Nigerian singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as D’Banj has denied taking sides in the rift between colleagues, Seun Kuti and Peter Okoye.
Recall that Seun Kuti and Peter Okoye of the P-Square group have been at loggerheads recently over the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
A statement purportedly issued by D’Banj quoted him as pitching his tent with Peter Okoye while saying that “Seun Kuti’s (sic) has low IQ due to substance abuse and should focus more on music than ranting on social media without offering solution to Nigeria problem.”
Statement allegedly made by D’Banj:
However, in a statement issued by his lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, the ace musician denied commenting on the rift.
The statement read, “This is to notify the general public that Mr. Oladapo Daniel (D’Banj) never made nor could make any derogatory or disparaging statement against anybody especially within the entertainment industry, nor has he directed the publication of any such material on his behalf. Never!
“For the records, D’banj authored no statement against his friend and brother Seun Kuti, and he is as perplexed as the general public by the publication falsely attributed to him.
“Dbanj’s view is that in the entertainment industry, they are all one big family and that though political ideologies may differ and could be expressed in heated ways, he holds that the irrefutable truth is that elections will come and go and they all will and must remain one big family.
“The general public are thus advised to disregard the mischief of a publication maliciously pushed to drive traffic to gossip blogs and stoke non-existent conflict between Oladapo Daniel (D’Banj) and his well-regarded colleagues in the industry.”
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