Tobi Bakre Clears The Air Over Idea Theft

Tobi Bakre a Big Brother Naija Season 3 contestant and model, was recently accused of stealing the idea of this picture above from a photographer.

Ayo Max (@shutterbuoy) the photographer claimed on Twitter that he sent Tobi an email about the idea of the shoot and next thing he saw that Tobi had replicated it.

Read Ayo's statement below:

"@tobibakre you cannot steal my idea and go ahead to use it , I sent you this mail after meeting you in person at the #stylebyzenith event and you said you didn’t have time that I should mail you which I did and you never replied. Not knowing you actually got the mail and used my Idea .. it is very wrong and this is bad of you to do bro .. @tobibakre"

See the email screenshots below:

Tobi Bakre however replied and had this to say:

"Good afternoon. Pls this is an integrity issue hence I have to respond. I am a creative and will never use anyone's idea without credit. I wouldn't want the same done to me. @rogue_ng who is also a friend came to me last week with his new collection."

He continued: "The idea was to shoot with a horse at the beach, Which we did but then decided to shoot shirtless with the horse. The boat idea was brought up by @rogue_ng and I suggested we add a fisherman to add more life to it. All these ideas came right on set not from anyone else's ideas"

He went on to say: "I don't play with people's intellectual property or mines. Attached are some clips and other images from this shoot and the outfit was just one from the collection. Other to be posted later."

"The idea to use the horse and the boat came from @rogue_ng the Stylist. I only added the extras of the creative process. I reaffirm that never in this lifetime will I take or use someone intellectual property without due process. I am also a creative and will never condone such."

He concluded: "I have a team/management that reads and responds to my work emails. Never was the mail brought to my attention. All my works as a photographer have no element of copy in them. My creative genes are still fully functional. It's evident in all that I do. Thank you."

Tobi went ahead to release another picture from the shoot early this morning despite the controversy.