Nigeria Celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji has dragged Wizkid to Lagos State Police
commissioner after the Star Boy threatened to send his 16 year old
cousin to beat her up
According to NET,
We can now confirm that Ikeji has reported the threat to the Lagos State commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.
A source with details told Nigerian Entertainment Today a summon
has been issued to Wizkid, with an invitation letter sent to the
Surulere office of his manager, SUnday Are”
‘He was instructed to show up today but he did not’, a source told us.
It began when Linda Ikeji reveled on her blog that wizkid have been served with quit notice on his lagos mansion he claimed he bought back in 2013
In 2013, Wizkid showed off his new place of abode and many people, including myself assumed he bought the house.
But it’s been revealed that he only rented the place…and this is fact
His rent at the 4 bedroom duplex at Ayinde Akinmade in Lekki Phase 1
expired in January 2016 and for reasons best known to him, he refused to
renew his rent.
The agents that rented the place to him were at the house yesterday
Friday April 1st to serve him quit notice and gave him until April 11th
to vacate the premises.
Getting there, they found out Wizkid’s people had started to gradually move his things out of the house.
Hurt by the blog post Wizkid tried to defend himself on Instagram
Wizkid blast Linda Ikeji. Starboy Entertainment singer, Wizkid, has blasted popular blogger, Linda Ikeji, on Instagram, following the latter's exclusive concerning him
Why I Took Wizkid’s Case to The Police- Linda Ikeji Reveals
According to her,
“I’m sure many of you have read that the police is now involved
in my issue with Wizkid. Yes, I reported his public threat to me two
Sundays ago to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and I want to
explain why I did it! Please pay attention and keep an open mind.
I’ve read a lot online from people saying I don’t like Wizkid.
Even Wizkid himself thinks I don’t like him. Why he or anyone would
think so is puzzling to me to be honest. Apart from his achievements
after he started insulting me online a few weeks ago…everything else,
every success Wizkid has recorded in the last 3/4 years is on LIB. All
the awards, all the record breaking feats, his sold out concerts, his
foreign magazine features, and collaborations, everything that has built
him up to the young man he is today is on LIB. Please verify! Search my
blog. Please continue…
I was a huge Wizkid fan. The only song I danced harder to than
his ‘Dance For Me’ track was Fuse ODG’s ‘Antenna and Kiss Daniel &
DJ Shabzy’s Raba. So, no, I had no dislike for Wizkid. But about a year
ago, I noticed his indirect snide remarks at me…and when some other
music star beefed with me, Wizkid showed his support and made
disrespectful comments. That was when I noticed he had issues with me…
but that didn’t stop me from writing about him and celebrating him.
Now to the issue at hand. When I reported that he was served quit
notice at his Lekki home, I stated fact and I didn’t write it out of
malice. It’s not everyday you get exclusive stories…and I’m sure any
other blogger who got the story first would also have published it. So,
there was no beef, I was just doing my job. A day or so after I wrote
this story, Wizkid went on my instagram page to call me names and lied
that I slept with some director of his…which I have said before is 1000%
lies! But the insult and lies is not why the police is now involved.
Here’s the thing; You can insult me, insult my family, call me
any names you like, even lie that I slept with your forefathers…but
don’t threaten me. If you threaten me, I will act!
I read people online saying that I reported to the police because
I am scared of Wizkid. No, my darlings, I am not afraid of Wizkid.
Though I do not take his threats lightly. I went to the authorities for
two reasons…and please young boys of our generation, pay attention to
what I am about to write below.
You see, violence against women and threat of violence against
women is not okay. Threatening harm to someone in a public space is a
criminal act in every country of the world, including Nigeria. I bet
some of you didn’t know that, yeah? You can not publicly threaten
someone with harm. You will only get away with it if your victim doesn’t
report to the authorities. If they do, you will have a case with the
police and I promise you, the police take these things seriously.
I reported this case to the authorities because I want our young
men to know this is not okay. You should not raise your hands on a
woman. You shouldn’t even threaten to raise your hands on a woman.
Wizkid wrote that he would send his 16 year old cousin to beat the shit
out of me. Letting Wizkid get away with it is basically telling our
young men that this is okay…and it’s not!
After Wizkid made the threat to me, I saw a lot of teen boys
hailing and applauding him. To them, this was okay. If their idol can
threaten a woman with harm, and use derogatory words, they also can do
it…and that’s how the circle of abuse of women continues. Women being
called ‘smelly pussy’ trended online for a day or two! Little boys were
happy to use the words. Sad!
