Tiwa Savage files petition against Davido for alleged assault threat

Musician Tiwa Savage has accused Davido, another African music superstar, of threatening to harm her physically.

The Afrobeats singer said in a petition to the Lagos police commissioner, Fayoade Adegoke, that Davido, who is nominated for a Grammy award, warned her that he would “f**k me up”.

Tiwa Savage also claimed that Davido violated her “rights to life, privacy and dignity of my person”.

The singer also urged the police to “hold Davido responsible if any harm befalls me”.

The petition read, “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,” the petition reads in part.

“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 chose 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 “be careful 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.

“I am available to answer any questions or provide any additional information regarding this matter.

“Please find attached screenshot images of the exchange between myself and MR. DAVID ADELEKE for your perusal.

“Thank you in anticipation of your prompt response and attention to this matter.”

The petition was filed a few hours after TeeBillz took to social media to call out Davido.

The talent manager claimed that despite the love his son Jamil, whom he shares with Tiwa Savage, his ex-wife, has shown to Davido’s daughter Imade, the singer still “disrespected my family”.

He also promised to teach the ‘Unavailable’ singer “a life lesson” after the Grammy Awards.