“I Joined EndSARS Protests Because Of The Women Protesting” — Davido

Davido has opened up on how and why he joined the #ENDSARS protest.

News Rain Nigeria gathered that music superstar David Adeleke popularly known as Davido while speaking in a radio interview recently said when he first appeared at the protest ground, he was asked series of questions by the protesters he met on ground.

He said: “When I first got there they were attacking me and people were even angry at me that why am I just coming? Where have I been?

“I Joined EndSARS Protests Because Of The Women Protesting” — Davido 

“I could see the pain on the faces of Nigerians. Especially with the background that I am from, I felt it would be very insensitive for me not to lend my voice.

“The next day, I went to see the Inspector General of Police and it was not really productive if you ask me. What I mean by productive is the fact that they did not act on our demands.”

Davido who is also popularly called Omo Baba Olowo whose viral picture where he sat on the ground with other protesters with his hands raised in the air said it was his way of signaling that he came in peace.

He revealed: “In the picture of me that circulated around social media where I was sitting on the floor with my hands in the air, all I was trying to do was to inform them that I come in peace. I watch a lot of news and protests that are staged all over the world and that is what I see them do. That is why I asked everyone to sit on the floor. It was amazing to be part of that.”

Speaking further about one of his songs “Fem” which later became a popular song at the protest grounds, Davido said:

“Fem being the anthem for the protest was just a matter of timing. I recorded Fem since May. There is a post on my page where I put a 20 seconds snippet of Fem way back in June. I did not see this coming.

“When I released the song, I realized that three weeks later everybody was singing it at protest grounds. When I went to the National Assembly building they said that I went to record a song for them.

“I had to explain to them that I had recorded the song since June. I was happy that they used my song as a voice for a non-violent protest. They were really enjoying it.”

It will be recalled that Davido was one of the celebrities at the forefront of the recent protest against police brutality codenamed #EndSARS. Subsequently, he was one of the 50 Nigerian sued to court by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, for their roles in inciting people during the #EndSARS protest.