OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Femi Kuti reacts to story about him disowning his children

Femi Kuti has stated that the story making the rounds that he recently disowned two of his children after a DNA test was actually from an interview he granted eight years ago. According to him, the action was not new as portrayed. 

He however did not say that the story, also published by Newson247 was false.

Below is an official statement released by Chocolate City, his management company

News published about Afro Beat Legend Femi Kuti that surfaced on the internet on Friday about two of his five children not belonging to him after taking a paternity test was not a recent occurrence but actually happened over 8 years ago.

Encomium Magazine recently published an interview with Femi Kuti 8 years ago where he spoke about his music, career and personal life. During this interview he spoke on the identity of 5 of his children and then revealed that two of these 5 children were not his and that he had since making this discovery returned the children to their mother.

Reports labeling this story as recent are false, this old interview was simply rehashed by some blogs and newspapers in a bid to steer up controversy and have something to sell, some blogs even went as far as publishing pictures of his legitimate children in a bid to pass them off as the affected children.

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.

Thank you for your cooperation.