Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwatope Omolara Savage, known professionally as Tiwa Savage has submitted a petition to the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos State against her colleague, David Adeleke, known as Davido.
The petition is over an alleged threat to life and other actions that allegedly infringed on her fundamental human rights.
Tiwa Savage wrote: “I am writing to bring to your attention a distressing situation involving myself, Tiwatope Omolara Savage, popularly known as Tiwa Savage and MR. DAVID ADELEKE popularly known as Davido.
On the 23rd of December, I made a post which included myself and Sophia Momodu on my Instagram Story- a feature on Instagram which allows you to put up a post for twenty-four hours, and MR. DAVID ADELEKE sent messages to my manager who’s also part of his management team that I shouldn’t worry and should never say a word to him and that I was taunting him, uttering very disrespectful, malicious and derogatory words to my person.
“I responded to MR. DAVID ADELEKE’s message and told him not to reach out to me especially as I feel like I have been there for him and his daughter, Imade and more importantly when he lost his son.
“The events of that day have also led to a barrage of calls and messages from our mutual connections, asking me what I did to MR. DAVID ADELEKE that he’s upset that I choose to maintain a relationship with Imade’s mother, Sophia Momodu who he’s having issues with and also painting the exchange to look like I was the aggressor.
“He has also told our mutual connections to warn me to “becareful in Lagos because he was going to f**k me up”.
“This is beginning to feel like some form of online and offline harassment not just to me but also members of my team,
The actions of MR. DAVID ADELEKE are unethical and can be viewed as a direct threat to my rights to life, privacy and dignity of my person as guaranteed in Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), and are also in contravention of Section 24(2)(a) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015.
“I therefore would like to make this complaint, and to state that in the event that anything untoward or harmful were to happen to me or any member of my family, I will like the members of the Nigerian Police Force to hold MR. DAVID ADELEKE responsible.”
The Lagos Police Command Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the petition from the singer when contacted by Punch Newspaper
“It is genuine,” Hundeyin said when contacted by our correspendent to confirm the veracity of the petition.
COMMENT: I hope and pray these guys will not self-destruct, I hope he doesn’t see himself as invincible. I so much love and proud of them all (our music superstars). Our agbalagbas (elders) need to step in quickly to resolve this matter very quickly. Eyin oba wa ni Ile Yoruba, awon omo wa alalubarika won yi o gbodo ba ara won ja o. (Our kings in Yorubaland, these are our pride in the country, this must be settled as soon as possible) ori ade a gbe yin o. May the spirit of the crown assist you.
On a serious note, Tiwa has done the right thing by escalating the threat to her person by Davido and reporting same to the police. We do not need another Mohbad situation…
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