‘Jaye Lo’: MURIC asks DSS to invite Davido

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to invite popular Nigerian afrobeat artist, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, for questioning over a controversial music video posted on his pages last week.

Recall that the DMW owner had posted a 45-second long video clip of his signee, Logos Olori’s new song, ‘Jaye Lo,’ on Friday, July 21, promoting the song ahead of the official release. The video caused controversy as it portrayed men dressed as praying mallams, dancing in front of a mosque in a scene, rather than engaging in prayer.

Tribun Online reports that the ‘Fem’ crooner, after coming under heavy criticism, Monday morning, bowed to pressure and deleted the video.

Reacting to the video, the founder and executive director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement made available on the website of the group, described the video as an insensitive one that is capable of inciting anarchy.

The Muslim group, however, called on the DSS to invite Davido and Logos Olori for questioning. 

The statement read in part, “We alert the Department of State Services to invite both men for questioning to explain why they chose to produce and promote a musical video capable of igniting anarchy in Nigeria.

“In the same vein, we invite the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the National Film And Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to immediately ban the insensitive musical video captioned ‘Jaye Lo’ by Logos Olori.

“MURIC objects to the lame excuse often given by Nigerian agencies charged with moderation responsibilities, who claim that separate petitions should be addressed to them by complainants before they can take action. It does not work that way in saner climes. Nigerian agencies must be proactive.

“They must spring to action from the moment attention is drawn to an infraction capable of causing a breach of the peace, so long as the authors of the infringement have been identified and whether or not the information contained an appeal to the monitoring agency or agencies. The agencies are, essentially, an integral part of the general public. They should, therefore, act without being prompted.”