NIGERIAN SINGER DAMMY KRANE HAS PUBLICLY APOLOGISED TO FELLOW ARTIST DAVID ADELEKE, POPULARLY KNOWN AS DAVIDO. THIS COMES AFTER KRANE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY, WHERE HE HAD BEEN HELD FOR SEVERAL DAYS, ALLEGEDLY DUE TO AN ARREST INFLUENCED BY DAVIDO.
THE TWO AFROBEATS ARTISTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN A LONG-STANDING FEUD, WITH KRANE ACCUSING DAVIDO OF SEVERAL WRONGDOINGS, INCLUDING IMPLICATIONS IN TAGBO’S DEATH AND AN OUTSTANDING DEBT. HOWEVER, KRANE WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED, REPORTEDLY ON THE ORDERS OF DAVIDO, WHO HAD ALLEGEDLY FILED A DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST HIS FORMER FRIEND.
THE NEWS OF KRANE’S DETENTION WAS BROKEN BY SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY VERYDARKMAN (VDM), WHO PUBLICLY PLEADED WITH DAVIDO TO SECURE KRANE’S RELEASE. IN A POST, VDM RECOUNTED AN ENCOUNTER AT A POLICE STATION WHERE HE SPOKE WITH KRANE, WHO REVEALED THAT DAVIDO WAS BEHIND HIS IMPRISONMENT. VDM QUESTIONED KRANE‘S ACTIONS, NOTING THAT HE HAD REPEATEDLY ATTACKED DAVIDO AND HIS FAMILY WITHOUT PROOF.
ON AUGUST 29, 2024, VDM ANNOUNCED KRANE’S RELEASE FROM CUSTODY, SHARING A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM OF THE SINGER EXPRESSING HIS GRATITUDE. VDM CAPTIONED THE POST, “DAMMY KRANE IS OUT, DEAR @DAVIDO AS YOU HAVE HONOURED ME BY LISTENING TO MY PLEA AND GRANTING MY REQUEST IN LESS THAN 4HRS GOD WILL HONOUR YOU.”
FOLLOWING HIS RELEASE, KRANE TOOK TO X (FORMERLY TWITTER) TO APOLOGISE TO HIS FANS FOR HIS BEHAVIOUR, EXPRESSING REGRET AND OUTLINING HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024, KRANE AGAIN TOOK TO X TO ISSUE A HEARTFELT APOLOGY TO DAVIDO, BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS. ALTHOUGH HE DIDN’T SPECIFY HIS WRONGDOINGS, KRANE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WAS GENUINELY SORRY, WRITING, “PLEASE @DAVIDO I’M BEGGING. I’M ON MY KNEES.”