Timi Dakolo
Pop Singer
Singer and winner of the first season of Idols West Africa. He released a popular 2011 single entitled "There's a Cry."
He helped establish the band Purple Love in 2003.
He won the G.E FACTO contest before competing in Idols West Africa.
He was born in Accra, Ghana but later became a Nigerian citizen.
Dakolo and Tiwa Savage both had singing careers in Nigeria.