The Movement of the People, commonly abbreviated as MOP or M.O.P, is a Nigerian

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political movement. The organisation was originally formed by Fela Anikulapo Kuti in 1979 as a political party but quickly became inactive due to Fela's confrontations with the government of the day. It has since been revived by Fela's youngest son, Seun Kuti in the wake of the Nigerian

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protests of October 2020.

History

In 1979, Fela Kuti formed a political movement, which he called Movement of the People (MOP), to "clean up society like a mop". MOP preached

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and Africanism.''Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon''. Directors Jean-Jacques Flori and Stephane Tchalgadjieff. 1982. Universal Import. March 2004. In 1979, he nominated himself for president in Nigeria's first elections in decades, but his candidature was refused. Subsequently, Fela stopped engaging in political activities and the party became inactive. In November 2020,

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announced the revival of the organisation and the intention to re-register it as a political party. He said that the organisation was being re-established to serve as an opposition to the country’s elites. During a live press conference, Seun explained that the Movement of the People (MOP) was a coalition of socialist and progressive organisations. In January 2021, Seun informed the press that a formal request had been sent to INEC to register the movement as a political party.

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