Controversial rapper Eedris Abdulkareem is in the news again but this time not for fighting America rapper 50 cent, (Of course it can be recalled that in 2004, Abdulkareem came to international attention as a result of a scuffle with American rapper 50 Cent on board an airplane at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. By all accounts, Abdulkareem had tried to occupy 50 Cent’s seat, resulting in a fight between Abdulkareem, his friends, and 50 Cent’s bodyguards. One of Abdulkareem’s associates was hospitalised as a result, and 50 Cent returned to the United States, refusing to appear at a scheduled concert in Port Harcourt.)
He used popular micro-blogging website, twitter to bash the former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo who he had also had a major clash with because of his Jaga Jaga, song in 2004 which appeared on Kennis. Its title track, which laments the corruption and suffering in Nigeria, was banned from radio airplay by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in a televised address, although it continued to be played in nightclubs. He later went on to make a Jaga Jaga remake which further lamented the state of corruption and poverty during Obasanjo’s administration