Veteran Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem has shared a dramatic and ironic story about his past encounter with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his controversial hit song “Nigeria Jagajaga.”
According to Eedris, the saga began unexpectedly when he received a call while asleep, urging him to turn on his television.
“I was sleeping one day and I received a call from someone saying, ‘Put on your TV, Obasanjo is talking about you.’ I was like, really? What did I do?” he recalled.
On tuning in, the rapper said he heard the President openly criticizing his music, even going as far as insulting him.
“I was hearing Obasanjo say that he loves songs like ‘If you push me I will push you,’ he loves songs like ‘He go better,’ but there is one stupid boy that sang ‘Nigeria Jagajaga,’ it’s his father and his mother that are Jagajaga,” Eedris recounted.
Despite the harsh criticism, the rapper said he felt a sense of victory knowing his message had reached the highest level of leadership.
“I was so happy that my message got to the President,” he added.
Months later, however, things took an unexpected turn during a trip to Europe, where both men unknowingly crossed paths again.
Eedris revealed that he was invited by a German ambassador to perform at an event that Olusegun Obasanjo was also scheduled to attend.
At the event, what started as a normal performance quickly turned into an unforgettable moment.
“The MC announced me, and before I got to the stage, the DJ had already started playing ‘Jagajaga,’” he said.
In a surprising twist, Obasanjo initially didn’t recognize the song and reportedly began dancing to it.
“At that moment, OBJ didn’t even know it was ‘Jagajaga.’ He had started shaking his body,” Eedris said.
But the mood soon shifted.
“Few minutes later, it dawned on him that the song being played was the same one he had rebuked. He said, ‘Eeeeh,’ got upset immediately,” he added.
According to the rapper, the incident reportedly led to an abrupt reaction from the former President, creating an awkward atmosphere at the event.
For Eedris, the moment remains one of the most ironic highlights of his career — a situation where a song that once attracted criticism from the nation’s leader ended up making him dance, even if only briefly.
