Davido Vs Tiwa Savage Case: Lagos Police Start Investigation
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024, in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the command, announced the official commencement of a thorough investigation by the Lagos police into the allegations made by Tiwa Savage, the songstress, regarding Davido’s alleged bullying and threats towards her.
Davido reportedly charted this path because of Tiwa Savage’s connection with his baby mama, Sophia Momodu.
“I can confirm that we received the petition. We have begun investigations,” SP Benjamin Hundeyin informed reporters.
Tru News Report reveals that Tiwa Savage in a petition dated January 9, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, accused Davido of sending a series of threatening messages all because of her friendship with Sophia Momodu.
The singer explained how she expressed disappointment at Davido’s threats and reminded him of how she stood by his family, especially when he lost his son.
She, however, claimed to have thereafter received calls from mutual connections seeking to know what she did to upset Davido and also questioning her relationship with Sophia.
The petition read in part, “I am writing to bring to your attention a distressing situation involving myself, and Adeleke.
“On December 23, I made a post which included myself and Sophia Momodu’s Instagram Story – a feature on Instagram which allows you to put up a post for twenty-four hours, and 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 đisrespectful, 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.”
Savage additionally expressed that Davido’s behavior was morally wrong and could be interpreted as a clear violation of her fundamental rights to life, privacy, and dignity, as outlined in Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
From her perspective, this situation is increasingly resembling a type of harassment, both online and offline, not only towards me but also towards my team members.
“The actions of 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 David Adeleke responsible.
“I am available to answer any questions or provide any additional information regarding this matter,” she said.
