Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti has said President Bola Tinubu should not be blamed as the sole cause of Nigeria’s challenges, arguing that the country’s deeper problem is systemic corruption within its institutions.
According to the musician, the judiciary bears significant responsibility for allowing Tinubu to emerge as a presidential candidate despite the various allegations surrounding him.
Kuti made the remarks during a recent appearance on the Good News Naija podcast, where he maintained that corruption had become firmly embedded in Nigeria’s political and institutional structures.
He also argued that those occupying leadership positions across different sectors largely belong to the same corrupt elite, making it difficult to address the country’s problems.
“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?
“If we had men and women of calibre and integrity, he wouldn’t have been able to contest in the first place,” he said.
