Speaking with Punch yesterday, the Director of Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said that the anti-drug agency is conducting a full-scale investigation into the making of the video and an investigative panel might invite Davido for questioning if the need arose
“I am aware that a panel is working on it (the video). The panel was set up soon after the video was released few weeks ago. When our attention was drawn to it, we viewed it and we discovered that it was improper. There is no moral lesson in it and he was just advertising drug trafficking.
"In the video, he exchanged a brief case supposedly containing narcotics for dollars. He was displaying affluence in the video. If it (the plot) had climaxed in an arrest and possible detention, we would have congratulated him for partnering with us. But the way he portrayed drug trafficking in the video was a means to an end, which the end is a life of affluence which we disagree with.” he said.
“We are looking at the issue holistically. We believe that there should be a body that was supposed to censor videos before they go out. Those are the things we want to investigate and verify. Was the video submitted for approval? If it was submitted, why was it approved, with such content?” he concluded
Lobatan! Lol
ReplyDeleteNdlea dont know nohun lol
DeleteNa wa o, when wizkid is in a competition with him NDLEA come waka come??
DeleteBut was the video shot in nigeria?
DeleteIf not, does it concern NDlea then?
Mteeeeeewww!!! Dey no see all dese barons wey full town, na musician wey dey hustle, wen dey re actually partnering with d real criminals
DeleteSo NDLEA is dis jobless? Please watch the video again. He sold them pondo yam... u saw him eat it at the end of d video yh?
DeleteSeriously??? Didn't dey see dat he made poundo yam @ d end??? He duped d oda guy y will dey come after him??? Mtchew dey dnt ave work to do
DeleteJust passing....davido biz nt my
DeleteGot to watch d video first!
DeleteLol....okay now. We dey watch!
Delete#TeamBlessed#
Moral value. A way to curb artist from sending wrong message to their fans
ReplyDeleteThey get time....no case on their hands to solve so anything goes
DeleteThey just Wana chop his money and clean mouth..lol
DeleteMcheeeeeeew! Dey should go look elsewhere biko. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteJuliet I, shut up! Do u no what u re saying? Or re u ok? Stop commenting rubbish here. I like Davido nd he is not above the law, what NDLEA re saying is right.
DeleteMcheeeeeeew! Dey should go look elsewhere biko. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteWTF is with the "linda take note!" Everytime, its quite repugnant. Two words for you "Grow up"
DeleteNot my biz
ReplyDeletePhew! Serious Gobe for Davido.
ReplyDeletePoor boy was only trying to get close to Nicki's boyfriend. They should let him be biko.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Rubbish......jobless ppl, why not go after the real drug traffickers, its just song for Christ sake
ReplyDeleteRubbish......jobless ppl, why not go after the real drug traffickers, its just song for Christ sake
ReplyDeleteLmao,A vid that wasn't even shot in nigeria. Ndlea r yall jobless?
ReplyDeleteFools. They actually never watched the video to the end. He was selling Grounded pounded yam.
ReplyDeleteNa short sight dey worry dem
DeletePARENTAL ADVISORY
ReplyDelete***adult content***
If it (the plot) had climaxed in an arrest and possible detention, we would have congratulated him for partnering with us.
Unbiased point....let's see where it goes
This people are just stupid... what Davido did was just acting and if they want to question him on just a script played, then all other actors that have played armed robbers or drug lords in movies should be questioned... stupid jobless NDLEA
ReplyDeletewell said. They want money
DeleteErmmmm,well #i'll be right back
ReplyDelete*iyawo Obama
Dia wahala
ReplyDelete*lib's namesake*
Misplaced priority from the NDLEA side..haven't seen the video tho.
ReplyDeleteThere are bigger fishes to corner than sitting and watching videos.
Happy Sunday to us all.
Watch d video before u comment
DeleteEhe ehe ehe! Said d exact same thing the day I watched d video. Davido ngwa kwa! Jee Zara onu GI. Lil brat
ReplyDeleteRe u okey? @lil brat....abeg hold it......it was jst a diversion, he only deceived d oyibo man wit grounded pounded yam.....go n watch d video well
DeleteThey better leave him alone,
ReplyDeleteBad belle
ReplyDeleteLol his lyrics on the said song is rubbish. Dude was born into affluence and he has the guts to say once upon the time he had nothing lol dude I hated the video and have only watched it once.
ReplyDeleteLmao @once upon a time
DeleteThem dey madt! They didn't see an oyibo lady making semo abi na poundo from the supposed hard drugs? See mumu people o! Na packed lafun Davido use for his video o make una look elsewhere for work to do and leave my Davido for me biko
ReplyDeleteThank God someone finally understands the video
DeleteHahahahaha
ReplyDeleteWats deir definition of hard drugs?
