Dare Babalola
Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has said that her colleague, David Adeleke aka Davido, threatened her out of anger and did not mean the things he said against her.
In a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, Savage said despite the public fallout, she still holds Davido in high regard.
“I think it was a miscommunication, I think out of anger maybe he might have made threats,” she noted.
According to Tiwa, she filed a police report as a precautionary measure to protect herself, not out of hostility.
She emphasised that she doesn’t believe Davido would act on his threats, but she couldn’t take any risks.
Savage, however, admitted that others might take action based on Davido’s words.
“He might have made threats, do I think he was really going to go ahead with it? No, but again I’m not taking any risks. You could be saying it around people who wanna now act out on what you’re saying,” she said.
Before resorting to official measures, Tiwa Savage said she attempted to resolve the matter quietly by reaching out to Davido’s older family members, asking them to help mediate the situation, adding that none of them responded.
“Before I did that though I reached out to members of his family, I’m not gonna say names, but people that are older than him, and I said okay I’m hearing threats can we solve this and none of them came back to me,” she said. “Just for the record, before I do anything can we solve this?”, she added.
Tiwa Savage, despite the tension, reaffirmed her love and respect for Davido, describing him as her brother.
She stressed that she would never betray him or take sides against him, emphasising that their bond remains rooted in mutual respect.
“I haven’t spoken to you David but I do want you to know that I do love you and I would never betray you or take sides,” she said.
The disagreement between the two singers started in January 2024, after Tiwa Savage shared a photo with Davido’s first baby mama, Sophia Momodu, on social media amid the DMW boss’ child custody battle with Sophia.
