The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said investigation had begun into the allegations.

He said, “I can confirm to you that we have received the petition and investigation has commenced.”

Savage, in the petition currently in circulation, accused Davido of uttering disrespectful words in reaction to a post which included herself and the singer’s Baby mama, Sophia Momodu’s Instagram story.

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, Ifeanyi.

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, “On the 23rd of December, 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 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 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. 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.”

Savage further alleged that Davido told their mutual connections to warn her to be careful in Lagos as she was going to deal with her.

“He has also told our 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 action of MR. DAVID ADELEKE is unethical and can be viewed as a direct threat to my rights to life, privacy, and dignity of my person,” she added.

PUNCH Metro had reported that there was a buzz on social media on Saturday, January 6, 2024, after both singers unfollowed each other on Instagram.

Davido and Savage were known to have had a cordial relationship over the years, with their children, Imade Adeleke and Jamil Balogun, following in their parents’ footsteps.

Both children attended the same school and had been seen on several occasions enjoying each other’s company.

However, there have been diverse speculations as to what could have informed both top artistes to unfollow each other, with some fans opining that the move could be a result of the waxing friendship between Savage and Sophia.

Before the petition, music executive, Tunji Balogun, popularly known as Tee Billz, had called out Davido for allegedly disrespecting his family, threatening to teach him a lesson.

In a post on his Instagram page, Tee Billz specifically accused Davido of “bullying” his ex-wife, Tiwa Savage.

The Nigerian-born singer and songwriter,

, is among artistes billed to perform at the Coronation Concert of King Charles II scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 7.

The Global Citizen Live is an all-day live broadcast that will feature scores of artists, activists, corporate leaders and world leaders to mark a global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alongside Burna Boy and Davido, other Nigerian artistes to perform for the show include Femi Kuti, Tiwa Savage, and Made Kuti.

The global event will take place from September 25th in three locations including Lagos, New York City, and Paris.

Davido, Femi Kuti, Tiwa Savage, and Made Kuti will perform in the Lagos event while Burna Boy is one of the special performers in New York alongside other international artists like Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Meek Mill, and Shawn Mendes.

The special guest performances will be presented by Grammy award-winning singer, Angélique Kidjo.

Other international artists to perform for the show include Alesia Cara, Cyndi Lauper, Jon Batiste, and Lang Lang.

Performing in Paris are Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat, DJ Snake, H.E.R., Black Eyed Peas, and Christine and the Queens.

The event which is centred on the Recovery Plan for world campaign is supported by Global Citizen and focuses on ending COVID-19, ending the hunger crisis, resuming learning, protecting the planet, and advancing equity for all.

Yemi Alade who is preparing to release her new album has giving some conditions that might see her and Tiwa collaborate.

She said “If it is the will of God collaborating with Tiwa Savage, we, female artistes, are all doing great things and putting music out there. Being the biggest female artiste or not, I am very happy where I’m and I’m happy for other females in the industry. We are here for the music; so, let’s keep our focus on the music. I believe so much in growth and the process. When I saw an opportunity to collaborate with Rick Ross, I grabbed it . Working with him was an amazing experience; he is an inspiration. Despite my success, I still want to tour the world, reach out to new places and make more music.”

Many people on social media came for Burna Boy after posting some cryptic messages on his social media handle, as a matter of fact, he posted one just a few days before Tiwa Savage got signed to Universal Music Group and his latest one came moment after Mayorkun celebrated 70 million music streams.  A lot of social media users are of the opinion that Burna Boy is hating on the success of Mayorkun, some even went ahead to call him a hypocrite because just some few weeks back he also celebrated 7 million YouTube views but that is not what this article is about, if I have the time, I will find another day to address that issue.

This article is about the post Burna Boy made about feeling sorry for Nigerian artistes who are rushing into signing international deals, saying they might end up be an international victim. He even went ahead to thank his mum for preventing him from making sure mistakes.

I’m not saying this as an insult but it’s just a fact, many of you don’t know jack when it comes to what goes on behind the music scene, aside grooving to their songs and reacting to what they put out on social media, many of you have no idea what exactly is going on behind closed doors. Which is why when someone like Burna Boy who has been enjoying massive international recognition since last year put out a post WARNING other artiste of being careful about international record deals, you should calm down to understand where he is coming from, the least you can do is to ask questions, so that you can get enlightened .

I’m not going to waste too much words on this article because I promise myself I wasn’t going to get involve but then again I realise a lot of you are so ignorant to the fact, which is why it’s easy for you to throw shades and call Burna Boy an overrated artiste or a hater. What Burna Boy said sounds like a bitter truth to many of you because you don’t know or you have chosen to ignore how bad international deals have been to Nigerian artiste, In fact some international deal don ruin some artiste career.

First of let start with the legend himself, 2baba, in 2009, 2baba was the king of Africa and he thought he was ready to take on the world. He went as far as recording an album under Matriarch Records, ready for the international market, this was the period a video of him with Mary J, Blidge working on a song together went viral but till today we never saw the light of that album, years later when he was asked about what went wrong, 2baba being 2baba didn’t give out much info, he only said that things didn’t go according to plan. But let’s even leave that aside because I’m sure not many of you were aware of that, so let me talk about the one many of you are aware of but also ignored.

You all remembered when Davido signed with Sony in 2016 and gave us songs like “Gbagbe Oshi”, “Coolest Kid in Africa” (ft. Nasty C) “How Long” (ft. Tinashe) and finally gave us one of the worst EP I have heard in my life “Son of Mercy”. The problem with these international labels at times, is that when they sign you, they try to change your style to suit the market and if they are not changing your style, they control the kind of music you put out, which if you ask me is still a way of changing your sound. Davido we knew from “Dami Duro” was the pon pon sound kind of singer but during this spell, you could hear him trying so hard to sing like a foreign artiste, doing trap and blues, because that was what the label wanted and that year was very difficult for Davido, in fact his career was going down, until 2017 when he renegotiated his deal with Sony, came back home and did “IF”.

I said I wasn’t going to waste much time, so let end this article by giving this last example of another artiste an international deal almost killed his career, Wizkid. Yes you all heard me right, the Star boy himself, also had a downward slope when he got an international deal in 2016 with Sony, they tried so hard to push Wizkid but it wasn’t just working out for him but the label didn’t really care much because they had invested heavily on him, I mean, he did songs with Drake, Chris Brown, Trey Songs, R.Kelly, TY Dolla $ign, just to mention a few yet Wizkid still couldn’t cut through the international market as they expected. And this was even having a negative effect on his career back home because the kind of songs he made with those people wasn’t the kind of songs his fan over here wanted to hear. So there he was caught up in his dilemma, can’t put out the kind of song your people wanted to hear because the label won’t approve, and the ones you putting out wasn’t making wave like they expect.

Though what help Wizkid was the fact that he found a loop hole in his contract, because part the contract was that Wizkid couldn’t release a song without the permission of the label, so  he made his Star Boy label more functional, that’s why if you notice most songs Wizkid did in 2017, were Star Boy featuring Wizkid. This was why he was able to do songs like “Soco” and “Manya”.

The bottom line of this article is that international deals haven’t really favour any Nigerian artiste which is why like Burna Boy said, Nigerian artiste should be careful before signing one, make them no go become slave to these labels, because there are a lot of things hidden in the contract you won’t know till after you sign it before your eyes go come clear. By the way, international deal dey part of wetin kill D’banj and Don Jazzy Mo’Hits and even Ycee is still trying to revive his own career after his ordeal with Sony too.