Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on Nigerian singer, Davido not to apologise to anybody over the controversial video he posted on his social media pages over the weekend which drew his condemnation from Muslims in the country.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that Davido had come under heavy criticism after he shared a clip of the music video of his signee, Logos Olori’s new single ‘Jaye Lo’ which captured people praying and dancing in front of a mosque on social media platforms.
The singer eventually bowed to pressure on Monday morning and deleted the video but refused to apologise.
Despite taking down the video, some Muslims are still demanding for a public apology from Davido.
Africa Today News, New York reports that a group of Muslim youths recently took to the streets of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to demonstrate their displeasure with Davido; setting a large banner of the singer on fire.
However, in a statement released on Tuesday, Soyinka maintained that Davido doesn’t owe Muslims an apology.
The Nobel laureate said former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai had made derogatory comments against Christians in the past but was never asked to apologise.
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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 on behalf of the Moslem community.’
Soyinka added that it wasn’t Davido’s music that lynched Deborah Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student who was killed by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto last year over alleged blasphemy.
Meanwhile, social media users have continued to react to the incident.