Timaya, a Nigerian singer, has brought up the 1999 Odi massacre in Bayelsa, his home state.
According to him, the Nigerian Army attacked the town, which is primarily Ijaw, on the government’s orders.
The artist emphasized that his mother ran a bakery in the village of Odi and that the massacre was also a personal experience.
He claimed that both lives and property were lost as a result of the military operation.
Timaya said that after singing about the Odi massacre in his 2007 hit song “Dem Mama,” he was given the title of Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa.
He claimed that because his mother owned a bakery in the village that supplied the entire community, Odi was also a part of him. The village was the target of the attack.
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We lost history, a lot of things, and lives, so it’s really heartbreaking. When the government simply orders you to “go and shoot these people down,” you know.
“I wrote a song about the massacre.” The best I can do is that. I described how the village was set on fire by the troops. I spoke my tale, and it made a difference for me. They named me the Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa State when I became the voice. That is the public’s spokesperson.
