Pop artiste Davido
whose recent work featuring American rapper Meek Mill caught the attention of
the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency has said he has not been invited by
the agency to answer any question.
When the Aye crooner hinted his
fans that he was featuring Mill in his song,Fans mi, many knew that the song would
be a commercial success. Indeed it became a hit song and shortly after, a video
was shot in America for the most recent work.
But the video did not go down
well with the authorities of the NDLEA as it claimed it could incite youths to
use hard drugs.
In an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats, the pop star through his manager,
Kamal Ajiboye, explained that the video was aimed at promoting African culture
through its rich cuisines like pounded yam and vegetable soup.
He said that Davido never
intended to promote substance abuse and that the musician had not been invited by
the NDLEA.
“The NDLEA has not got in touch
with us. We heard about the news on the pages of newspapers. They have neither
called nor invited us over. People just pictured the video in a negative way.
When we wrote the script for the video, it was not to portray Davido as a drug
trafficker. If they watch the video till the end, they would notice that we
were selling African lifestyle through our food. That was our idea of the
video. If you watch it to the end, you would see him eating pounded yam and vegetable
soup. When we learnt that people thought Davido was using the video to
encourage drug usage, we were very shocked. We hope that when people watch it
to the end, they would get the message. Davido is baffled that he is under
investigation by the NDLEA but what would he do when they have not made any
contact with us? We would keep doing our business as usual. Not even the police
have placed a call to us, not to talk of the NDLEA before people
would begin to
say that we are using money to influence the situation. They have to take a
step first. As of Wednesday when Davido was travelling to Durban, we were
hoping that the NDLEA would accost us at the airport so that we could sort this
issue out, but there was nobody there,” he said.
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