Afro Beat musician, Femi Kuti, has described himself as a loving and responsible father who takes the privacy of his children seriously.
The award-winning singer, songwriter and instrumentalist made the statement in reaction to recent media report about a paternity test which confirmed that two of his five children were not actually his.
Speaking through his managers, Chocolate City on Monday, Femi said he granted an interview to Encomium Magazine eight years ago where he spoke about his music, career and personal life.
“During this interview he spoke on the identity of five of his children and then revealed that two of these five children were not his and that he had since making this discovery returned the children to their mother,” the statement said.
Femi argued that “labelling this story as recent are false, this old interview was simply rehearsed by some blogs and newspapers in a bid to steer up controversy and have something to sell.”
He took particular exception to “some blogs even went as far as publishing pictures of his legitimate children in a bid to pass them off as the affected children.”
The statement concludes that “Femi Kuti is a loving and responsible father who takes the privacy of his children very seriously and so we request that blogs, newspapers and magazines kindly take off the pictures from their platforms as this is an evasion of their privacy as well as a security risk for the children.”
