Nigeria’s Problem Isn’t Tinubu — It’s Corruption, Says Femi Kuti

Femi Kuti, the musician, says President Bola Tinubu is “not the primary cause of Nigeria’s woes,” arguing instead that systemic corruption is the nation’s deepest crisis.

In an interview on the Good News Naija podcast, Femi, the son of the late Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, pushed back against widespread public anger over rising insecurity and inflation, which many Nigerians have blamed on the current administration.

Kuti questioned why the judiciary and other oversight bodies did not prevent Tinubu from contesting the 2023 election if allegations against him were credible.

He extended his criticism to the political class, noting that figures with tainted records routinely cycle through successive governments, eroding public trust, particularly among young Nigerians.

“Do you think Tinubu is the problem? The judiciary that didn’t stop him from getting there in the first place is a problem. If all the allegations against him are true, how did he contest?” Femi asked.

“If we had men and women of calibre and integrity, he wouldn’t have been able to contest in the first place. When Obasanjo instructed the arrest of corrupt people, the first person arrested was his daughter. Then Nuhu Ribadu was removed as head of the EFCC; now he is Tinubu’s security personnel.

“They’re all the same people. They go to the same parties and hug themselves. So, if a young boy of 20 has this information, where will his belief in the system be?”

The musician warned that corruption has become deeply entrenched across every level of society, from government to ordinary citizens.

He described the trend as a “terminal cancer” that risks becoming incurable if unchecked.

“Every administration is so corrupt that all they are after is money. They will still steal, but they’ll never do the work. In fact, the whole country is corrupt. You do a railway, people will steal the railings and don’t care about the accidents it might cause because nobody believes in the system anymore,” he added.

“Over the years, the rot has spread from the head down. What I’m afraid of is that corruption will become a terminal cancer that will be incurable. That’s my fear.”

Source: The Cable

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