Fans accuse Davido of revenge porn over Wande Coal feud
August 22, 2026 12:52 am
Collage photo of Davido and Wande Coal
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A long-simmering disagreement between music stars— Davido and Wande Coal— over an unreleased collaboration has erupted into a public war of words on social media, with the exchange taking a personal turn after Davido reposted alleged nude photographs of the veteran singer.
The feud, which dominated online conversations this week, centres on Wande Coal’s 2021 hit, ‘Come My Way’. Davido had recorded a verse for the track, but his contribution was never officially released.
In a recent appearance on the Uncut podcast, Davido explained that Wande Coal had approached him for the collaboration. He said he delivered what he considered a strong verse but rejected a plan to release the original song first and hold his contribution for a remix.
Wande Coal, however, disputed that account. Taking to X, he accused Davido of attempting to dictate the release strategy for a song that did not belong to him.
“Carry song come give you as how? Song wey been get release plan and date!!! Song wey no be your own you wan dictate release plan. That song fkin did well without you on it bruv!!!” he wrote.
The exchange soon escalated beyond the music dispute.
Davido responded with the jab, “No vex Mr Little,” a remark widely interpreted as a reference to a 2010 controversy in which photographs of a naked man alleged to be Wande Coal were circulated online.
At the time, Wande Coal and then-Mo’Hits boss, Don Jazzy, insisted that the images had been digitally altered and were not of the singer.
Wande Coal fired back, calling Davido a “toto beggar”, a reference to an old viral video involving the Afrobeats star allegedly begging a woman for sex.
Davido later told News Central that Wande Coal was “not okay in the head” and accused him of jealousy. He also claimed that the older artiste had been trying to get his attention and had recently asked for his phone number through intermediaries.
He posted a WhatsApp screenshot dated July 22 as evidence. In the screenshot, a mutual contact asked whether he could share Davido’s number with Wande Coal”.
The exchange prompted fans to resurface a 2011 tweet in which Davido had publicly asked Wande Coal to “dm ya numba”, further intensifying scrutiny of the dispute.
As the quarrel escalated, social media users turned their attention to Davido’s reposting of the alleged nude photographs linked to the 2010 controversy, with some accusing the singer of engaging in revenge porn.
The images spread rapidly online, with many users calling for accountability and describing the alleged repost as an attempt to embarrass or harass Wande Coal amid their public disagreement.
Speaking with Saturday Beats, a legal expert, Oluwatodimu Ige, popularly called Oga_thelawyer, noted that such conduct could potentially attract serious consequences under Nigerian law.
“Potentially, yes. The fact that the repost occured during a public quarrel, particularly where the surrounding circumstances suggest an intention to embarrass, insult, harass, intimidate or cause distress, makes the conduct legally more serious.
“The principal provision is Section 24 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015, as amended in 2024. Section 24 addresses the knowing or intentional transmission of messages or other material through a computer system or network where the material is grossly offensive, pornographic, indecent, obscene or menacing. It also covers certain communications sent with purposes such as causing annoyance, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, hatred, ill-will or needless anxiety.”
However, Ige cautioned against automatically classifying every repost of an intimate photograph as revenge porn under Nigerian law.
“I would avoid saying categorically that every repost of a nude photograph automatically constitutes ‘revenge porn’ under Section 24. Nigerian legislation does not expressly use that terminology, and the prosecution would still have to establish the ingredients of the particular offence charged.
“There is consequently an important distinction between what people colloquially call revenge porn and what can actually be proved as a criminal offence under Nigerian law.”
The lawyer also noted that the previous publication of an intimate image did not necessarily amount to perpetual consent for its subsequent publication.
“If an adult voluntarily sends an intimate photograph to another person, that does not necessarily mean that the recipient has been given an unrestricted licence to publish it to thousands or millions of people.
“Similarly, the fact that an image was previously available online does not automatically establish that the person consented to its reposting in a completely different context.
“Under the Data Protection Act, the question is not simply, ‘Was this photograph already online?’ It is also, ‘Was there a lawful basis for this particular processing or further dissemination, and was the subsequent use compatible with the original purpose?’”
Oga_thelawyer added that the image’s previous availability online could still be relevant in determining whether the subject had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
“That said, public availability is not irrelevant. It could be highly relevant to the question of a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy, the circumstances in which the photograph was originally published, whether consent was given, the purpose for which it was published, and whether the subsequent publication was substantially different from the original publication,” he added.
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