Popular Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has opened up in a recent interview about being blackmailed with a sex tape of her and her current lover.
The music star disclosed this in New York during an interview with American OAP, Angie Martinez, on Power 105.1 radio station.
The “Somebody’s Son” crooner told Martinez that she will not give the blackmailer power over her for doing something that is natural.
In her words:
“Yesterday, I was in the car when my road manager sent me a message and told me to check my phone. So I checked it and I was just like, ‘wow! Where did you get this from?’ The video was sent to him and it’s a tape of me and the person I’m dating right now. The first thing I did after I got off the phone was that I sent it to my manager and asked what we should do. The person is asking for money now. The person I am dating is going crazy too.”
However, the “Koroba” singer said she has decided not to accede to the alleged blackmailer’s demands and pay them off, noting that any form of payment could encourage them to repeat such an act anytime.
She said: “I decided I was not going to pay the person because if I do, two months from now, three months down the line or even two years later, you are going to come back again. Who knows, if I send the money, the person will probably release it. I am not going to let anyone blackmail me for doing something natural
“No part of me wants to pay the person. That is what is getting me angry. If you want to put it out, put it out. I am that crazy that I can put it out myself. You are not making any money from me. This was an intimate moment with someone I am dating. The person I am dating is not famous, he is a regular guy and his whole business is about to be out.
“He is more concerned about me because he knows that I am going to be more affected. My mother and my son having to see it. I am going to talk to my son about it.
“For me, it is when he is older at about 15 and someone is rude to him at the playground and they make reference to the tape. I have to brace him up.”
Tiwa stated that the video was accidentally posted on Snapchat by her lover, who deleted it immediately when he realised the error.
She, however, noted that the remedial action was too late.
