Music executive, Ubi Franklin, has denied claims that he stole a luxury wristwatch while in Miami, United States, for singer Davido\u2019s wedding over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n
The rumours began circulating on social media on Wednesday following a report on a blog.\n<\/p>\n
Franklin took to his X (Formerly Twitter) account to address what he described as false and misleading allegations.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI am currently aware of the recent circulation on social media linking my name to an alleged theft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish to make it clear that these allegations are completely false and misleading,\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n
Explaining the events in Miami, Franklin said he had been approached by a man named Benny, who offered to sell him a wristwatch.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter reviewing the item and confirming its previous ownership, I decided not to purchase it in order to avoid any potential complications.<\/p>\n
\u201cI clearly communicated that to him,\u201d Franklin stated.\n<\/p>\n
He added that during the church service at the wedding, Benny sent his brother to deliver another wristwatch, which Franklin purchased and paid for in full.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the busy circumstances surrounding the wedding, I was in possession of both wristwatches and wore the one he sent to me through his brother,\u201d he explained.\n<\/p>\n
According to him, he left Miami immediately after the wedding to prepare for his sister\u2019s funeral and was contacted by Benny while airborne regarding the other wristwatch.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to state clearly: I am not a thief. I have never stolen from anyone in my life.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI purchased a wristwatch and paid in full from Benny,\u201d Franklin said, noting that Benny had already debunked the theft claim earlier in the day.\n<\/p>\n
Franklin described the situation as \u201can extremely difficult and sensitive time\u201d for him and his family, adding that this would be his final comment on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music executive, Ubi Franklin, has denied claims that he stole a luxury wristwatch while in Miami, United States,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-68825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}