#RevolutionNow Protest: Sowore, Burna Boy Trade Words In Twitter Rant

'Dotun Akintomide
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  • Politicians Are All The Same, Says Burna Boy
  • Sowore: ‘I’m A Member Of Fela Household’

An invitation by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, asking Afro-pop Singer, Burna Boy to join him in his protest scheduled for October 1 has gone awry, sparking controversy between the duo as reactions hit the rooftop online.

Sowore had extended the invitation to Burna Boy via his verified Twitter account ahead of the protest planned for Thursday, Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary Day.

In the post, Sowore noted that Burna Boy is often compared to the late legendary afro-beat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

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He further said that Burna Boy is celebrated by foreign media as a revolutionary musician but he has not done any revolutionary act like Fela whom he is compared to.

Sowore wondered why Burna Boy has never led a protest in Nigeria and seized the opportunity to invite the Wonderful singer to join him in his protest.

“Hello @burnaboy, everywhere I turn people describe you as a revolutionary musician, the foreign media even celebrate you, compare you to Fela Kuti, but I am yet to see you lead anyone to a police station carrying a coffin for head of state! Join #Oct1stProtest#RevolutionNow,” he tweeted.

Responding to Sowore’s invitation, Burna Boy in a short tweet said: “Everybody is a Fela fan and supporter now that he is dead. Humans are so Funny, You politicians are ALL the same (especially in Nigeria) and Frankly I don’t trust any of you.

But Sowore responded again, saying, he had been a member of the Fela family, “I am a member of Fela’s household, ask Seun Kuti.”

The former presidential candidate said: “I am not just one of the persons who you could describe as “Fela’s fan after he died,” I am a member of Fela’s household, ask @RealSeunKuti, as a student’s leader in the 90s I met and hung out with Abami Eda at home and the African shrine! If you want to be Fela be Fela.”

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