APC praise singer Dauda Kahutu Rarara has criticised Afrobeats superstar Davido over his decision to spotlight the plight of abducted schoolchildren and teachers from Oyo State during a major international event.
The controversy comes from Davido’s appearance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in Los Angeles, where he performed while wearing a customised jacket bearing the names of abducted pupils and teachers, along with the message “Bring Them Home.”
Dauda berates Davido
Reacting in a video shared on social media, Rarara accused the singer of politicising a sensitive security issue and taking Nigeria’s internal challenges to a global audience.
According to him, publicising the kidnapping crisis on an international platform could negatively affect efforts by security agencies working to secure the victims’ release.
Speaking, he said …
“What Davido exhibited was a crude behaviour. How can you go and expose Nigeria’s secrets to the world? Why will he give publicity to insurgents?
The insurgents kidnapped these students to force the security operatives to release their people, and our government is insisting on not releasing them while trying to free the children. At this critical stage, he went to expose our security issue globally during the World Cup
Just because his uncle is vying for re-election in an opposition party and Tinubu is in the APC, he printed the names of the kidnapped students and went to showcase them in America. What he did was akin to derobing one’s mother and taking a picture and publicly announcing it in the marketplace
When you have a huge following on social media and provide a platform for insurgent activities, it only makes things worse. If a small kidnapper abducts someone and little attention is paid, once a content creator with thousands of followers repost it, bigger insurgents may become involved, making the situation worse”
Watch video below …
Debidooo 😭 pic.twitter.com/zsFTFR1mkF
— Davido (@davido) June 17, 2026
Davido’s gesture had earlier attracted widespread attention and praise from many Nigerians who viewed it as a call for greater awareness and urgency regarding the fate of the abducted victims.