Davido To Sue K24 For April Fools Day Story
Davido was in the country for a night of performance at the Raha Fest, which was held in Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi on Saturday night, March 30.
Marvin Chege 
Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer David Adedeji Adeleke OON, who is known professionally as Davido, has announced that he will sue Kenyan TV station K24 over a story deemed defamatory.
In a statement he posted on his social media handles on Tuesday, April 2, the Skelewu hitmaker revealed that he was alerted by a series of phone calls regarding the false report which claimed he was arrested by police on Sunday, March 31.
Davido was in the country for a night of performance at the Raha Fest, which was held in Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi on Saturday night, March 30.
"Fam, it has come to my attention that false reports regarding an arrest circulated online on April 1st, which has since led to a barrage of calls," he addressed.
An image of K24 news studios. /FILE
"I want to assure my fans that these reports are entirely untrue. I successfully completed my scheduled shows in Uganda and Kenya and have since returned home to Nigeria."
The star musician, regarded as one of the most important Afrobeats artists of the 21st century, further noted that he has never been arrested by anyone in any country for any crime in the world.
While finding the allegations irresponsible even though the story was published in light of April Fools Day on Monday, April 1, Davido added that he instructed his lawyer to institute legal action against K24 under Mediamax Networks Limited.
"I'd also like to note that I have never been arrested by anyone in any country for any crime in the world. Not my home Nigeria, my home America, or any of the hundreds of countries I've made home throughout my career.
"I find the fabrication of allegations of such international crimes extremely irresponsible regardless of the light of 'April Fools', and my lawyer is seeking legal recourse against the media parties responsible for generating this misinformation," he added.
Notably, the statement comes after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) flagged the editorial news article after it claimed that he was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Police Unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) alongside his seven crew members following a search on his private jet, where narcotic drugs were found.
The media outlet also released a statement maintaining that the editorial piece was part of the April Fools' Day content.
"Were you fooled," the media house posted in reaction to the online uproar that ensued on social media.
While the fools day knows no boundaries, one rule is constant. The jokes should not go beyond noon, afterwhich you are supposed to hold your hands up and come clean about your various pranks.
Defamation nonetheless falls under civil law and is governed by the Defamation Act, Cap 36, which describes defamation as a slanderous statement or written words, also known as libel.
Mediamax, K24's parent company, was yet to respond to Davido's statement by the time of publishing this article.
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