“My Father Fela Was Impressed When I Did Bad Things, Because He Wanted Me To Become An Area Boy” – Femi Kuti

Legendary afrobeat icon, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, has disclosed that his father, the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, wanted him to become an ‘area boy’ and forfeit his education for music.

According to him, his father wanted him out of school to prove to people that one must not acquire formal education to be successful in life.

The ‘Day by day’ crooner told the Net: “My father didn’t want me to study music because I was more of an experimental guinea pig to prove a point that you do not need education to be successful and he wanted to use me to prove to his brothers that the education he got was not what made him.

“So I was like a guinea pig which I really vehemently protested against but when I became successful and I complained again, my father said ‘are you famous? Are you not successful? Oya shut up.’

“But I was still very angry because I’m more of a street boy. I may speak well, it’s because I read a lot of books and I’m very well informed but my father wanted me to be more like an area boy.

“Back then if I got back from school and said I got ZERO in Mathematics, he’ll say that’s very good.
“I used to be among the bad boys in school that’ll jump the fence to go and watch Chinese movies at the cinema and if we get caught and my father hears about it, he’ll say ‘very good’.
“My father wanted me to be the head of the ‘most baddest boys’ in school (laughs).
“If I did well in my science subjects, he was very unimpressed but if I did bad things, he’ll be like ‘that’s my boy’ because that’s what he wanted and in the long run you could say he proved and made his point because I became successful.’

“I didn’t get the education and my mum, his brothers were all so scared that I’ll be a complete failure. Nigeria wrote me off, you can’t imagine how bog my father was in those days and then his first son (me) had no school no education, smoking igbo, doing all the bad things everyone else was running from.

“I was totally written off. Back then If a girl introduces me to her parents they’ll be the end of the relationship, even my marriage broke up because of such stigmas of being Fela’s son.

“So if you look at it well, I’m not supposed to be successful, but those that know my history know the significance because I was a failure,” he added.

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Just look at what this girl intends to do after she accepted a guy’s proposal…

Photos: 60-year-old Man Beaten And Paraded In Abia State After Raping And Killing A Girl For Been A Virgin

A 60-year-old man accused of raping and killing a young woman, was beaten, dragged and paraded naked by youths and women of Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, today, November 18th.

According to Abia Facts Newspaper, while the suspect was raping the young lady on the farm, he insulted and mocked her for being a virgin and later killed her.

He then informed the victim’s friend to tell the family where they can locate the body.

The man will be handed over to the Police but not until the community is done torturing him.

More photos below…

Photos: Nigerian Media Personality Toke Makinwa Passionately Kisses Her Dog As She Celebrates Its Birthday

The media personality took to her social media to share a loved up photo to celebrate her 6 months old dog, Coco.

She said; “6 months ago you came into my life all smelly off a long flight but one look at you and I knew you were trouble. Happy 6 months Coco, you bring me sooooo much joy! Spice n I love your crazy funny and adorable personality ”

Photos: Man Sleeps With His Sister-In-Law Then Brags About It And Posts After Sex Photos On Facebook (Must See)

I don’t know why and how people do this these days, for attention?

Kenyan Facebook user, Joakim Cruzz shared this photo of a lady with bare boobs whom he said is his sister inlaw and said; “She is my sister inlaw I really thank her for being with me hospital two weeks”. People have been slamming him saying he slept with her and posted on Facebook.

Well, he has since deleted the photo and posted the one below…

Photos: Nigerian Billionaire Emeka Offor Buries His Father In Pure Gold Casket (Must See)

Emeka Offor buried his father at All Saint Anglican Church, Irefi Oraifite, Anambra, today.

The casket used in the burial is reportedly pure gold in and out. More photos after the cut…

Olusegun Obasanjo Finally Addresses Rumours That He Sacrificed His Wife Stella To Be Successful As President

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo would have been celebrating his wife, Stella Obasanjo’s 71^st birthday now but she is no more.

The elegant First Lady was born on November 14, 1945 but died before her 60^th birthday on October 23 2005.

She died in Spain where she went for a cosmetic procedure that later had complications. The surgery was scheduled towards the commemoration of her 60th birthday, which she had planned for and sent invites out.

In his autobiography, My Watch, which was released on December 8, 2015, the former President talked about his late spouse.

“After the interment, I decided to look into the circumstances of her death,” Mr. Obasanjo wrote on page 240 of Volume two of the book. “I found that part of her 60th birthday anniversary, which was unknown to me, was her operation for her tummy and her shape.”

He also commented on rumours that the late First Lady’s death was a ‘ritual’ he had to undergo to become successful as the then President of Nigeria.

He wrote: “Before the verdict in Spain, I was unaware of what I came to hear later that I might have caused the death of my wife to sacrifice her for success in my job,” he wrote. “That is how wicked and satanic some Nigerians can be in their rumours and mischief.”

Also, he called out the doctor who carried out the surgery and described him as “careless” and narrated how with the help of the Nigerian Embassy in Spain and the Spanish authorities, he got justice for his wife’s death.

“I instructed that the doctor and the clinic be prosecuted. The lost life cannot be brought back but the successful prosecution would prevent carelessness and loss of life in the future.”

The doctor, according to the former President, was made to pay damages, which was collected by Olu Obasanjo, Stella’s son, and his licence withdrawn for a period of time.

 

The doctor was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in September 2009 on a charge of “causing homicide through negligence”, disqualified from medicine for a period of three years.

Mr. Obasanjo was however full of praises for his wife, whom he married in 1976, four years after the formal dissolution of his first marriage.

He commended her for handling the confrontations she had with his first wife, Remi, with maturity, for accepting children he had with other women as her own, and for campaigning for his release while he was in jail as well as supporting him during his presidency.

Mr. Obasanjo said shortly before her death, Stella, who was Roman Catholic, ensured that her marriage was blessed by the church in a small private ceremony at the Aso Villa conducted by Mathew Kukah, now the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese.

According to Mr. Obasanjo, after the ceremony, his late wife thanked him and said, “You have relieved me.”

Stella Obasanjo  was from Iruekpen, Esan West, Edo State. Her father, Dr. Christopher Abebe, was chief of the United Africa Company (UAC) and would become the first indigenous (African) chairman of UAC Nigeria. Stella Abebe began her education at Our Lady of the Apostles Primary School.

She enrolled at St. Theresa’s College, where she obtained her West African School Certificate in 1964 with grade one. Two years later she obtained the higher school certificate. She was admitted to the University of Ife now (Obafemi Awolwo University), Ile-Ife, for a bachelor’s degree in English, attending from 1967 to 1969.

In 1969 she transferred to the UK to complete her studies, this time round, in insurance, in London and Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1970 to 1974.

She completed her education with a certificate as confidential secretary from the Pitman College in 1976. She returned to Nigeria in 1976 and soon after married General Obasanjo, who had become Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, following the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed.  When she became Nigeria’s First Lady in 1999, following the election of her husband as President, Obasanjo established Child Care Trust, for the care of underprivileged and/or disabled children.