Hungary has threatened to jail a Nigerian, Oludayo Olapite for praising Adolph Hitler and Sz.lasi in a music he released recently in the country. Both men killed many people during the Second World War inGermany and Hungary respectively.
Olapite, 38, may get three years imprisonment if found guilty of hailing the duo.The trouble started when a TV channel uploaded the video clip which is now under police investigation, to the internet.
In the video, Olapite, popularly called Fekete, lavishly beams an expression of approval and recommendation for the German politician who remained a totalitarian ruler until his suicide in 1945. He also cast aspersions on Jews and the Hungarian minority known as Gypsy saying, Gypsies don't work, so what are they living on? They do incredible things, really in this country. They scam you, they lie, and you mustn't believe what they say.” Olapite when questioned by the Hungarian police attributed his outbursts to life under duress, the African news said.
He claimed that he was ordered to shout every statement he made during the interview. "I was very frightened because I thought I might never see my girl friend again,"said Olapite whose funny bait often entraps his Hungarian fans. He continued: "They gave me a 10-page-script about Gypsy, Hitler, Jews, blacks and the socialists in which I hardly understood because I was frightened.”
"Although they tried to calm me down as they repeatedly told me they were not racists or skinheads. They convinced me that Hitler was a good man who wanted to do the best for the world. I felt I must do whatever they asked me to do otherwise I won't go out alive".
The producer of the Bombagy·r channel, TomCat, claimed Fekete knew exactly what he was saying. "Of course we explained who Hitler and Sz·lasi were but for P·ko itwas unnecessary for him to probe further. Oh, he is not a stupid ni****. I mean Nigerian". The Bombagy·rTV is often the focus of the media because of its racial and hatred contents. However, Africans in Hungary especially Nigerians have dismissed Olapite's under duress excuse as implausible and annoying.
Archie Bonka, a Ghanaian cultural performer, said that it was silly on the part of Fekete to have publicly praised Hitler and condemned the Gypsy who often calls us their brothers? "Doesn'the know that many blacks in Germany were killed by this man? This Nigerian has already destroyed himself.
It's high time he carried his own cross," he added.
In his own response to the scandal, Prince Kabir Abubakar said, "Olapite has only himself to blame for whatever outcome this unfortunate incident ultimately brings", adding that he needs to apologize not only to the Gypsy and overall Hungarian population, but also to Nigerians and the black people the world over.
Zsolt, a Hungarian political student whose class debated over the issue, blamed both Fekete P·ko andthe TV station which carried the interview. "Myopinion on this P·kÛ issue is that both sides are indeep trouble. Even if P·kÛ did not know what he wassaying, the things he said are against ourconstitution, and these types of crimes are strictly punished. The Nigerian Union in Hungary has since issued astatement condemning Olapite's unfortunate outbursts.
Virtually every African in Hungary believes thatFekete P·kÛ is a symbol to ridicule Africans by theHungarian tabloids.
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