Femi Kuti was trying to address the hike in petrol from 151 to 165 naira. He talked about the 2012 fuel subsidy protest he carried out at Ojota, Lagos to castigate the government. He later found out that some political groups were involved in sponsoring such protests thus he decided to pull out. Femi Kuti was invited by the vice president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo to join the All Progressive Congress aka APC but he declined because he has vowed not to join any political party.
Femi Kuti’s father , Fela Anikulapo Kuti was jailed during the military regime led by Buhari in 1984.