Afrobeat singer Davido has erroneously claimed that Nigeria has solely three tribes, particularly Yoruba, Igbo and Benin.
Davido, who goofed whereas internet hosting common American content material creator Kai Cenat, who’s in Nigeria for a documentary, yesterday in Lagos, mentioned: “We now have three tribes in Nigeria. There’s Yoruba. My father is Yoruba. And in Nigeria, wherever your father is from, that’s the place you’re actually from. So my father is Yoruba. My spouse is from Igbo. And my mom is from Benin. I’m three tribes in a single.”
Opposite to the Timeless singer’s declare, the Nationwide Bureau of Statistics revealed that there are 371 tribes in Nigeria, the vast majority of that are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.