Aggrieved Youths Burn Davido’s Banner In Maiduguri Over Offensive Video
Some aggrieved youths in an apparent show of anger, have in an act of protest set fire to a banner of Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido.
Information Nigeria reports that the incident stems from the artist’s failure to issue an apology for a controversial video he had shared on Twitter at the weekend.
The now-deleted controversial music video titled ‘Jaiye Lo’ released by his signee, Olalekan Taiwo, aka Logos Olori showed a group of men wearing white jalabia and caps, dancing in front of a mosque.
Netizens and Muslim commentators who described the video as offensive accused the singer of disrespecting Islam by mixing their religious rites and rituals with song and dance.
However, in a viral video seen on Twitter on Tuesday, the agitated group was seen igniting Davido’s banner while a commentator vehemently cursed the singer for allegedly ridiculing Islam.
The individual expressed strong disapproval by saying in Hausa, “Davido, may God curse your blessings. Davido, we hold prayer in the highest regard. The way you mocked prayer, may Allah also mock you.”
An inscription on the video hints that the youths were perpetrating the act in the Maiduguri area of Borno State.
Commenting on the video clip, @sarki_sultan wrote, “Davido should apologize let’s end this. It takes nothing to say I am sorry.”
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Recall that the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) lampooned Davido, and Logos Olori for releasing the music video.
The founder of the Islamic organization, Ishaq Akintola, in a statement on Monday, said MURIC had alerted the Department of State Services to invite the duo for questioning concerning the music video, which was described as insensitive to Muslim feelings.
Akintola noted that a seven-day ultimatum had been issued to Davido to pull down the video.
“Logos Olori, an artiste under David Adeleke, aka Davido, recently released a music video with the caption, ‘Jaye Lo’. In the video, some people dressed in white jambiyas like Muslims were seen praying the way Muslims do before launching into dancing as they recited some Quranic verses and prayed.
“Mats were spread for those praying behind an ‘Imam’ who used the popular single-prayer rug (sajdah). Those who were praying also read out what looked like Muslim recitations in Arabic language and prostrated the way Muslims do in prayer.
“Logos Olori himself was seen sitting on the roof of a mosque-like building mounted with a horn public address system thus creating the complete impression of a mosque scenario,” the statement read in part.
He furthered that without a doubt, the scene in the music video was the setting of a Muslim prayer session, but mixing it with singing and dancing was utterly wrong in concept and grossly misleading in content.
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Offensive Video: Aggrieved Youths Burn Davido’s Banner In Maiduguri
