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Popular Nigerian celebs that have been dragged this year
Perhaps Nigerians using Twitter to be precise have enough time on their hands to treat any celebrity flaw as soon as it hits. As such, there has been a lot of dragging in recent days.
No doubt, Nigerian social media space is filled with savages; savages that are ready to ‘drag’ the life out of you if you messed up.
Perhaps Nigerians using Twitter to be precise have enough time on their hands to treat any celebrity flaw as soon as it hits. As such, there has been a lot of dragging in recent days.
Who are some of these celebrities either politicians or showbiz who have attracted the wrought of Nigerian Twitter users? Read on to know some of them!
Issa Pantami
The Nigeria minister of communications and digital economy and also a renowned Muslim cleric has received his share of dragging over time, as he expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram.
In one sermon from the 2000s, he said he considered al-Qaeda founder, Osama Bin Laden, a better Muslim than himself, and in another, he said he was happy when infidels were massacred.
Recordings of him expressing these views began circulating on social media a few weeks ago, leading to calls for his resignation or sacking by President Muhammadu Buhari. What infuriated the anger of Nigerians was when the federal government asserted that we should forget is past and move on. lol
Desmond Elliot
Really, this Nigerian lawmaker’s saga is the funniest of every political actor’s trends; it is funny to an extent that if anything should happen in the Nigeria social media space especially things that do not concern the lawmaker, they will tag it as ‘Na Desmond Elliot cause am.‘
However, so many issues cumulated to form the Desmond Elliot drag trends: first, he was mocked for building a bridge, and toilet of such low standard and also bragging about his achievement in the Surulere Constituency of Lagos state.
The last straw that broke the camel’s back was his disheartened comment on the activities of youths during the EndSARS protest. He addressed the youths as ‘children’ before his colleagues in the House. At a time like that, the commentary really met the youths in a very shocking way; coming from an actor they once regarded.
This is why Desmond Elliot is being dragged like a faulty gen pic.twitter.com/TyMR2Y1KNa
— Naija (@Naija_PR) October 29, 2020
Burna Boy
His fans noticed an unusual increase in the number of Youtube views on one of his music videos “Monsters you made”. This song was released in 2020 and suddenly it accumulated over 500,000 views within an hour.
He was nicknamed Ikorodu Lucky Dube for telling Nigerians that they deserve their leaders was perhaps the most exciting one. They should have even pitied him and called him Ikorodu Fela since that is his mentor!
Wizkid
Wizkid is one artiste that never connects to the dragging hotspot; however, on Saturday, baba was dragged for tweeting a celebration of his 10 years in the industry while the June 12 protest was going on.
You will recall that he once blasted Reekado Banks for posting his album during the EndSARS protest. Fans really attacked him, showed their vexation with cruise and all.
Dear fave ,you blasted Ricardo banks for posting his album during endears protest,you are doing almost same thing…please sir lend your voice again #June12thProtest #KeepitOn
— bubu the fool (@IHerzern) June 12, 2021
Lai Muhammed
This Nigerian minister of Infomation and Culture fit into the category of this popular slang, ‘customer dada ni.’ He hardly lives a week without been dragged. Recently, he courted the speech that led to the suspension of Twitter activities in Nigeria. Funnily enough, he made a serious blunder while given the speech, lol.
Lai Muhammed will go down in history as the most hostile, most intolerant and anti-Free media Minister for information in Nigeria!
— Olóyè TD. Esq ?? (@BolanleCole) June 12, 2021
So Buhari and Lai Muhammed want us to come and be greeting them every morning before we continue with our cruise.
Once again una papa— Abdul Azeez?? (@Abdul_olaitan7) June 7, 2021
Tope Alabi
Hmm! Aunty Tope, a popular gospel singer was recently dragged by people who really respected her personality and songs in general for talking down on ‘Oniduro Mi’ by Adeyinka Alaseyori; it was a terrible day she will always remember as she also lost millions of her followers on social media.
In a video that make a wave, Tope Alabi could be heard correcting the song publicly as she stands on her word that it is so wrong to refer to God as ‘Oniduro mi’ [my guarantor] while backing her claims with caution from the holy spirits from when she tried to sing along.
“God is not my own guarantor; he is more than a guarantor to me. I love the song too but the day I tried singing it, the holy spirit told me to shut up,” she said in the Yoruba language.
“This is not about condemning the song; when you receive a song in the spirit, it is supposed to go through some refining with the holy ghost before producing it, else, you will just be singing rubbish,” she added in part.
Lol! A Twitter user tweet: “Maybe Tope Alabi don do guarantor for one person for LAPO before and dem lock am for toilet”.
Maybe Tope Alabi don do guarantor for person for lapo before and dem lock am for toilet.. na ptsd ???
— El Barrío (@Corporatte_Thug) June 13, 2021
All these gospel artists are now singing Oniduromi to spite Tope Alabi. She made an error of judgement. But these people are Christians? They need to leave this pettiness for Shanko Rasheed, Pasuma, Osupa, Obesere, Atawewe, Taiye Currency and co and be Christ like.
— Dr. Dípò Awójídé, FHEA (@OgbeniDipo) June 14, 2021