‘Yahoo Yahoo’ is the name of a music video that Mr. Bigger Ibekwe, a popular gospel musician better known by his stage as Mr. Bigger, has just released
The musician claims that the image will be used in a campaign against financial crime, specifically financial fraud.
The video is available for streaming on YouTube, Music Max, and other platforms, according to Mr. Bigger, who is well-known for his gospel hits.
The University of Benin theater arts graduate and Deaken University master’s degree holder in international relations and politics with a focus on conflict resolution in Canberra, Australia, claimed that God was the inspiration for both his most recent and earlier works.
In his words: “As an artiste, I don’t just sing songs for the sake of it, I do it as a result of God’s instruction and direction to move with a particular song, targeting relevant issues in the country. All my songs follow instructions from God because music creation and artistic work are not entirely dependent on you. When creativity comes into you, you are no longer in control of yourself, you want to release it, else it will choke you.
“The video, ‘Yahoo Yahoo’, has become imperative at this time that yahoo-yahoo and other financial crimes have become a major problem to the society. Yahoo Yahoo is a cybercrime and numerous people have had their fortunes eroded by this scourge.
“Security operatives trying to tackle it go about it in a wrong way, thereby creating more public outcry. Harassment and perception of young people with dreadlocks as fraudsters by security personnel need to be properly checked and curtailed. The video addresses all these.”
Recalling an incident that triggered the inspiration of the masterpiece, Mr. Bigger said, “The work came out of an experience I had while going for a music video shoot with my crew. As we got to a police checkpoint, they stopped us and concluded the boys with me, because of their dreadlocks, were Yahoo Yahoo fraudsters. We were harassed by the security men owing to their perception of young boys with dreadlocks.
“Security operatives, like the song implies, need to calm down and discharge their duties professionally.
“Frankly speaking, they need training and retraining to attain professionalism in their job. So the song is a compilation of what I think the society should be. The society should appreciate the policemen and they, in turn, should calm down in handling situation.”
