Entertainers and celebrities are
always in the public eye. With the media watching their every move and the
spotlight beamed on them, rumours or news of aberrations in their private lives
are often sensationalised and blown out of proportion.
When sex is involved, it threatens
the victim’s career and everything around them, including their families,
friends and colleagues. Whether it’s in the form of alleged sex tapes, rumoured
infidelity or rumoured extra-marital affairs, the Nigerian entertainment
industry has had its fair share of sex scandals. NET highlights some of the
famous scandals that have ensnared Nigerian entertainment personalities in the
past.
Wizkid’s alleged sex tape...
With the release of his debut album,
‘Star Boy’ in 2011, a star was born. Singles off the album were chart-toppers
and radio hits, and had the singer raking in shows by the hour. But fame had
its price. On the road to fame, he waddled through a pool of infamy, including
a sex tape scandal that almost obliterated his budding career.
Few months after he was falsely
reported to have been arrested in Scotland with drugs, a sex tape appeared on
the internet. The sex tape, which went viral, showed a Wizkid look alike in a
sexual act with an older white woman.
The Ogun State born singer later
denied being in the video. ‘I think you are either blind or stupid if you ask
me about the tape,’ he wrote on Twitter. Wizkid also released a song titled ‘It
wasn’t me’ to clear up all the rumours about him. From his relationship with
Banky W, the drug rumours and of course the sex tape scandal, in the ‘No church
in the wild’ by Kanye West and Jay Z cover, the singer rapped: ‘Them say I was
caught hands down in a video, them dey run their mouth everyday like radio; nor
be me dey the video, (It wasn’t me) dem just put me for gbege na bad man way,
only jah go judge their ways.’ The song also featured former EME label mate
Skales. Some years later, all seems to have been forgotten and this scandal
never had an adverse effect on his career.
MORE AFTER THE CUT......................................
This came like a thief in the night.
The deed was done in the dead of the night, but by morning it blew up,
threatening the career of then princess of hiphop, Modupe Oreoluwa Oyeyemi,
popularly known as Mo’cheddah, and the home of married music veteran Lanre
Dabiri A.K.A Eldee the Don. This is what happened.
In the early hours of Monday,
October 3, 2011, a funny conversation between Mo’cheedah’s Twitter account and
that of Eldee’s occurred. ‘If people here with us see it, just say one of the
guys also in the hotel posted it to you,’ tweet from Eldee’s Twitter handle to
Mo’cheedah, read. What followed after was shocking: a nude picture of a
Mo’cheedah look alike was posted by her Twitter account to Eldee’s handle. It
sparked up a whirlwind of controversy the next morning as it became a trending
topic on social media and the entertainment blogsphere.
Was Eldee having an extra-marital
affair with Mo’cheedah? Why was she sending him nude photos? Who hacked their
accounts? The questions came from everywhere. It was alleged that those tweets
were intended for the secrecy of the Direct Message feature on Twitter, only
for it to leak to the public eye. The two stars denied these allegations,
insisting there were hacked. ‘Pls tweeps my acct has been hacked. Disregard my
tweets, I’m working on securing my acct. And of cos THAT is not me!,‘
Mo’cheedah later wrote on Twitter. ‘Someone is fucking around with my account!!
If I fuckin catch you!!!,’ an obviously furious Eldee also wrote on Twitter.
Mo’cheedah went quiet musically after this
scandal, but just made a comeback last week with an impressive single which
featured reigning rapper Phyno
9ice,
Toni Payne and Ruggedman’s rumoured love triangle...
This started with just a song. After
separating from his wife of almost two years in 2010, 9ice, in a song titled
‘Once bitten twice shy’ (the ninth track off his album ’Tradition’), sang about
catching his lover giving his friend ‘nodding’ — a term often used for oral
sex.
This brought about media frenzy and
another sex scandal in the Nigerian entertainment industry that can never be
forgotten in a hurry. A deluge of allegations and rumours followed. Ruggedman
was featured in the drama, with many alleging that he was the friend mentioned
in the song. Those familiar with the situation continue to allege that
Ruggedman had an on-off affair with Payne before and during her relationship
with 9ice. An averment Ruggedman and Payne have since insisted was false.
Though this particular scandal has
been forgotten, the true story about the song by 9ice is yet to be known.
Frustrated with the negative publicity which the scandal brought upon her, Toni
Payne, via a Facebook post on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, pleaded with 9ice to come
out with the truth about his song. The plea was supported by Ruggedman.
‘#justsayin #FEDup A song I heard n loved months b4 it came out is causin sme
minor issues so I will address dis issue by simply stating that its not my job
to clear d air but I also think its time the person who sang the song ‘once
bitten’ comes out and tells the truth to every1 and let us no who he sang it
for,’
Toni Payne wrote on her Facebook wall. ‘TONI
PAYNE My advice to you is you get 9ice to step up and clear this thing about
this song once and for all so all this bullshit can stop. HE SANG THE SONG,ONLY
HE CAN SAY WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE SONG. SO 9ICE WHERE ARE YOU?’
Ruggedman added....
Wizkid’s
baby mama drama...
