{"id":57024,"date":"2023-04-11T21:36:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/11\/davido-recalls-times-his-father-got-him-arrested\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:36:21","slug":"davido-recalls-times-his-father-got-him-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/11\/davido-recalls-times-his-father-got-him-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido recalls times his father got him arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Nigerian superstar, Davido has revealed that he was raised by a no-nonsense father who did not mind throwing him behind bars because he had chosen to pursue music as a career.<\/p>\n<p>In a special edition of New York\u2019s Ebro in the Morning Show on Hot 97FM, Davido said his father, Chief Adedeji Adeleke got him arrested several times because he was against his singing career.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, the \u2018Unavailable\u2019 hitmaker said he was skipping school to hit the studios, and his academic father was furious.<\/p>\n<p>On one occasion, Davido narrated how police swooped in on him and locked him behind bars on the orders of his father.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it was at that point he knew his father was a fierce disciplinarian and he decided to take his education seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe kept on doing it [arresting me]. Then there was one time, this is where I knew that \u2018Oh I\u2019m lit!\u2019. They [the police] came and got me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I\u2019m in the cell and the dude that got the keys his phone rings, and it\u2019s my song! I said \u2018that\u2019s me\u2019. He said \u2018you\u2019re Davido?\u2019 I said \u2018yes!\u2019. He was very shocked and he let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FB2E5EE1-6E8E-48EC-B8D2-25778FF2C1A4.jpeg\" alt=\"Davido recalls times his father got him arrested\" class=\"wp-image-350383 lazy\" title=\"Davido recalls times his father got him arrested\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Also, Davido said his dad, at different times, sent cops to arrest him and disrupt shows he was billed to perform at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sent police to get me\u2026 like he sees a billboard; for example, \u2018Davido performing, Wizkid performing\u2019.\u00a0He would send police to arrest everybody \u2013 the show promoter if you\u2019re there (you would be arrested),\u201d\u00a0he told the FM station as he and the show presenters laughed about it.<\/p>\n<p>When asked when his dad blessed his career, he said it was after one of the singles he had released became so popular the President of Nigeria at the time played it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Currently, Davido said his father is proud of him and constantly asks when next he is dropping a song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian superstar, Davido has revealed that he was raised by a no-nonsense father who did not mind throwing him behind bars because he had chosen to pursue music as a career. In a special edition of New York\u2019s Ebro in the Morning Show on Hot 97FM, Davido said his father, Chief Adedeji Adeleke got him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Davido recalls times his father got him arrested - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/11\/davido-recalls-times-his-father-got-him-arrested\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Davido recalls times his father got him arrested - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian superstar, Davido has revealed that he was raised by a no-nonsense father who did not mind throwing him behind bars because he had chosen to pursue music as a career. 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