ReplyDeleteDid they not also come for poko? What result did that bring?
ReplyDeleteOKORO UPGRADED**
This people are mental, davido sold poundo to the dealers. The need to watch that Video again. Very nice vid
DeleteI tot so
ReplyDeleteWhether those drugs are fake or not,its about time discipline is instilled in this celebs.Our children and youth look up to them as role models.Showcasing drugs,nudity and what have u isnt exactly good for our generation.
ReplyDeleteTell ur children not to watch foreign movies too then. See how dumb dey are gon grow
DeleteYou better set time aside and raise your children yourself and stop expecting celebs to that for you
DeleteGod bless you
DeleteThem force u watch am? Dats y theres NTA. Mumu de worry u, ple like u use their mb on porn movies HypocritHypocrit
DeleteD said video is nt within ur jurisdiction to probe as it was not made or released in nigeria!
ReplyDeleteThey want to help DEA do their job. Stupid people
DeleteOur NDLEA do not have work to do.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that just a "Make Believe Video" is what our highly placed NDLEA is wasting their time and our resources pursuing.
People with low level intellect. Sorry my people we are still far away from civilization.
NDLEA should have asked American govt how many times they investigated all the movies released and recorded in the US that depicts Drug/gangster life. We still have a long way to go.... my people.
From their write up, we shall know them. The most sensible comment ever. U must be very expose.. 50billion likes for u
DeleteDont mind them. If it was like that, Al Pacino should be in jail by now for playing Tony Montana in Scarface
DeleteD substance is semo !!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLol
DeleteJokers
ReplyDeleteNDLEA must be, am sorry to say, dumb to think that way, even a layman knows it's Poundo yam or Semo, because at the end of the video, he made it to a proper meal, am sure he did that for people that would think this way right now. Anyways na in a sabi....says Bimbo
ReplyDeleteMake dem fly. So bcuz of video davido go use real coke. Mtchww
ReplyDeleteThis ndlea are fools. They want to investigate a video shot in America?
ReplyDeleteAbeg all of dem should take a back seat,whassup wif dem na#mtchewwww
ReplyDeleteSuch a terible plot, wonder who came up with the entire thing. Shame on them.
ReplyDeleteMust u say sumtin?
DeleteOkay nau
ReplyDeleteWhat is,their problem? There was nothing wrong. I'm certain it wasn't real drugs.
ReplyDeletevisit ck jacob blog for fiction stories
In the video, it was eventually fake.
ReplyDeletehmmm
ReplyDeleteProbe hahaha.did ndlea even exis at all if it's true they are existing the should carry on the probe cause law is not a respecter of a man.
ReplyDeleteSmall time you and i we not here any thing about this probe again when the receive bank alert.that is nigeria for you an i.a failed country were looters and criminals are being celebrated as kings.
Probe hahaha.did ndlea even exis at all if it's true they are existing the should carry on the probe cause law is not a respecter of a man.
ReplyDeleteSmall time you and i we not here any thing about this probe again when the receive bank alert.that is nigeria for you an i.a failed country were looters and criminals are being celebrated as kings.
I just dislike the video how will e b display such substance...no msg at all..
ReplyDeleteThey r looking at it "holistically" lol. Dese jobless fools won't go and arrest buruji and bola tinubu to mention a few.if they looked at it holistically dey would know dat he prepared fufu/akpu @ d end of the video. Dey should stop wasting govt money on nonsense
ReplyDeleteThey r looking at it "holistically" lol. Dese jobless fools won't go and arrest buruji and bola tinubu to mention a few.if they looked at it holistically dey would know dat he prepared fufu/akpu @ d end of the video. Dey should stop wasting govt money on nonsense
ReplyDeletePlease you people should live this Davido alone,because he dosnt have hands on those things.I love the way the guy live his lifes
ReplyDeletePlease 'live' us alone. Don't comman finish us wit ur grammar
DeleteOmo kilo kon mi, konmi pelu fans mi oohh, divaeo big pass this shit, it will be swept under the carpets #promise
ReplyDeleteThey are very stupid, they are so dumb dat they do not even understand d video,they should watch it very well over n over again before they talk. Mtchhhwwwwww.
ReplyDeleteDrug trafficking??? More like yam flour trafficking cause the substance Davido gave the guy ended up being worthless to him. Is it now that they know that artists show affluence in their videos?
ReplyDeleteEeeeyah! Wizkid is their getting unpaid attention from Drake, you're here getting attention from NDLEA... May God help u o.
ReplyDeleteHahaha... this people are too dumb oh.. so after watching the video they still dint get it?? Omg! Omg! This people needs to be sanctioned for low mentality.. gee! Are they madt? This people are just enemy of progress.. na today?
