Afrobeats star Small Doctor has raised alarm over Nigeria’s growing drug problem among youths drawing from a personal, emotional experience.
During a recent visit to his old neighbourhood in Agege, the singer was stunned by what he witnessed. He ran into familiar faces young men he once knew with big dreams now standing asleep, frozen in odd postures, lost to substance abuse.
It hit him hard, he took to his X page to reflect on the moment.
Without changing a word, he wrote: “There is one bros that sings against drug abuse on socials, been a minute I came across his contents (David something can’t fully remember). I think we need him more this moment.
I strolled through hoods on Sunday and what I saw was heartbreaking. The rate young chaps use drugs nowadays is alarming.
Wasiu Ayinde told me 6 years ago to establish a rehabilitation centre, stating it is the new oil. That man saw the future.
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Most heartbreaking was when I arrived my hood, I saw some promising guys we grew up together sleeping while standing, some were even making some crazy postures while sleeping.
So sad.”
His words echoed both grief and urgency.
He also recalled a conversation with Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde, who had encouraged him six years back to build a rehab centre. At the time, the idea sounded odd. Today, it makes sense.
Small Doctor’s post is not just a call for concern. It’s a cry for help. A reminder that real lives familiar lives are being lost every day to drugs.