Simi breaks silence on backlash over old tweets

Nigerian singer Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has responded to the backlash following the resurfacing of her old tweets from over a decade.

The controversy began after Simi made a strong statement calling for rapists to be “burnt and castrated” amid the ongoing sexual assault case involving TikToker Mirabel, who later retracted her claims.

Her comments generated mixed reactions online, leading to social media users digging through Simi’s personal feed, uncovering tweets from 2012.

In some of the old posts, Simi wrote about a four-year-old…