By Eugene Onyeabo Aligbe
In May 2018, the
Nigerian airwaves were awash with musical lyrics from Folarin Falana, popularly
called Falz. Some persons could not accept the obvious truth in the song that
there was a dent on the image of Nigeria and by
extension every citizen of Nigeria.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in their
reaction threatened to slam a law suit on the musician, Falz for his song
titled, “This is Nigeria;
Where Everyone is a Criminal”. At first, many people tongue
lashed Falz for not being a patriotic Nigerian despite being the son of a
frontline legal luminary, Femi Falana (SAN). They argued that as a Nigerian, no
matter the situation, we should be patriotic even if things are not working as
expected. Ideally, being patriotic, is a duty for every citizen to uphold
social justice, stand firm against the ills in the land at all times.
