“He does not owe an apology to Muslims” – Wole Soyinka defends Davido against massive backlash

  

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has come to the defense of award-winning superstar singer, Davido folowing heavy backlash from Muslims.

The literary icon lent his voice to the viral video of some aggrieved youths taken to the streets of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to demonstrate their grievances against the music video, Davido promoted, which they deemed disrespectful to their religion.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Soyinka gave reasons why Davido shouldn’t apologize to them. He cited how the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai had made derogatory comments against Christians in the past but was never asked to apologize.

He said, “There was nothing to apologize about, and that applied equally to El Rufai’s comments at the time. It should come as no surprise that I equally absolutely disagree with Shehu Sani, if indeed, as reported, he has demanded an apology from Davido ok behalf of the Muslim community”.

Recall that Davido has been placed under fire over a music video released by his signee, Logos Olori.

The video, which was shot in a Mosque-like scene, depicted scenes where some men in white Jalabiya, were observing prayers. After the prayers, the men switched to dancing as they recited some Quranic verses and prayed.

The artist, on his part, imitated the Muslim style of praying while perched on the roof of the building.

Many faithful Muslims had deemed the video offensive and had taken to social media to drag him.

The ‘Unavailable’ crooner took it up himself to delete the video from all his social media platforms.

Despite deleting the video, many demanded for official apology from Davido as they continued to criticize the singer on the timeline.