Eedris Abdulkareem claims his song ‘Tell your papa’ was a response to Seyi Tinubu, not an att@ck

Nigerian artist and rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, clarified that his latest track, ‘Tell your papa’, is not an assault on Seyi Tinubu.

He explained that he was merely responding to a comment from the president’s son, who claimed that his father, Bola Tinubu, is the greatest president Nigeria has ever had.

Abdulkareem shared these thoughts during an appearance on ‘Rubbin’ Minds’, a program aired by Channels Television on Sunday.

The younger Tinubu had made his statement in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, back in March 2025.

According to the rapper, his new song ‘Tell Your Papa’ was not an attack on Seyi but a call for the president’s son to tell his father to address Nigeria’s economic and security challenges.

“Nigerian youths are just asking for basics: electricity, security, enabling economic environment, job creation and not palliatives.

“So, why should I attack Seyi Tinubu personally? If Seyi Tinubu never talked about it, I wouldn’t have recorded a song like that. So, I am replying to the video that he made. If he had kept quiet, I wouldn’t have said anything. I am inspired by Seyi Tinubu to record that song,” he said.

Recall that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) swiftly condemned Abdulkareem’s latest song, deeming it unsuitable and prohibiting its play on radio and television.

Numerous Nigerians, among them Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, have voiced their disapproval of the ban.

Soyinka characterized this action as a resurgence of censorship, posing a danger to the freedom of expression.

In a television interview, Eedris Abdulkareem expressed his dismay that, 24 years since he unveiled his earlier track, ‘Nigeria jagajaga,’ its message remains pertinent due to the stagnation in Nigeria’s development.