The famous Nigerian musician Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has said he does not fear death, giving the reason he sang the controversial songs.
The Informant247 recalls that the musician proceeded to studio and released a song to criticise the chairman of the electoral commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and other political parties over the just concluded general elections.
He alleged them of electoral malpractices and injustice.
He said he’s not scared to die as he will continue to speak the truth, hence the choice of words in his songs.
He said, “I knew that was going to come up when you announced that I was doing this from London. Like I said earlier on, this is not the first time, this is not the second time, this is not the third time.
“I have released tons of records that are very confrontational. And I was on ground. I’m always on ground when I released these records.
“It is not to say that I’m running anywhere. Absolutely not. Everyone know where to find me. If anyone wants to find me. But I have no reason to fear anything. And I always say this when people ask me ‘how do you do these things without any fear of consequences?’
“And this is the same answer that I always give: the kind of life we are living already is one which we are more or less fading away already. It’s not a meaningful life what we have in Nigeria as a country.
“What’s the worst that could happen? It’s death. I don’t fear death. I would rather go down fighting for a just cause. I would rather be remembered as someone that lived a life that was meaningful rather than someone that for example was walking down the road and got run over by a danfo [bus] because he was driving recklessly.
“Or, someone that got a heart disease and could not save himself because there are no hospitals capable of saving him in Nigeria,” Falz added.
Falz’s father, Femi Falana has said his son criticised the government because of what he grew up seeing.
He said while growing up, his son experienced seeing him (Femi Falana) being arrested and detained.
The big Falana said he was arrested countless number of moments which made his son asked if he was a criminal.
Femi Falana said: “One of these guys one day said, ‘Falana talk to your son; he should stop embarrassing the government’. I said which government? You mean that boy who is an adult? Can I give you his number so you can talk to him? But be careful because when that boy was growing up, I was being arrested from time to time. So, the only language he understood was detention, arrest and the rest of them.
“One day, when that boy was six, he asked his mother, “Our teacher taught us that only criminals were arrested. Is my father a criminal? Why is he always being arrested? And the mother had to say that in Nigeria, under the military, only two sets of people were arrested: Criminals suspects and political suspects. Political suspects are those who are out to expose the criminality of the government. That is what you see going on.”