My son, Falz is an adult - Falana says after song embarrassing INEC Chairman, Yakubu

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has spoken about the deeds of his Folarin Falana, professionally known as Falz.

Falz, a popular musician uses his art and craft to challenge social issues affecting Nigerians.

These concerns have been described by a person as embarrassing the government.

According to Falana, he often gets requests from people to confront Falz about his statements and actions, which are damaging to the reputation of the government.

Mr. Falana claims that Falz is an adult who is conscious of his behavior and that he questioned the source of the suggestion

He continued by recalling how his son had frequently seen him get arrested numerous times while he was fighting for freedom during the military period.

He 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.”

His comment comes after Falz and Vector thrilled music lovers with their new single titled ‘Yakubu’.

The song slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission, for its “inadequacies” in the recently-concluded 2023 elections.

In a track, the rappers knocked the chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for alleged malpractices that characterized the elections.

Released Thursday, the song referenced the failed promise made by the commission to transmit the results of the elections in real-time via its result viewing portal, known as IReV portal.