{"id":384311,"date":"2026-08-18T18:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/384311\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:28:13","slug":"davido-refuses-to-apologise-to-okpebholo-over-waec-result-po","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/384311\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido Refuses to Apologise to Okpebholo Over WAEC Result Po"},"content":{"rendered":"

Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has said he will not apologise to Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, over his social media post displaying the governor\u2019s alleged West African Examinations Council result.\n<\/p>\n

Davido said he did nothing wrong by sharing the result, insisting that he was merely informing people of Edo State about the academic record of their governor.\n<\/p>\n

The singer stated this in an exclusive interview with News Central on Tuesday in Osun State.\n<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI\u2019m not going to apologise. I didn\u2019t do anything wrong. I was just telling people of the state the results their governor has.\u201d<\/p>\n

The controversy began after Okpebholo criticised Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, during political activities ahead of the August 15 governorship election in the state.
\n\"Okpebholo\"File photo: Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo.\n<\/p>\n

Okpebholo had mocked Adeleke over his penchant for dancing, questioning his leadership style while campaigning for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO.\n<\/p>\n

The Edo governor said, \u201cBefore somebody signs paper, he will dance. Are you not tired? For four years, this man has been dancing. Before he takes breakfast, before he drinks tea, he will dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davido, who is Adeleke\u2019s nephew and has been actively campaigning for his uncle, subsequently shared what appeared to be Okpebholo\u2019s WAEC result on his Instagram Story on Friday.\n<\/p>\n

The post, which had no caption, sparked reactions on social media, with Tugbiyele later describing it as inappropriate and disrespectful.\n<\/p>\n

Reacting to the call for an apology, Davido defended his action and accused Okpebholo of leaving Edo State to attack his uncle in Osun.\n<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cYes, and you came, you left your state, you came to another state. You came in and then started talking that my uncle is a dancer; he is not serious.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road to your Government House is not done. My uncle is not serious. First of all, you were not even elected; you were selected.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The singer further questioned Okpebholo\u2019s understanding of electoral victory, saying, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what it means to win an election. That\u2019s why you could go there and talk.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"DavidoDavido trolls Edo gov with WAEC result after Adeleke jibe<\/p>\n

Davido also criticised the governor for attacking Adeleke, saying he felt bad for Okpebholo\u2019s children.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI feel so bad for his kids. Because you see what my dad is doing. Do you understand? Yeah, you\u2019re abusing a sitting governor in his own state.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

He also mocked Okpebholo over his stay in a hotel, adding, \u201cA whole governor staying in a hotel, walking around like\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Davido then warned the Edo governor that Adeleke would return the political challenge when the time came.\n<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cIn fact, finish your three years, we\u2019ll visit you when it\u2019s time for you to get re-elected.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

PUNCH Online had reported that Tugbiyele called on Davido to apologise to Okpebholo over the publication.\n<\/p>\n

Tugbiyele made the call in a now-trending video originally uploaded on Facebook while commenting on the political exchanges ahead of the Osun governorship election.\n<\/p>\n

He said Davido should not have personally responded to Okpebholo\u2019s comments about Adeleke.<\/p>\n

Tugbiyele said, \u201cI watched a video when Governor Okpebholo called the governor of my state, Adeleke, the dancing governor. And the governor\u2019s relation, David Adeleke, replied by publishing the WAEC Secondary School leaving result of Governor Okpebholo, the governor of Edo State.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

According to him, although the alleged result might not have been impressive, it should not have been used to ridicule the governor.\n<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe result is not good enough, but it\u2019s possible. The governor did a resit. We are not aware of that, but I think Davido, David Adeleke\u2019s publication is inappropriate.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Tugbiyele argued that Adeleke could have responded to his Edo counterpart through official channels rather than allowing Davido to engage him.\n<\/p>\n

Tugbiyele concluded by directly appealing to Davido, saying, \u201cDavido, David Adeleke, please, as a proper Yoruba, please apologise to Governor Okpebholo. God bless you, David. God bless Nigeria.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has said he will not apologise to Edo State Governor,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[10499,9695,7145,16774,8480,183956,13261,122,121059,9287,32204,4441,33952,34357,2433,61191,175921],"class_list":["post-384311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-ademola-adeleke","tag-celebrity-news","tag-controversy","tag-davido","tag-edo-state","tag-edo-state-governor","tag-monday-okpebholo","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-celebrities","tag-nigerian-politics","tag-osun-politics","tag-osun-state","tag-political-controversy","tag-punch-newspaper","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-drama","tag-waec-result"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117117931561224566","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}