Wizkid‘s numerous shenanigans since
he hit stardom ensure that he makes a second appearance on this list. It was
reported in August 2011 that the EME pop star Wizkid had fathered his first
child at 21.
The singer, according a report, had
impregnated a certain Shola who was an undergraduate at the time. Wizkid, who
was rumoured to be dating Tonto Dikeh back then, vehemently denied the
fatherhood claims. ‘No, I don’t. It’s just a rumour, I’m not thinking about
that right now,’ Wizkid denied having a child in an exclusive interview.
The reports, however, shattered many hearts with
many fearing that their darling young and enchanting singer had fallen into the
hazardous circus of the entertainment industry. To his fans and the public, he
had lost the good boy image which initially made him a child star. Fast forward
to 2014, and Wizkid is no longer that fresh faced young singer we saw in 2010.
Now a record label owner and ladies’ man, he lives up to being a father....
The
Wande Coal nude that caused a little stir...
Award winning singer Wande Coal has
not been left out of the controversies, as he once trended online for the wrong
reason when an alleged nude photo of him popped up on the internet in 2010.
His then record label, Mo’hits
Records, released a statement insisting that the photo was fake and altered by
an ‘enemy’ trying to bring down the singer. Yet not many people believed that,
not even his fellow industry mate Olamide. ‘Oloso (prostitutes) thinking of how
to ruin me, but I know what I’m doing/they want to Wande Coal me,’ Olamide
rapped on a track about not letting his guard down when it comes to interacting
with obsessed female fans.
Chidinma Ekile’s rumoured sex tape...
Sweet, beautiful and talented
singer, with her petite church girl looks, Chidinma has endeared herself to the
hearts of many since her emergence in the Nigerian entertainment industry. This
is why fans were stunned when a sex tape of a Chidinma look-alike leaked on the
internet in 2013.
‘The girl in the video cannot be
Chidinma,’ was the popular sentiment expressed by many fans on social media and
entertainment websites across the country. The girl in the sex tape displayed
top notch sexual performances… too top notch for our own church chorister music
star, Chidinma, we thought.
In a later interview with HipTV,
rapper Illbliss, who is a friend and mentor of the singer, revealed that the
sex tape scandal brought her tears. ‘All she did was cry her eyes out, saying
‘I’m only a small girl; I’ve not wronged anybody, why will anyone do this to
me?’ I told her that we will speak when we want to and it will not be to defend
the sex tape issue but to communicate her success; and indeed it worked,’
Illbliss revealed.
Ese Walter and COZA pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo’s
sex affair...
This allegation of infidelity from
blogger and Radio Presenter Ese Walter, was made in a 3000-word article in
which she detailed her affair with her pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Abuja
branch of Common Wealth Of Zion Assembly. Ese accused the pastor of
manipulating her sexually and also spiritually. Here is an excerpt from what
she wrote: ‘He asked me to kiss him and all I could think about was seeing him
preach on the pulpit back in COZA Abuja, Nigeria, which was my home church. He
again said ‘feel free Ese.’
And asked again, that I kiss him. A
few hours later, let’s just say, we were rolling under the sheets. It felt as
though my mind had paused. I am not saying I was jazzed, (although it’s
possible I was in some trance-like state and didn’t know it but I just was so
afraid that I couldn’t say or think otherwise.) That was the beginning of this
affair. A sexual affair that went on for a little over a week, DAILY.’
Less than a month after Ese’s
revelations, another lady, Franca E, also wrote an open letter alleging that
the Pastor asked her for sex. This scandal was beyond the entertainment
industry; it was huge and controversial. Yet, the accused, Pastor Fatoyinbo
remained mute on the issue. ‘I can assure you my wife and I love each other and
at the right time we shall respond. Read my lips, we are going to release a
robust reply to all the allegations,’ he said in a church service after the
allegations made headlines across the country.
It has been almost one year since
these allegations were made. Ese Walters has moved on. She has found love and
gotten married. The world is however still waiting for a reply.
Obesere rape scandal...
Obesere is yet to recover from the
most recent sex scandal to besiege the entertainment industry. After being
accused of rape by his lover Olanike Olaiya, Obesere had to prove his innocence
to the police, the law, his fans, his family and the general public.
This was a shock to many Fuji fans
and followers as Obesere had been known as a scandal- and controversy-free Fuji
singer. The singer, however, insisted he was innocent, a claim which has
fortunately been verified by police investigations. ‘As far as we’re concerned,
and based on the investigations carried out so far on the matter, most of the
allegations by Obesere’s accuser, Olanike Olaiya, were fabricated.
Although, they both admitted having
carnal knowledge of each other, there was absolutely nothing to show that Nike
was raped as she claimed,’ Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson Ngozi Braide
confirmed last week.
The eight sex scandals in summary
Parties involved Type Year What they said
Wizkid Sex Tape 2011 Denied
Mo’cheedah/Eldee Nude Photo 2011 Denied
9ice, Toni Payne/Ruggedman Infidelity 2010 Denied
Ese Walters/Pastor Fatoyinbo Extra Marital Affair 2013 No response
Chidinma Sex Tape 2013 Denied
Obesere Rape 2014 Denied
Wizkid Baby Mama 2011 Admitted
Wande Coal Nude Photo 2010 Denied...
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