ReplyDeleteNDLEA why not just come out and beg davido for small change onufia. You guys are so shameless trying to make him bribe u when the real drug traffickers are out there but una too fear to approach. Is your job now to censor music video. Bunch of clowns
ReplyDeleteNa wa oh!
ReplyDeleteThey should go after Esho Jinadu aka Buruji Kashamu instead.
ReplyDeleteif na me be OBO...i go just serve them "Semovita"just like its served in the vid
ReplyDeleteNDLEA director is an utter fool, trying to gain cheap publicity via davido's renowned stardom, with cheap stunts like this.
ReplyDeleteWe have people importing unauthorised pharmaceuticals and endangering the lives of Nigerians,as well as other challenging drug related issues in Nigeria today.
U want to waste resources and man power investigating the making of a music video,
1.)did I hear you say moral lesson which nigeria video has ever does
ReplyDelete2.) the video wasn't shot in Nigeria and it's the normal way or routine for American artist to portrait such content in their videos even worst
3.) the video concept was just that davido fooled a drug Lord with a bag of semo or pondo supposed to be a drug and collected money from him only for him to find out that it wasn't drug but semo or whatever he was actually eating at the end. Stupid NDLEA, foolish country, useless Blogger and dumb commentators.
Linda watin dey worry dis NDLEA self... if dem want job... or awareness inside naija music industry!... make dem talk!.. shuu.. watin be dere own self?
ReplyDeleteMake who na leave this young man alone Abeg ooooo. We no complain NDLEA
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Ndlea,most video dis artiste work on has no moral value whatsoeva,they show a lot of nudity & immoral things,what are they trying to teach kids watching dis videos,ppl are rily loosing deir moral values day by day coz of d lyrics,video of this songs...Abeg censors board shld start functioning if they are dead
ReplyDeleteEyaah! I love that song sha, but that's semo na..un-necessary nonsense..NDLEA oshi#singinavemaria
ReplyDeleteEyaah! I love that song sha, but that's semo na..un-necessary nonsense..NDLEA oshi#singinavemaria
ReplyDeleteThey should watch d video well before cause I think the man paid a fake drug, he wanted d grug but davido handed something else maybe bags of salt , check d mans face wen he tasted it, and d white susbtance was semovita with he enjoyed with soup.
ReplyDeleteThey should watch d video well cause I think davido sold bags of salt to the man, they should watch d video till d end and d white susbstance d girls were carrying about was semovita for davido which he enjoyed with soup. Watch well
ReplyDeleteI don't blame them. That video is a disgrace. It's so blatant in its poor messaging. Videos of artists glamorizing alcohol abuse should also get the same attention.
ReplyDeleteJoblessness at its peak...For video wey dem no even shoot for naija?? Smh.
ReplyDeleteleast i forget, who should go after Patience Ozorkwo MAMA G for playing a wicked mother in Nollywood, and Jim Iyke acting as a playboy, or Hank anukwu for playing armed robber....plus all these Yoruba Juju movies ...are they not all wrong signals ...ABEG NDLEA GO AND FIND JOB JOOR . INVESTIGATE KE.. RUBBISH
ReplyDeleteDavido Need to answer this people, Release a beef video
ReplyDeleteNa yam poundo nah, dem no wise ni?
ReplyDeleteI believe this generation has totally lost it. Saying Davido sold fake drug or Semi at the end doesn't justify that a criminal act was portrayed or suggested.
ReplyDeleteWhat we should guide against is the idea of celebrity portraying xand encouraging a useless life of crime.
This actually is sending the wrong message. These musicians forget that in one way or the other they influence the youths in our nation. Because it is right in the US does not make it right morally and otherwise. Yes to them they are hip and anything goes. So what, yes I say so what. Is it because it is Meek Mill then heaven has come down. Also Wizkid is also acting as if he has lost his identity just because Drake reached out too him Na wa o.
ReplyDeleteNDLEA. Will probe FUFU powder? Wasn't that the 'powder' Davido ate at the end of the video with EGUSI soup?
ReplyDeleteIts whatever
ReplyDeleteMumu NDLEA , Davido should be given a crown for pulling such a video with such intellect!... he's even placing our local meal on the map!.. thats what being an ambassador is!.. NDLEA dey find money .. if na me i go carry my lawyer face them o! cos this nonesense must stop in naija!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good step in the right direction. It's about time we stopped celebrating iniquity in our videos. He should be sternly cautioned, fined if possible, but not jailed. Other guilty people should be fined too. Thumbs up NDLEA
ReplyDeleteLooool. NDLEA. Them don carry come again ooh!
ReplyDeleteNonsense matter!
i dont buy the idea...davido was just acting its not real..let them use that time to look for real people into drugs not people acting,if its done that way that means those who act on nollywood should also be arrested...i call this Bangladilish Bullshit!!!!!
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