The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) is detaining Nigerian singer Oyindamola Emmanuel, popularly known as Dammy Krane, over tweets he made about David Adeleke [Davido].
On Wednesday, the police invited Krane to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti in Lagos State to answer questions bordering on cryptocurrency trading, FIJ gathered.
Upon arriving, the police then told him there was a petition sent from Abuja. This petition had David Adeleke’s name on it, and the offence was cyberstalking.
After showing him this petition, the police collected his personal effects and locked him up in the detention facility at the SCID, then flew him to Abuja to write a statement at the NPF-NCCC office a day later.
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While there, Krane got access to his phone, called a lawyer and put out tweets saying, “Oppressor Davido has paid them to arrest me. They wrote petition lying that I am into Flutterwave and crypto scam just to arrest me. This is how they keep using the bad cops to spoil the name of the police.”
OPPRESOR @davido HAS PAID THEM TO ARREST ME ITHEY WROTE PETITION LYING THAT I AM INTO FLUTTERWAVE & CRYPTO SCAM JUST TO ARREST ME THIS IS HOW THEY KEEP USING THE BAD COPS TO SPOIL THE NAME OF THE POLICE https://t.co/shZBAQbHXI— WORLDSTAR (@dammy_krane) August 22, 2024
From sources privy to the matter, FIJ learnt the police were alleging criminal defamation and cyberstalking over tweets Krane put out in the past claiming Davido knew more about the October 3, 2017 death of Tagbo Umeike, one of his [Davido’s] associates.
Quoting a video of the police admitting Davido misled them during investigation into Tagbo’s death, Krane called for more focus into the fellow singer’s potential involvement.
This, the source told FIJ, was contained in the petition to the police.
On Thursday, the police granted Krane bail, but demanded he provides a level 14 civil servant as surety before he regains his freedom. The singer was yet to meet this condition and remained in detention at the FCID, Abuja, at press time.
The source said Krane had once petitioned the police over threats to his life, and he mentioned Davido as a primary suspect, but the Lagos police failed to invite him [Davido] for questioning.
The pair fell out after Krane demanded royalty payments for a song he wrote for Davido. This song, ‘Pere’, features Davido, Yung Thug and Swae Lee.
The police has continued to rely on Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act (2015) to arrest and detain Nigerians despite a repeal in February 2024.
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