A grave charge has been levied against the late politician MKO Abiola and his spouse, Simbiat, by Seun Kuti, the son of the renowned singer Fela Anikulapo Kuti. During the military rule of Muhammadu Buhari, Seun said in an Instagram live video that Abiola and his wife had unjustly accused his father of armed robbery.

The Abiolas alleged that Fela had stolen their Ferrari at gunpoint, according to Seun. At that time, armed robbery was illegal and would result in death, according to Tunde Idiagbon, Buhari’s deputy head of state. As Fela was performing in Cameroon when the Abiolas reported the incident to the police, Seun disclosed, Fela managed to avoid this unjustified charge.

The complicated story of Fela Kuti’s run-ins with the law in Nigeria has even another level added by this disclosure.

Seun’s words;

 “Abiola and his wife, Simbiat, lied against Fela that he and his boys robbed her of her Ferrari at gunpoint under Idiagbon’s regime. This was Abiola and his wife’s plan to kill my dad because, under Idiagbon, armed robbery was punishable by death.
 
“Abiola and Simbiat wrote a statement at a police station that they saw Fela and his gang rob her at gunpoint. This led to Fela’s arrest which is punishable by death, but luckily for Fela, he was performing in Cameroon the very day Simbiat was lying about the theft. Fela escaped the case because he can’t be in two places at the same time; its either he’s on a stage in Cameroon or robbing in Lagos.
 
“Responding, Fela and my elder brother, Femi, took 12 buckets of faeces. Go and listen to his song – give me shit, I give you shit – then you will have a better understanding. They took it to Abiola’s house in the middle of the night and smeared his compound.
 
“The next day, the police visited my father’s house saying they came to investigate the shit-show in Abiola’s house the previous day. But Fela denied the act saying if given the opportunity, he would smear Abiola’s house with faeces.”