Nigerian comedian and actor, Oluwaseyitan Aletile known as Seyi Law, has described Bashir Ahmad, a former aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari as a ‘blasphemy murderer waiting to happen’ after Ahmad called for capital punishment for kidnappers and bandits.
The spar between the duo began on Monday but reached a crescendo on Tuesday, culminating in Seyi Law labelling Ahmad a blasphemy murderer.
In a post on X on January 14, Ahmad wrote, “Please advocate for a national law that mandates capital punishment as a penalty for kidnapping and banditry.”
His post drew a reaction from Seyi Law who argued that President Bola Tinubu whom he supported during the 2023 presidential election needs to do more to curb the increasing rate of insecurity.
“I have tried to keep mum this year, but every day, some forms of foolishness float to my timeline, and it is making it difficult. This is one of the youths who had access to the presidency but advocated this until he has been thrown into an ocean of wisdom from the seat of power,” Seyi Law said in reaction to Ahmad’s post.
Adding that “Young people who are given opportunities end up in sinking sand of corruption like Betta Edu, we start wondering if only the clamouring for youth inclusion is worth it. The works of several years were ruined with this scale of massive greed in less than six months. Won n pe e lole, e tun gbomo ewure jo (They’re calling you thief, and you are dancing with a baby goat).
“I love the progressives condemning the kidnapping out rightly and calling out the president to do something. We must hold the president to his past words in opposition. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. For those doing analytic reports, don’t expect the opposition to clamour for you when you fall. Let them cook too as you no wan get sense.
“Our votes are not for praise singing alone but for constructive criticism and demand for better welfare for all. Everybody that needs to work needs to get working and show us their dirty hands with progressive work. Every administration’s lifespan is a maximum of 2 years and 9 months. Time is ticking. Let the president step up better,” the comedian said.
Ahmad then clapped back to Seyi Law’s comment on his post. “They said it’s the first time you ever made sense, and I can see the post even made it to your pin tweet. Though I can’t entirely agree with them, still congratulations on making sense to them for the first time, do it tomorrow and next.”
But Seyi Law was having none of it. He said, “Bashir, it is one thing to be foolish, and it is another thing to be completely daft. The fact that you walk on your brain is troubling. Keep basking in your stupidity. You, this blasphemy murderer waiting to happen,” he said.
