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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has referred the controversy over resurfaced tweets allegedly linked to singer Simi to the state Commissioner of Police for preliminary investigation.<\/p>\n
The agency\u2019s Executive Secretary, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television, stating that the agency could not ignore the allegations circulating online.<\/p>\n
The controversy began after Simi made social media comments condemning rape, urging men to stop raping women, suggesting that rapists should be castrated, and asserting that \u201calmost every woman she knows has been sexually assaulted.\u201d The remarks triggered widespread online debate.<\/p>\n
Soon after, screenshots of old tweets\u2014believed to date back to 2012 and 2013\u2014surfaced on social media. Some of the posts appeared to reference children at her mother\u2019s daycare, including comments such as \u201clove to kiss d kids at my mum\u2019s daycare \u2013 they\u2019re super adorable and I\u2019m crazy abt \u2019em\u201d and \u201cWhy this 4yr old boy tryna put hand inside ma shet????? Ogbeni wash it oh!\u201d, among others.<\/p>\n
The resurfaced tweets sparked heavy criticism from some social media users, who interpreted them as inappropriate, intensifying scrutiny of the singer.<\/p>\n
In response, Simi addressed the issue on her social media platforms, explaining that the posts reflected her youthful experiences assisting at her mother\u2019s daycare at the time. She maintained that the tweets were not written \u201cfrom perversion\u201d and said they had been misconstrued.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the development, Vivour-Adeniyi said the agency had been closely monitoring the situation, which some online commentators have tagged \u201cSimi Gates and Simi Darlington,\u201d following the circulation of tweets said to date back to 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of Simi, I think they are calling it Simi Gates and Simi Darlington. Some people have been asking what are institutions doing? I can speak for what Lagos State DSV is doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been observing and because we had seen some tweets as far back as 2012, some 2014, and then there were talks around certain tweets being doctored and all of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n