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Nigerian Grammy award-winning afrobeat star, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy<\/a>, has opened up on why he has been surprisingly quiet about the 2023 elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York reports that Burna Boy had recently come under fire on social media over the last few days for not speaking up or adding his voice on critical issues that have played out in the ongoing 2023 elections unlike some of his colleagues.<\/p>\n

Criticisms spotlighted his song \u201820.10.20\u2019 where he berated the government for their actions during the #EndSARS protests and Lekki Massacre, telling him off for not translating such activism in reality.<\/p>\n

Clarifying why he distances himself from politics, the Ye crooner took to his Instagram page on Monday, to reveal that he does not believe in any of the candidates running for political posts.<\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>Why People Often Think I\u2019m Not A Nigerian Artist \u2013 Timaya<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He cited that none of the candidates or party could be trusted to deliver their campaign promise, hence will not want to lead people on to voting for a candidate that will dissapoint.<\/p>\n

‘I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s such a big deal to some Nigerians that I\u2019ve not been vocal about the elections,’ he wrote on his Instagram stories.<\/p>\n

‘Personally I don\u2019t have a candidate that I believe in. I\u2019ve never supported any political party or candidate in my life because I don\u2019t want to make you vote and then blame me when the person f**ks up as usual. That being said, I hope all votes count and the best man wins’ he wrote.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York reports that fellow industry colleague, and famous Nigerian singer, Folarin Falana, who is popularly known as Falz the Bad Guy, was yesterday attacked by political thugs at his polling unit in Lagos<\/a>\u00a0when he went to exercise his franchise.<\/p>\n

A post shared on social media by a user called Bello who was present at the incident scene disclosed that the singer was attacked with his phone stolen.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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