Eedris Abdulkareem doesn’t have nice words for the police force over detained journalist. Eedris Abdulkareem has slammed the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim over the continuous detaining of journalist, Samuel Ogundipe.The veteran rapper took to his Instagram page on Friday, August 17, 2018, where he took slammed the Inspector General of Police for detaining the journalist. According to him, the IGP will have countless sleepless nights over the arrest of Segun Ogundipe.”A Journalist would rather be tortured, jailed or in the extreme, killed rather than disclose his source. To the Journalist, it is sacrosanct, it is cardinal, it is the peak of his ethical responsibility to never disclose his source. Many have gone to jail and it is considered a badge of honour in the profession. Mr IGP, the young man, Samuel Ogundipe will give you hundreds of sleepless nights and super high blood pressure if you are waiting for him to expose his source. “He would rather go to jail and when out, will be held in honour, promoted, sponsored by international organisations, remembered and used as reference by students of journalism and journalists world over. Mr IGP sir, what will you be remembered for beyond your transmission gaffe, will you even still be in the police force after this dispensation? What will you be remembered for? Putting a Journalist in jail? Disobeying the president? Oppression and suppression of truth? It sure doesn’t end here, Sir. Conscience is an open wound, Sir,” he wrote. Reports have it that Segun Ogundipe has however been released. Eedris Abdulkareem is a known vocal rapper who is never shy to call out both celebrities and the people at the corridors of power.ALSO READ: Eedris Abdulkareem says new generation artists are disrespectfulEedris Abdulkareem says younger artists will regret having baby mamas Eedris Abdulkareem has a word for young Nigerian artists on their new found “Baby mama” syndrome. In an exclusive interview with blogger, Linda Ikeji, the veteran rapper said “Another thing is having several baby mamas because they will all regret it when they grow up. Don’t let you kids kill themselves because of jealousy”, he concluded.Eedris Abdulkareem also praised Nigerian artists for making the country proud with their exploits both locally and internationally but took a swipe on them on the kind of videos they create.
