The untimely death of a young man, Tagbo Umeike, early in the week has
continued to generate ripples through the Internet and the physical
world.Tagbo, who was popstar, Davido’s friend, is alleged to have died after
drinking several shots of tequila during a night out with friends in
Lagos.
In the wake of several conflicting reports on the incident, Sunday Scoop
spoke exclusively with Tagbo’s immediate elder sister, Equi Arakada,
who is based in the United Kingdom. She was badly shaken and it was
clear to see that the sad incident was causing her great grief. “I am a
year older than he was, and October 3 was supposed to be his 35th
birthday. They’re trying to portray him as a drunk or useless person,
and that’s not true. There’s more to social media than what we see on
the screen. He was not married and he didn’t have any kids. He was an
engineer but he was trying to diversify into the music business. Not as a
musician, but maybe as a record label owner,” she said.
Continuing, she said, “He could upload some pictures of himself hanging
out with his friends, but that does not mean that he doesn’t have
anything else he does with his life. He was a very caring and outgoing
person, and he had a great future ahead of him. I would definitely not
wish what we, his loved ones, are going through right now on anybody.
Nobody deserves to die the way he did; abandoned at a time he needed
help the most. Nobody deserves the nonchalance that the parties involved
are displaying. It’s really unfair. Our dad is late, and my mum is
taking this one day at a time. Davido has not reached out to anyone in
my family; not me, my mum, or Tagbo’s brother. I only knew about my
brother’s friendship with Davido through social media; I had never met
him. But they’ve been friends for some time now because I often see
pictures of them together. I’m not really familiar with many of the
artistes in Nigeria, but I know that on the night of the incident, Tagbo
was with Davido and Dammy Krane. Right now, we’re trying to gather as
much information as possible to aid the investigation. All we need is
justice; we don’t need any financial gain from this sad incident. We
would dig to the root of the matter and find out if it was the
negligence of anybody that led to this, or there was any sort of
tampering involved. The autopsy would be conducted on Monday; any
contrary news is false.”
However, Davido and his team have refused to make any comment on the
matter. When Sunday Scoop put a call through to Davido’s manager, Asa
Asika, he said, “We don’t have any comment on this matter; there is
nothing to say.”
Meanwhile, the police have also confirmed that the autopsy would be carried out on Monday.
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