The reasoning behind this argument is fundamentally flawed and warrants careful scrutiny.
Innocent citizens are being abducted and lives are being lost at an alarming rate. When a public figure of considerable influence chooses to leverage his platform to draw global attention to a pressing national security crisis, the appropriate response should be engagement with the substance of his message, not resentment toward the messenger.
Furthermore, the notion that Davido is obligated to explain himself after making his position is intellectually untenable. His message was neither ambiguous nor complex. If anyone genuinely sought to understand his intentions, the constructive and respectful course of action would have been to ask him directly and civilly, not to resort to unsolicited criticism masquerading as patriotic concern. Davido owes no one that explanation.
The characterisation of international awareness-raising as a “national disgrace” is not only logically inverted but deeply troubling. The disgrace lies unequivocally in the kidnappings themselves, not in the individual who dares to speak about them. Silence in the face of systemic insecurity does not constitute dignity. It constitutes complicity.
Insecurity is neither a Northern affliction nor a Southern grievance. It is a Nigerian failure that demands a Nigerian solution. Every citizen, irrespective of ethnicity, region, or social standing, possesses not merely the right but the moral obligation to speak truth to this reality.
One can only hope that we collectively rise above ethnic colouration in matters of this gravity. The victims of insecurity bear no tribal identity. Neither should our response to it.
This alone tells you how disconnected many of our leaders are from the realities faced by ordinary Nigerians. If the Presidential Villa itself is complaining about the high cost of electricity and choosing to go off grid, what hope is there for the common man?
Rather than focusing on making electricity more affordable and accessible for everyone, those in power simply opt out of the problem and leave the rest of the population to bear the burden. If those at the very top particularly the Villla, cannot cope with the cost, imagine what millions of us struggling Nigerians are going through every day! Wicked souls!