Former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri has advised Nigerian singer, Davido to ignore the counsel of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, who urged the singer not to apologise to the Muslim community.

Soyinka had advised Davido on Tuesday not to apologise to the angered Muslim community for the disrespectful video he posted on his social media page.

Soyinka argued that the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai had previously made derogatory remarks about Christians without apologising.

However, in a statement posted on his Twitter page, Omokri stated that Davido would be foolish to seek the advice of the professor, whom he said was an atheist.

Blasphemy: Ignore Muslims asking for apology, Soyinka tells Davido

“It would be very unwise for Davido to take the counsel of an atheist like Professor Wole Soyinka, who is telling him he owes no apology to Muslims, over the video for the song jaye lo. This is a man who does not believe in God. How can he then know how people who believe in God feel?” Omokri’s statement partly read.

“Islam belongs to Muslims, who assert that they received it from God. It is not for an atheist or a Christian or any practitioner of another religion other than Islam to tell them how to feel when their faith is used in ways they disapprove of,” he added.

Further criticising Soyinka’s position on Davido’s dispute, Omokri questioned why the Nobel laureate who attacked the Emir of Ilorin for cancelling the Isese festival was pushing Davido not to delete a video deemed disrespectful to the Muslim community.

“Is this not the same Professor Wole Soyinka who, just two weeks ago, on July 7, 2023, condemned the Emir of Ilorin for stopping an Osun priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Omolara, from holding an Isese festival in Ilorin, and demanded redress for Osun worshippers? So, why is he now against redress for Muslims?,” he added.