Insecurity in the Southeast forced Davido to host wedding in Lagos
Social media is agog over the marriage of Chioma, the Abia State born wife of Nigerian popular musician, David Adeleka, popularly known as Davido.
The internet was initially frenzy with happiness, but soon descended to complaints from Igbo – the chaos was as a result of Chioma’s marriage in Lagos, instead of Abia State.
Igbo tradition demands that a man shall come to the home of the bride to pay for her prize and fulfill traditional rites. But in the case of Davido, everything was moved to Lagos.
The music icon hails from Osun State, but the unhappy camp said the marriage was done in Yoruba land, instead of Igbo land.
Cubana Chief Priest, a celebrity socialite was the best man of Davido. The reason for hosting the marriage in Lagos cannot be far fetched.
Few weeks ago, Chief Priest granted interview to BBC Igbo to point out what insecurity is costing Southeast.
He noted that he has moved his business back to Lagos because nobody wants to visit Southeast anymore due to the killings happening in the region.
While pleading for a rethink, he blamed the killings on evil people that didn’t want Southeast to move forward.
The socialite was once a victim of the insecurity, although he escaped with his car riddled with bullets, while coming back home.
After the incident, the socialite decided to entirely move everything he has to Lagos, while complaining that big boys in Nigeria now avoid Southeast, which has a massive negative effect on his business.
Southeast was the most peaceful region in Nigeria until Nnamdi Kanu established ESN. His establishment of ESN gave room for gun proliferation that resulted in major security crisis in the Southeast.
While Nnamdi Kanu and his camp deny being responsible for the insecurity, they were not left off the hook of blame, because they gave room to insecurity by arming ESN, of which evil actors took advantage of.
Simon Ekpa has often claimed responsibility for arm attacks in the Southeast, while praising the attackers and giving sweet to the ear (of the aggressor) reason for the attack.
Chief Priest may have significantly advised Davido against hosting his marriage ceremony in the Southeast, as it could lead to disaster.
Furthermore, the cost of security that can be able to stem the tide of insecurity for the day would skyrocket, and such security approach to a vast ceremony is not even guaranteed.
Reacting to the situation, some Igbo X users, formerly known as twitter attacked Chioma’s family for disrespecting Igbo tradition, while others said it was because of Davido’s influence and money they bypassed Igbo tradition.
But Reacting to their compliants, some Igbo users on the side of Davido blamed IPOB for the situation of the region. Saying that IPOB has caused more harm than good.
“There nonsense has touched everybody, now it has affected our tradition. Who would host a big ceremony in the Southeast? Won’t they come there and shed blood in the name of fighting saboteurs?” One user wrote.