Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer David Adedeji Adeleke professionally known as Davido has faced backlash from fans after he excitedly announced his participation in the just concluded presidential election in the United States of America.
On October 5th 2024, Davido took to X to post a picture of him holding his ‘I voted’ sticker, happily announcing that he exercised his civil right in the US for the first time ever.
“First time voter!” he wrote.
However, many Nigerians did not receive the post well, some accused him of not being as vocal about the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections as he is US elections.
Nigerian controversial social media personality Daniel Regha wrote, “Davido where was this energy during this Nigerian general election? U didn’t show proof of vote, didn’t show support to voters, or even bother to use ur platform to call on the INEC when there were reports of electoral malpractices across the country. But u are proud to vote in the US election? This is not the achievement u think it is.”
An also X users took to his comment section to call Davido out for not voting in Nigeria and not showing any active participation in Nigerian politics.
“This guy is a hypocrite, you’ve never voted in any presidential election in Nigeria, but now you’re seeking validation from Americans,” a X user commented.
Some section of fans do not see anything wrong in what he did. They defended the singer saying he has the right to vote in his birth country.
