‘Yoruba, Igbo, Benin only three tribes in Nigeria’ – Davido

Afrobeat artist Davido made an inaccurate statement suggesting that Nigeria comprises only three tribes: Yoruba, Igbo, and Benin.

During an interaction with popular American content creator Kai Cenat, who is currently in Nigeria for a documentary, Davido mistakenly stated, “We have three tribes in Nigeria. There’s Yoruba. My father is Yoruba. And in Nigeria, wherever your father is from, that’s where you are really from. So my father is Yoruba. My wife is from Igbo. And my mother is from Benin. I’m three tribes in one.”

Contrary to Davido’s assertion, data from the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that Nigeria is home to 371 tribes, with the most populous being the Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba tribes.