Seun Kuti, the Afrobeats singer, has apologised to Femi Falana over his role in the controversy surrounding VeryDarkMan.
Last month, the activist shared an audio conversation wherein Bobrisky, the social media celebrity, claimed that Falana and his son Falz helped drop the money laundering charges against her by the EFCC.
In the recording, the crossdresser alleged that she spoke with Falz in prison and that the rapper and his dad “tried to get me a presidential pardon in exchange for N10,000,000″.
Bobrisky has since denied the recording and threatened to sue VeryDarkMan for defamation.
Falana and Falz have also threatened to institute legal action against the activist if he refuses to retract his comments and apologise.
In the wake of the bribery saga, Kuti earlier affirmed that VeryDarkMan spoke to him about the recording before its release. He said he also gave him his support.
However, in an Instagram post on Friday, the Afrobeat singer apologised to Falana for any offense caused by his action.
He also maintained that his intention was not to denigrate the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Seun, who is one of the sons of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, also clarified his relationship with VeryDarkMan, saying: “we are cool, but I don’t control him. He doesn’t listen”.
Kuti also said he remains neutral in the matter while emphasising his desire for an amicable resolution.
“I am deeply sorry if that offended Uncle Femi. It is really not my intention. I will not, in any way, shape, or form, want to join anybody, even VDM, to fight Uncle Femi Falana. We have been through a lot. We have come a long way,” he said.
“The one thing that matters to me is the institutional lapses of EFCC taking money to drop the money laundering charge. I will never join issues with anybody to try and denigrate, insult, or defame. I’ve told people I’ve seen him work many cases.
“I’ve never seen Uncle Femi take money from those people he decided to help in any case. He’s not that guy. I want to clarify some things about me and VDM’s relationship, where I think many people get it twisted. We are cool, but I don’t control VDM.
“And if you don’t know yet, just by looking at VDM or his page, let me tell you now, he doesn’t listen. You can’t tell him anything. This is the issue of Falz and Bobrisky. When I said VDM told me, he told me with his mouth.
“Everybody online now is saying he played Seun the tape. If I had told him not to talk about it, you guys would say Seun is trying to protect his family. I was not plotting, and I did not have any ulterior motive because I was the one who came out to say he told me.
“Else I would hide in the shadows. I did my best. If two people I take as younger brothers are having a spat, it is not in my place to take sides. I told him immediately to call Falz and try to seek it out within yourselves.
“Left to me, I would love to see an amicable ending. But if that is not the issue, I would not now come outside publicly to start taking sides between them. That means I am putting fire.”