It is appalling to me that anyone, especially women, would cheer
Wizkid on. When he wrote RIP Linda, I saw a few young girls write same,
laughing. This is not a laughing matter. It doesn’t matter whether you
like me or not! This is not about Linda Ikeji. This is about abuse of
women which has eaten deep into our society, so deep that it has now
been accepted as normal. Men do it all the time and get away with it. So
many women are battered by their husbands and they refuse to speak up
because of the stigma. They refuse to seek help because they are afraid
of what people will say. I am sorry, I am not one of those women. I
refuse to be victimized. And as long as I have my voice and my platform,
I will speak up.
We women have to come together to lend a strong voice to the
plight of women in our continent. When we see a woman being physically
and mentally abused, let’s act. Let’s speak up. Let’s not laugh and say
she deserves it. If we continue to keep quiet, the circle of abuse will
continue. And one day, You, yes You, will find yourself in the receiving
end of a thundering slap, followed by heavy blows. If not you, then
maybe your daughter? Let’s condemn violence and threat of violence
against women! This is not acceptable!
Young men like Wizkid, a father of two young boys himself, should
never advocate violence against women. One day, he will have a
daughter, how would he feel if another male threatens to put hands on
her or even calls her a hoe?
I can’t count how many times Wizkid called me a hoe in his rant
against me. That’s what boys do. When they get into a fight with a
woman, they try to slut-shame her. Smelly pussy, hoe, ashawo etc. You
call a woman, who gave another young woman, whose real name she doesn’t
even know N500,000 just because she said she would rather work by
carrying cement than prostitute herself, that’s the person you call a
hoe? When your mind is so warped you can’t differentiate between a woman
and a hoe, then this is what happens. Except you drive to Sanusi
Fanfuwa at 2am to pick up a prostitute, who proudly describes herself as
one, then you shouldn’t call any woman a hoe.
Even Tupac who was a well known thug could differentiate between
the types of women he dealt with. When asked in an interview why he
called women bitches, he said people shouldn’t confuse things, that he
wouldn’t address a mother or a sister the way he would address a bitch,
that the bitches were the ones he dealt with in the clubs who behaved
like one. He reiterated that he respected women!
In more civilized countries, Wizkid would have lost his
endorsements and spent the next year or so apologizing and being in the
fore-front of promoting anti-violence crusades against women. It took
Chris Brown years to get back on his feet after his assault on a woman.
Up till today, he doesn’t have any major endorsements and some countries
still deny him entrance into their country i.e Australia for something
he did 7 years ago. Yes, violence against women is serious!
And there’s the case of incitement. When you have power and
influence, you have to be careful what you say in public. Because you
have such power, something you say can influence your followers. A fan
can commit acts that even you may not support or might not even condone.
But because it came out of your mouth, they think you mean it. So it is
irresponsible to say things that might be inciteful. In Law, you can be
held responsible when people act based on what you said in public.
Tupac was charged to court and indicted after some thugs killed a police
officer. The thugs went to court and mentioned that their idol
encouraged violence against LA police officers in a song where he said
‘Drop a cop’. So, we folks with some measure of influence should be more
careful with our utterances. People are watching and listening!
The second reason I filed a police report is to encourage other
women in similar situations to do same. My dear ladies, if a man
threatens to puts hands on you, and you feel the threat is real, report
to the authorities. Don’t wait until he does it. What if you don’t
survive it? If he’s picked up and may be charged to court (yes, you can
be charged to court for making threats…it’s a misdemeanor with a prison
sentence), then he will think twice before making threats against you in
the future or any other woman for that matter.
I went as far as I did for me and for other women. This is to
pass a strong message to our young men that these kinds of behaviour
towards women will not be tolerated. Should not be tolerated. If you
assault or even threaten to assault a woman, the law will come after you
if she chooses not to be silent. Women, don’t be silent. Let’s break
the circle. For your sake, for my sake, for the sake of our daughters,
grand daughters, great grand daughters and all other women that will
follow them.
And that’s really all I have to say in the matter. Thank you guys for reading
And to Wizkid fans, please be rest assured that I wish him all
the best in life. He will continue to grow from strength to strength (as
long as he doesn’t endorse violence against women) and his light will
never diminish. God brought him to this level and will continue to keep
him. I have nothing but love for his craft and hope that one day, we
will put this behind us.
God bless him, me, you and everyone else in the world
Cheers.”
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