12/05/2021
1. DAVIDO
OBO has run into trouble with the police a few times. In 2011, he was arrested by members of the police force sent by his father. Davido had dropped out of school without his father’s permission. He traveled to Atlanta and then London, breaking his SIM card and maintaining radio silence. Upon his arrival back to Lagos, with tattoos and piercings instead of a business management degree, police operatives sent by his father apprehended him. Davido and Chief Adeleke later agreed he would get a degree from a private university in Nigeria if he wanted to continue his music career. Although he agreed, OBO broke this agreement by releasing music and performing at shows while in school. In an interview on the breakfast show hosted by CharlamagnethaGod, he said, “I remember the first show, I was upstairs in the green room, and was about to come down, I looked down and there were like 50 policemen. Back then they took my ex, they arrested her, they took my road manager, they arrested the promoter. I remember I went through the back fence, was running. I picked up the phone and my dad was like, if you don’t come to the police station, all your friends are going to jail. I got to the police station and the policeman’s phone starts ringing and it was my song playing. He let us go at some point.”Davido was rumoured to have been arrested again in November 2019 for allegedly stabbing Michael aka Dream Chaser, who is said to be the younger brother of Abu Abel, the CEO of Obimzy Records in Dubai. A tipsy Davido was approached by the victim and things got awry quickly with Davido allegedly smashing a bottle on the victim’s head. He was arrested immediately while the victim rushed to the hospital. However, his management denied the report, and the father of three was spotted with Mayorkun in London the day after
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