In this piece, we bring to you some of
Nigeria’s most troublesome celebrities, who have adopted scandals as their second nature. This post first appeared on Vanguard.
In no particular order, here they are:
He is the son of a very wealthy businessman and philanthropist, and from the onset, David Adeleke, aka Davido , was never pretentious about it.
He even sang a song, ‘Dami Duro’ to clear any doubts from people’s minds that he comes from a well-to-do family.
Shortly after his break-out hit, Davido began swimming in pools of controversy like an Olympic-grade athlete.
He was reported to have fought with bouncers and security men at a show he was invited to.
Weeks after that, he allegedly beat up a taxi-driver who committed the ‘offence’ of bringing his girlfriend to a hotel when he was already there with another girl.
All these happened in Lagos, but he took the drama to the Federal Capital Territory when he was beaten blue-black by a team of mobile policemen for his perceived rudeness and arrogance.
Davido has grown considerably calmer, as we haven’t read much scandal about him lately, except that he recently welcomed a baby with his lover, while another girl is waiting in the wings, claiming that she’s also carrying his baby.
Wizkid came into the industry as a very young boy. In a way, he was like the industry’s baby, and the world attached so much innocence to him.
But years down the line, it seems the talented singer is hell-bent on creating an opposite impression in the minds of people.
He has ‘fought’ with many of the people he came up with, such as Samklef, Banky W, and Skales.
He also once threatened to beat up a female artiste, Saeon, who featured him on a track.
In addition, he has been involved in
countless spats with fans on social media, even as some show promoters accused him of collecting money for a show, and refusing to show up.
Tonto Dikeh is an actress, but she is more
popular for her controversies and scandals than any role she has ever played.
She has allegedly fought with many of her
colleagues including Van Vicker, Halima
Abubakar, Mercy Johnson, among others.
She is known not to suffer fools gladly, and she doesn’t tolerate any form of criticism, whether constructive or otherwise.
Her Twitter handle is the destination of choice of many journalists because she never fails to generate one drama or the other. For Tonto Dikeh, controversy is like air which she can’t do without.
Self-acclaimed bad boy of Nigerian movie
industry, James Ikechukwu Esomugha, aka, Jim Iyke , is an alleged karate expert, and he never hesitates to display his skills.
He has reportedly gotten into spats with so many colleagues in the industry such as Emeka Ike, AY the comedian, Uti Nwachukwu and countless others.
Jim has also had issues with journalists on
several occasions.
The internet and several other media are
replete with stories of Jim’s escapades both in Nigeria and other African countries.
Controversial actor, Emeka Ike was a regular staple in home videos some years ago when he was usually cast as a lover-boy, but these days, he is more popular for his battles with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
He went to court against the election that
brought in Ibinabo Fiberesima in, as president of the guild, and his prayers were finally answered in March 2015 when a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos nullified the election.
This is in addition to the fight between him and his wife, who reportedly went to court to file for divorce from the actor on the allegations that he had willy-nilly turned her into a punching bag.
Culled from Vanguard.
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