The Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Chike Oti, has said that Nigerian musicians should stop promoting gangsterism with their songs.

Mr Oti said music had the potency to checkmate crime and other vices in the society, stressing that many musicians in other climes used their brands of music to promote peace and harmony.

According to him, Nigerian musicians should take a cue from the old school musicians who promote unity and build the nation with the use of their songs.

“When you listen to songs from the past, you will realise that musicians then sang to promote unity and engage the youths. An example is Christy Essien Igbokwe.

“Nigerian musicians need to look beyond the present and think of how their music can be utilised positively to better Nigerians.

“Now that most of the trending musicians in Nigeria are youths, it is easier for them to connect with the youth and change the narrative.

“Their songs should be used to condemn drugs, cultism and other criminal acts. It should be engaging and promote unity.

“The concept of fighting crime among the youth in the command through music is capable of curbing the high rate of crime taking place in the state when musicians on their part sing songs with engaging and life changing lyrics,” he said in an interview with NAN on Wednesday.

The Nigeria Police Force held a security concert organised by the command in Lagos as a proactive measure in tackling crime in violence prone areas, recently.

In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officers in the Zone II of the Nigeria Police Force described the recent security concert organised by the command in Lagos as a proactive measure in tackling crime, stating that it was targeted at youthsin secondary schools and tertiary institutions and even beyond, adding that it was designed to dissuade the young ones from criminality.

Commenting on the rationale behind the concert, Dolapo Badmus, the Zone II Police Public Relations Officer, said the reality is that the nation’s music industry is improving and the youth are the major players in the industry.

According to her, the police will no longer be satisfied with reactive tendencies, stressing that it has resolved to be more proactive in its activities including entertainment events.

Ms Badmus explained that the musical concert put together by her command was designed to interact with the youths in order to sway them from cultism, internet fraud, drug dealings and other related offences which are common among the youths.

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Songs should promote positives

Imagine people who are talking.. Is there any day in Nigeria that police don't kill someone

somebody is sayin something at last....

you are promoting a death culture and you are wonderin why you are surrounded by death....

i mean,how foolish can somebody be....

its not actualy the fault of nigeria musicians per se....

nigerians youths take their inspirations from afro americans,those morafvckers....

then nigerian musicians copy afro americans because of flow of money....

its all about demand....

MrTrend:


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Do we have reasonable songs in Nigeria apart from tuface, simi, asa, Adekunle gold

Many of the musicians this days after one song released, if you noticed, they die a natural dead, because they have nothing next to bring to the table, music should actually promote culture, vaules, morals, educate etc, same with dances.

I'm more concerned with the fact that our musicians don't sing against the brutality and deaths caused by this unorganized and unprofessional Police Force like legendary Musicians, NWA. When racial abuse and profiling by the police was too much they released one of their greatest track "Bleep tha police" which placed a searchlight on the Police and helped checkmate their activities.

So a prostitute is preaching to someone to accept Jesus Christ as his lord.. Chai

philcz:
I'm more concerned with the fact that our musicians don't sing against the brutality and deaths caused by this unorganized and unprofessional Police Force like legendary Musicians, NWA. When racial abuse and profiling by the police was too much they released one of their greatest track "Bleep tha police" which placed a searchlight on the Police and helped checkmate their activities.

How many of them are lyrically creative? Majority of them are only noise makers

That's what they are na. You can't give what you don't have

Gbe seun joor

On point. It's the truth. Everything is about money. All the useless lyrics even sell more than the sensible ones. Very funny how Majek was insulted because he didn't show naked girls in his latest video. But Majek "sef" no try at all. lolz. Just imagine how BBNaija gives almost everyone satisfaction in Nigeria. Lolz.

Ok

Go and do your job and fight kidnappers and leave music alone. #100 collecting briberians of a police.

Police should led by example, first let them go to the studio and record a hit song that promotes good morale only then i think they can influence the music industry a Lil bit, else let them goan SIT down

e be like say una no want make Burna boy, Olamide, Naira Marley and Zlatan chop again

Which unity?

We have not forgotten the days of ,

Sunny Ade vs Ebenezer Obey

Kollington vs Barrister

Salawa vs Kollington

Pasuma vs Obesere

Pasuma vs Osupa

Wizkid vs Davido



Ati beebee lo

If this came from a religious leader some wannabe atheists would have tagged it "holier than thou".

They actually said something sensible

Especially terry G..

WTF is the police people saying...
me that I enjoy... gangster music...
we don't even have gangster music in Nigeria...
who is the gangster self?...
shout out to...
Freddie Gibbs 
N. W. A
50 cent
ice cube...

9ja my country

People like naira Marley, lil kesh and the entire YBNL crew won't have anything else to sing about. That's the only thing that full their head, promoting nonsense all the time

OK! We don hear

The Police should also stop promoting bribebarism with their uniform






Yeye people

Some of the the musicians themselves are gansters and ex touts


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Nigerian Police should stop promoting Kidnapping in the police force.

every minute this nonsense country is going down. we brought it to ourselves.