POPULAR Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, fondly known by his stage name Davido, has reportedly deleted the controversial music video of his signee, Logos Olori, after facing intense backlash online.
Recall that Davido came under fire from many Muslims on social media for posting a 45-second trailer clip of his upcoming musical video on Twitter.
The video, which many Muslim commentators described as offensive, showed a group of men dressed for and, seemingly in a Muslim prayer session, suddenly dancing and singing. They accused the singer of disrespecting Islam by mixing their religious rites and rituals with song and dance.
Notable Nigerian celebrities such as Bashir Ahmad and Ali Nuhu were particularly vocal about this, calling on him to delete the video and apologise.
Ahmad, an ex-aide of former president Muhammadu Buhari, in a tweet, said: “There are many reasons why every Muslim finds this content absolutely disrespectful, hurtful, and offensive @davido. I assume you all know that we Muslims don’t mix our religion with jokes in any way, especially Salah (prayer), which is sacred and the second of the five pillars of Islam.”
Kanywood star, Nuhu, in a post via his verified Instagram account, advised the singer to respect other people’s ‘religion, culture and tradition.
He wrote, “I just came across the controversial video by @davido, as much we want to be creative in our various fields, we should learn to respect other people’s religion, culture and tradition.
“This is totally unacceptable in Islam. You should pull down that video and apologise for hurting the entire Muslim ummah.”
While the musician had been relatively silent on the matter and made no formal apology, two days after coming under fire, Davido finally bowed to pressure and deleted the video.
