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Davido deletes signee’s controversial music video

Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, fondly called Davido, has deleted the controversial music video of his signee, Logos Olori, following intense criticism on social media.

Scores of Nigerians, particularly Muslims, last Saturday, lashed out at Davido for posting a 45-second trailer clip of Olori’s upcoming musical video on Twitter.

The video showed a group of men dressed in a Muslim prayer session, dancing and singing.

Some Muslims on social media described the video as offensive, accusing the singer of disrespecting Islam by mixing their religious rites and rituals with song and dance.

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Bashir Ahmad, a former aide of the ex-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.

“In Salah, Muslims remember our Lord, Allah, express our love and respect for Him and invoke and strive to express our gratitude towards Him. The notion is that the Salah activity brings the individual face-to-face with God. That is what we believe, and that is our faith. Please respect it. No Muslim will find it as an honor or acceptable.”

A check in the early hours of Monday, however, showed Davido has deleted the controversial music video on his social media accounts.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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