daily tensions faced
everyday in this country.” He wrote
Justifying his point, he further wrote “That the Jingles done by
Dbanj, Don Jazzy, Sammy Okposo, Onyeka Onwenu and other entertainers
might have convinced some of those who have died in different Boko Haram
raids or bad roads or lack of proper healthcare facilities to vote for
politicians who have failed them in all ramifications? The same
politicians that failed to protect the lives of those shredded bodies in
Nyanya? That some of the dead fans in Nyanya might have even spent
their little earnings to attend their concerts in Abuja and environs?
Have you as an entertainer ever sat down to reflect on the fact that
each time we give our voices to enhance the career of these politicians
knowing they mean no good for this country that we are bringing more
hardship and even death to our fans?
“Why devote precious hours in the studio composing songs asking your
fans to vote for politicians whose past stinks more than the dustbin at
Ojota?
“How do you feel listening to those songs today knowing that Mr.
Politician failed you and your die-hard fans? Can you give back those
millions to bring back the lives of those dead fans in Nyanya, Jos,
Maiduguri, Agatu in Benue? I guess not, because frolicking with the
devil makes u perpetually his.
2015 is around the corner. Many of us entertainers will be called
upon to do jingles, attend rallies wearing branded T-shirts in support
of these same politicians. Millions of naira would be paid to your bank
accounts. Thousands of bottles of MOET will be popped for you to feel
good at different rally points while you convince your fans to join the
bandwagon as part of the special few who voted for change.
Right now, some of us entertainers must be licking our lips in
anticipation of the naira windfall come 2015. Let your conscience be
your pilot. That is if you have one. May the souls of those fans who
have died because of insecurity and corruption haunt every entertainer
who refuses to repent from selling his or her talent for money at the
expense of a better Nigeria.
And may the souls of all our faithfully departed fans REST IN PEACE. Amen!” he concluded.
Who agrees with him?
