{"id":123701,"date":"2023-04-05T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=123701"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T15:22:55","slug":"why-i-named-my-satirical-song-mr-yakubu-after-inec-chairman-falz-speaks-his-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/04\/05\/why-i-named-my-satirical-song-mr-yakubu-after-inec-chairman-falz-speaks-his-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I named my satirical song, \u201cMr. Yakubu\u201d after INEC chairman \u2013 Falz speaks his truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Nigerian rapper, activist and actor, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has disclosed the reasons he sang his latest song \u2018Mr. Yakubu\u2019, and why it was named after INEC chairman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Without mincing words, Falz stated that the song mirrors the events that transpired in the recently concluded 2023 elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The rapper, who made the disclosure in an interview on Arise Television\u2019s \u2018The Morning Show\u2019, noted that the rules and regulations meant to guide the election were jettisoned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recall his controversial song, \u2018Yakubu\u2019 in collaboration with rapper Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, popularly known as Vector, slammed Yakubu for his alleged manipulation of the 2023 presidential election results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The song which has gone viral since its release on March 30, also referenced the failed promise made by the commission to transmit the results of the elections via its result viewing portal, known as IReV portal, as well as reports of violence, voter intimidation, logistics problems, ballot box snatching, and other incidents that marred the 2023 general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/02\/21\/falz-rudeboy-others-react-as-aisha-buhari-gives-counter-directive-on-new-naira-note-and-deletes-post\/\">The award-winning hip-hop artiste<\/a> said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe song is just an account of events as they transpired in the last couple of months as regards the elections. The song is self explanatory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe rules and regulations that were supposed to guide the elections were not applied. The INEC chairman himself prior to the elections had come out to release these regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBy the time these elections were happening, we were seeing that these elections were so not transparent and in short the opposite of what you said it was going to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe lack of transparency was glaring and the unanimous belief was that there was some foul play involved in the electoral process. Everyone had so much faith going into these elections and it was deeply disappointing the way things turned out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking further, Falz who is the son of prominent human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNigerians were hopeful that the recent elections won\u2019t be business as usual and that the votes would count, but everything was scattered before our very eyes and nothing was done about that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDespite all the numerous cases of violence that we witnessed, upon all the shoddy and manipulated results that we saw, the INEC chairman still went on to declare a winner. 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