Tagbo’s sister also hints that Davido’s negligence may have led to death of young engineer

The last has not been heard of the mysterious death of Tagbo Umeike, a friend of popular singer Davido who was alleged to have been abandoned to die by the silver spoon pop star.

According to the immediate elder sister of the deceased identified as Equi Arakada, Davido’s negligence may have led to the death of her younger brother who had a habit of hanging around musicians.

In an interview with Sunday Scoop, Tagbo’s sister who is based in the United Kingdom said that her engineer brother did not deserve to die the way he did because he had a great future ahead of him.

Equi said; “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.

Read also: Police delves into mystery behind death of Tagbo, who allegedly died after a drinking binge with Davido

“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.”

A close friend of Tagbo, Caroline Hitch has also alleged that Davido abandoned Tagbo when he developed issues after a drinking binge, and that if Davido and others around had acted differently, their friend could have been saved.

Two days ago, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi said that they have met with Davido and other parties involved in the case while he also noted that the police was still awaiting the result of an autopsy conducted on the deceased to actually ascertain the cause of his death.

The CP also called on all the parties concerned to embrace peace while investigations into the death of Tagbo continues saying the outcome of the autopsy would greatly guide investigations into the matter.

 

 

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