Nigerian afro-pop musician, Davido, on Saturday thrilled music lovers at the 22,000-capacity Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State.

Davido, who returned to Nigeria in a grand style, made a stopover at a village called Ibusa where he was welcomed like royalty, alongside his lawyer who is an indigene of the town.

The ‘Risky crooner’ is billed to visit three states in the Southeastern region.

In Asaba, Davido thrilled fans dishing out some of his hit songs back to back.

Davido and Phyno lit up the teeming crowd in the stadium as they sang the Ride For You track verbatim.

Davido and his live band also delivered one of his top old songs ‘See Gobe” among others.

Meanwhile, less than 24 hours after viral reports that Davido was conferred with a chieftaincy title in Ibusa Community, Delta, a man, who claimed to be at the event, as dismissed the reports as untrue.

According to one Uwolo Amaechi Nwaenie, Davido was not conferred with a title but instead was adopted into the said family.

Writing on Facebook, Nwaenie said,

“My attention has been drawn to the trending story about a purported conferment of a chieftaincy title on Davido.
~ Uwolo Amaechi Nwaenie.

For the avoidance of doubt, l want to state that l was a guest at Chief Barrister Fred Ajudua’s (Onwa) residence on his invitation to host his son’s best friend – Davido.

I had no prior knowledge of planned event for the day until i got to Onwa’s residence. While in his residence, Onwa said he wanted to adopt Davido into the Ajudua’s family to straighten the strong friendship between his son Bobo and Dacido. I recall someone jokingly asked Onwa if he wanted to ”give chieftaincy title to Davido’ to which Onwa said a categorical No.

As the Uwolo of Ibuzor, l cannot knowingly offend our cultural sensibility or be a party to any act likely to desecrate, denigrate or offend lbuzor tradition in any way, shape or form. What happened today in Chief Bar Fred Ajudua’s residence was an adoption into the family of the Ajudua and definitely not a conferment of chieftaincy title. Any misconception or misunderstanding of the process is highly regretted. It was a great day of friendship and celebration between two great families and calls for measured reaction from those who relied strictly on social media videos and pictures.

Long live Ibuzor