David Adeleke popularly known as
Davido, has released an official statement concerning the controversy
in the death of his friend Tagbo Umeike.
Davido was reportedly accused of being
involved in the death of his friend Tagbo and his corpse reportedly
dumped at the premises of the General Hospital, Lagos Island.
But the singer in his official
statement has denied his involvement in the death of his friend.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Lagos State
Police Command re-invited Davido for questioning following the death
of his friend Tagbo.
Acting Commissioner of Police in the
state, Mr Imohimi Edgar, told reporters at a press briefing on that
the result of the investigations carried out by the police
contradicted Davido’s claims on the death of his friend.
Recalling how it happened, Edgar said,
“On September 3, 2017, at about 0920hrs, the Chief Security Officer
of General Hospital, Lagos, one Oparanti Moshood, alleged and alerted
the DPO (Lion Building) that an unidentified male was brought in dead
(BID) in an ash colour Toyota Camry saloon car with identification
number LSD 738 El.
“The victim was alleged to have been
brought in by two unidentified males. The DPO Lion Building who raced
to the scene was able to identify the victim as one Tagbo Umeike from
the international passport found in the victim’s vehicle.
“Shortly, thereafter, you are all
aware that one Caroline Danjuma, an actress and the victim’s
fiancé, published on her Instagram page that her boyfriend died in
the company of friends amongst whom was one David Adeleke, a.k.a
Davido.”
The Police Commissioner said he
consequently convened a pre-investigation meeting which was attended
by family and friends of the deceased, his girlfriend and Davido, as
well as the DPO Lion Building and other investigating police
officers.
According to him, the meeting confirmed
that the deceased had drinks with friends at a bar, including Davido
while the bartender who served them the drinks “confirmed that the
deceased had as much as 40 tucks of tequila and exhibited clear signs
of drunkenness.”
Edgar further said, “The CCTV footage
which I called for from the bar also showed that the deceased was
quarrelsome and even violent. In that same meeting, Davido confirmed
that he left Shisha Bar without the deceased to a nightclub known as
DNA in Victoria Island; he stated that he was only informed by some
mutual friends of the victim’s death at DNA club.”
He, however, said investigation
conducted into the incident revealed that one Tunde Yusufu who
supposedly drives Davido’s escort vehicle, accompanied by one
Agbaje Olaoye and one Idris Busari – both Davido’s friends, “took
the deceased to General Hospital, Lagos Island and abandoned him in
his vehicle on the instructions of the singer.”
He also said the CCTV footage at the
hospital captured the entire activities and that the vehicle was
subsequently recovered from Davido’s residence.
“These new revelations completely
debunk Davido’s claims that he did not know how the deceased got to
General Hospital, Lagos. For this reason, I have instructed the DPO
Lion Building and the investigating team to again invite Davido and
question him in line with these new findings.
“It is our intention to know why the
victim was taken to General Hospital, Lagos dumped and those who took
him there fled the location without as much as notifying the hospital
authorities or reporting to the police; that calls for questioning.
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