Davido dissociates himself from Biodun Fatoyinbo's COZA following backlash

In the viral video, Davido is sitting with an older woman and a little girl and they are excitedly discussing COZA’s event.

Well, social media users reacted very negatively to the tweet, airing their opinions so much that the singer has become a top trending topic on Twitter.

Social media users criticized the singer for featuring in a video promoting alleged rapist, Biodun Fatoyinbo‘s church.

See the video below:

https://twitter.com/UgoIkeakor/status/1207385469039849472

https://twitter.com/bolanleolukanni/status/1207428045159698432?s=20

Davido is not some upcoming act that needs the money or controversy so he made a choice to stand with Biodun after all that has happened.

— Teminator (@duchesskk) December 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/UgoIkeakor/status/1207389695388377089

The backlash was enough to prompt Davido to come out and try to clear the air on the whole issue. In a statement he released on social media, the singer said he knew nothing about the ad and only did the video to help out a friend.

He further said that the video was doctored to make it look like he was supporting the church.

See his statement below:

To whom it may concern pic.twitter.com/OMBlWNuWEo

— Davido (@davido) December 18, 2019

Additionally, journalist, Fisayo Longe shared a screenshot of a conversation with Davido where the singer revealed that the little girl is the daughter of someone he knows.

See the interaction below:

https://twitter.com/FisayoLonge/status/1207430065409216514?s=20

The video has now been taken down from Biodun Fatoyinbo’s page where it was first shared so it appears Davido will not need to “proceed further”.