March 23, (THEWILL) – Nigerians are currently divided over singer, Timi Dakolo, performing his hit song, Great Nation, at the ceremony, where former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, officially declared his interest in the 2023 presidential race.
His presence at the event, which was held in Abuja Wednesday, had sparked a trend on Twitter.
While some called him out for hobnobbing with a politician and compared his singing to that of former ex-Nigerian Super Eagles stars, who graced an event to mark the 70th birthday of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu over the weekend, others claim not to see anything wrong with performing at the ceremony as he was only doing his job.
A Tweep, Asiwaju Oladimeji said, “I don’t see anyone cancelling Timi Dakolo here. No insult, no curse. Same children of anger were all insulting Kanu and Okocha the other day when they visited Tinubu. Shameless hypocrites.”
LollyLarry on her part asked, “So, Timi Dakolo went to sing at Atiku’s declaration. Can we say it’s because of hunger?”
A particular tweep took a dig at him saying “Hunger is a bastard,’ to which Timi responded, “I will sing and collect bread my guy. If it pains you well, go sing your own.”
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
