Famous Nigerian international singer David Adeleke, otherwise known as Davido, has been conferred with a national honour award by the federal government of Nigeria.
The government conferred Davido Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).
Sharing the news on his Instagram story, Davido showed the lists of others awarded the same honour as him, marking out his name.
The singer, who was appreciative of the honour, captioned the post with his name, “David Adeleke OON”, and the Nigerian flag.
His uncle, Ademola Adeleke, celebrated him for making the Adeleke family proud and also for being a good ambassador of Osun State.
He wrote, “Congratulations Davido on your conferment with Nigeria’s national honour award, Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). You have made the family proud and Osun as a state.”
Davido prays as Supreme Court sets to determine his uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s fate
Davido’s honour came a few days after he reacted to his uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s Supreme Court’s hearing about his validity as the governor of Osun State.
Davido tweeted about the Osun State Election petition hearing that came up at the Supreme Court. His tweet got many praying for a free and fair verdict from the judge.
The father of three revealed that he is looking forward to the affirmation that his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, won the Osun State Gubernatorial election.
Davido prayed that God would let the court do the right thing by declaring his uncle as the legal winner of the election.
He tweeted, “Osun State Election Petition hearing comes up at the Supreme Court today. We look forward to the judicial affirmation of @AAdeleke_01 (The people’s) mandate. The hardest part is done, winning a free and fair election. May God let the court do the right thing.”
Recall that there was wild jubilation on the streets of Osun state as citizens of the state joined the victor to celebrate his victory in the just concluded election.
