“He referred to as me a silly boy” – Eedris Abdulkareem recounts conflict with Obasanjo over ‘Jagajaga’ track

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Veteran Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has shared a stunning story about his encounter with former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his controversial hit track ‘Jagajaga’.

Talking throughout an look on The Sincere Bunch podcast, he revealed that the drama started when he obtained a name informing him that Obasanjo was talking about him on tv.

Eedris Abdulkareem

“I used to be sleeping at some point and obtained a name from somebody, ‘Put in your TV, Obasanjo is speaking about you.’ I used to be like, actually, what did I do?

And I heard Obasanjo say that he loves songs like ‘In case you push me, I’ll push you’, he loves songs like ‘He go higher’, however there’s one silly boy that sang ‘Nigeria Jagajaga’. It’s his father and his mom which can be Jagajaga,” he stated.

Reasonably than really feel offended, the rapper stated he was excited that his message had reached the president on the time.

Months later, he obtained an surprising alternative to carry out at a world occasion in Europe attended by Obasanjo and different dignitaries.

“Three months later, my pal, the German ambassador, reached out and stated I ought to come carry out at an occasion the place the president could be. When it was my flip, earlier than I obtained on stage, the DJ began enjoying ‘Jagajaga’,” he added.

He revealed that Obasanjo initially danced to the track, unaware of what was enjoying, earlier than out of the blue realizing it was the identical observe he had criticized.

“At that second, Obasanjo didn’t know the track. He was dancing. A couple of minutes later, it dawned on him that it was ‘Nigeria Jagajaga’. He obtained upset instantly, stood up and travelled again to Nigeria,” he concluded.

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