Notable human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has commented on his son's opposition to Nigeria's government.
Folarin Falana better known as Falz, an advocate for good governance, was at the forefront of the 2020 #EndSARS protest against police brutality in Nigeria.
Falz since then has been critical of the leadership issues in the country. He has also earned himself a name among the Nigerian youths who now compare him to legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti over his music-activism.
His father, Femi Falana whose voice also stood tall against the administration of late Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, while speaking at an event in Lagos, on Sunday, April 2nd, disclosed that he has received several calls from people in government who appealed to him to caution his son, Falz over his incessant antagonism of the country's leadership and institutions.
One of these guys one day said, ‘Falana talk to your son; he should stop embarra§§ing the government’.
He revealed that his response to those making such an appeal is to remind them that Falz is an adult who also from his infancy, showed his tendencies to stand against injustice as well as always sought explanations for happenings.
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.
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One day, when that boy was six, he asked his mother, “Our teacher taught us that only crimin@ls were arrested. Is my father a crimin@l? 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: Crimin@ls suspects and political suspects. Political suspects are those who are out to expose the crimin@lity of the government. That is what you see going on.”
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