{"id":392253,"date":"2026-01-27T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/392253\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:29:08","slug":"davido-reacts-to-allegation-of-owing-wedding-planner-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/392253\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido Reacts to allegation of owing wedding planner $50,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Davido-Reacts-to-allegation-of-owing-wedding-planner-50-000-2018965?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/66179211.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian singer, Davido (L), has reacted to claims that he  owes $50,000\" title=\"Nigerian singer, Davido (L), has reacted to claims that he  owes $50,000\" width=\"295\" height=\"161\" \/> <\/a>Nigerian singer, Davido (L), has reacted to claims that he  owes $50,000<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Nigerian Afrobeat star David Adedeji Adeleke, widely known as Davido, has responded to claims circulating online that he owes $50,000 to the planner of his wedding to Chioma. <\/p>\n<p>The singer addressed the matter after reports suggested that Funke Bucknor-Obruthe, chief executive of Zapphaire Events, had accused him of failing to pay for services rendered. <\/p>\n<p>The allegation spread quickly across social media, with a screenshot claiming to show a message from Bucknor demanding payment and threatening legal action if the debt was not cleared within three days. <\/p>\n<p>The post alleged that the balance was connected to Davido\u2019s wedding, which took place a few months ago and was reportedly managed by her company. <\/p>\n<p>She explained that the viral screenshot was false and misleading, emphasising that it did not originate from her or her company.<\/p>\n<p>She also clarified that she does not operate any other social media account apart from her verified page, distancing herself completely from the message.<\/p>\n<p>Davido, in his reaction to the post on X (formerly Twitter), dismissed the allegation as baseless, describing the situation as unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p> Read the post below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">This is just crazy atp <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UtINu5Ilmi\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/UtINu5Ilmi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Davido (@davido) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davido\/status\/2015464119818932515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigerian singer, Davido (L), has reacted to claims that he owes $50,000 Nigerian Afrobeat star David Adedeji Adeleke,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-392253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}