Popular Nigerian singer Seun Kuti, the youngest child of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has asked for legislation to prevent cultist harassment.
He made the call after Mohbad, a musician whose dying had triggered rumours of cult-like affiliation and activities in the entertainment sector, passed away.
He expressed his opinion about Mohbad’s death on his Instagram page, saying that it was likely related to a cult and that the threat had long existed and was a hazard to the next generation.
He claimed that cultism was so ingrained in Nigerian society that even law enforcement officers and other ostensibly law-abiding persons were susceptible to joining cults.
He continued by saying that his personal experience in custody was evidence for his claim and that many officers had professed allegiance to him, believing that he was also one of them.
According to him, “When I was locked up numerous police officers and their ogas told me their different cultist affiliation thinking I was one of them so they could help me, even the police are cultists. Now u are asking cultist to investigate cultists. #getthesax.”
However, he charged lawmakers to take immediate action by making stringent laws against cultism and cultist intimidation, noting that if not adequately tackled, an avalanche of cultists would erode the future generations.
“A nation of cowards!! We need a MOHBAD Law against cultist intimidation in all our institutions. Anything short of that is nothing!! The National Assembly must do this monumental work to protect future generations from this scourge. #mohbadlaw”, he said.
