Nigerian singer, Seyi Shay, caused quite an stare on social media, Instagram in particular, during the week when a half nude photo was uploaded to her Instagram handle.

Seyi is known to post sensual pictures from time to time so it didn’t take her fans completely by surprise, though some of them stated that it was more risqué than usual. Her followers and some celebrities also commended Seyi on the picture.

However, the singer later took to Twitter to raise an alarm that her Instagram account had been hacked. She wrote,

I cannot tell why/who is doing this, but my Instagram account has been compromised and my privacy is being violated. Seems to be a deliberate attack as the photos circulating are not from a recent exchange. Please ignore all messages from my account and do not share any personal information.

However certain persons didn’t seem to be convinced by her explanation. ‘Pana’ singer, Tekno wrote on Twitter,

Show us everything if you want to trend. which one is back and chest?

Media personality, Shade Ladipo, also commented on the issue.

So, I want to understand, if your Instagram account gets hacked, did they also hack your naked pictures from within Instagram? I’m asking for my neighbour o…if you want to show us breasts and butt, please do it like your mates and stand by it with your full chest. I’m here for the whole thing but please stop saying your account was hacked. We went to school, ma,

she wrote.

Shay’s page was later deactivated on Instagram.

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