“Pull Down Music Video or Face Spiritual or Legal Action,” MURIC Issues 7-Day Ultimatum to Davido

• The furore surrounding the recent release of the controversial video by David Adeleke is yet to simmer
• This time around, a popular Muslim group has urged the award-winning singer to pull down the controversial video of his new signee
• The popular Nigerian singer came under attack on Saturday, July 22, following a video of Logos Olori’s new single ‘Jaye Lo,’

FCT, Abuja - The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has weighed in on the controversial music video by David Adeleke, popularly referred to as Davido.

The Muslim group issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian singer to pull down his video, which portrayed Islam in a bad light, or face spiritual or legal action or both, The Nation reported.

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Meanwhile, Davido came under attack on Saturday, July 22, following a controversial video of his signee, Logos Olori’s new single ‘Jaye Lo,’ which he tweeted on his official handle.

In the video, a group of men, all in white ‘jalamiya’, are seen praying. Then, in a twist, they all transitioned into dancing.

The reactions that followed were scathing, as some netizens deemed it an affront to the Islam religion from the singer, The Guardian report added.

Reacting to the development, MURIC founder and executive director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, July 24, said:

“There is no doubt that the scene in the music video is the setting of a Muslim prayer session but mixing it with singing and dancing is utterly wrong in concept and grossly misleading in content. In like manner, sitting on top of a ‘mosque’ or what looks like it with the type of loud speaker used on top of mosques is most primitive, extremely serpentine and categorically unacceptable.

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“We hereby give Davido and Logos Olori seven days ultimatum to pull down the music video or face spiritual or legal action or both. That video is a mockery of Muslim spiritual life and practice. We will therefore employ a spiritual weapon on those who attack our spiritual way of life," Akintola added.

Davido bows to pressure, deletes controversial video after bashing from Muslims

Several Muslims in the country kicked against Davido's new signee Logos Olori's controversial music video.

Many people pointed out that the representation of Muslims and Islam in the clip is not ideal and true.

Following the heavy criticism, Davido finally took down the video across his social media platforms and called for peace.

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Nuhu shared a picture of the DMW label boss with a cancel sign on it and said the act portrayed in the video was “totally unacceptable in Islam.”

In a new turn of events, the Kannywood actor uncanceled the singer by sharing a post on his Instagram page.

Source: Legit.ng