Nigerian music sensation David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has taken down the highly controversial music video of his signee, Logos Olori, following severe criticism on social media.
On Saturday, Davido faced intense backlash from numerous Muslims on Twitter after he shared a 45-second trailer clip of Logos Olori’s upcoming music video.
The video, which many Muslim commentators described as offensive, showed a group of men dressed for, and ostensibly in, a Muslim prayer session with a musical background, then they suddenly turned to dancing and singing.
They accused the singer of disrespecting Islam by mixing their religious rites and rituals with song and dance.
They also called on him to delete the video and apologize.
Good Evening Nigeria had earlier reported that the former President Buhari’s ex-Media Aide, Bashir Ahmad, voiced strong disapproval of the video.
Bashir stated Islam should be mixed with jokes in any way, “especially Salah (prayer), which is sacred and the second of the five pillars of Islam.”
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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 davido 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.
Checks by Good Evening Nigeria on Davido’s social media accounts, Monday morning confirm that he has deleted the post.