Gbosa, gbosa, gunshot inna di air Nigeria had just returned to civil rule at the time, Olusegun Obasanjo was President and the likes of Festus Keyamo
, Femi Falana,
Gani Fawehimi and other civil rights activists were still in the trenches, giving governments hell and calling out perceived ills of the political class. Abdulkareem s Jaga Jaga was a commentary on how badly run Nigeria was and how everything was falling apart. Festus Keyamo says he is not about to abandon his principles for corrupt politicians (Instagram: @Festuskeyamo70) Festus Keyamo says he is not about to abandon his principles for corrupt politicians (Instagram: @Festuskeyamo70)
In 2003 single, ‘
Jaga Jaga’ was an empirical analysis of the disorder in the Nigerian society, under the leadership of former President,
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The song was powerful enough to earn a reported snide comment from the President. Those reports claim that Obasanjo responded to Eedris in Yoruba that,
“Ile baba e l’o ma jaga jaga…” In English that means, On his 2005 album,
‘Electoral Reform’ and addressed the profiling of Nigerians from the North on ‘
We Ain’t No Terrorist.’ Between ‘
Jaga Jaga, he released a honest political critique via his fourth studio album,
Letters To Mr. President. It was both a ground for patriotism and an empirical analysis of Obasanjo’s second term in office.