Ex-President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has slammed a whooping N2.3 billion lawsuit against the famous Afrobeat singer, Davido over breach of contract.
Pinnick also demanded a four-day public apology from the DMW boss over an alleged breach of contract/agreement to turn up for a show.
Straightnews recalls that on Saturday, October 7, the former NFF boss had called out Davido, for failing to appear at the ‘Warri Again?’ Show held in Warri, Delta State after being paid N126 million.
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Mr Amaju who owns the company, Brownhill Investments Company Limited, which organises the yearly show, filed the suit marked EHC/183/2023 before the Delta State High Court in Effurun.
Through his attorney, Mr Kelechi Onwuegbuchulem, Amaju was awarded a sum of N2 billion as damages against the singer and his music label.
In addition, the claimant also pleads the court to award him against the Afrobeats singer the sum of N150 million as legal and professional fees and an additional sum of N30 million as the cost of filing the suit.
Furthermore, he wants the court to order Davido “to tender a public apology on all the 1st defendant’s social media accounts/handles and in two national daily newspapers for four consecutive days, to the claimant and attendees.”
According to the claimant’s statement of claim, Davido met Pinnick at the Abuja Airport sometime in early 2023 and requested to be contracted for the 19th edition of the “Warri Again Concert,” which is scheduled for October 6, 2023.
The claimant stated that although Pinnick was first unwilling to comply, in the end, he obliged, and they decided on N70 million as Davido’s performance fee.
Furthermore, the complaint stated that on April 6, 2023, the amount of US defendants officially recognized it.
According to the report, Davido recorded a promotional video following the payment, but on the day of the event, he did not show up.
The claimant maintained to have spent enormous sums of money on print and social media advertisements and promotions for the event. It further claimed that on September 29, 2023, exactly one week prior to the scheduled date of the event.
A formal letter of reminder was also received by Davido, regarding the event, along with the flight itinerary of the private jet that was chartered specifically to transport him and his team to and from Warri, Delta State, for the event, incurring additional costs of $18,000.
It said, however, that all efforts to get in contact with Davido and his group on October 6, 2023, the day of the event, were ineffective, and that the private plane that was scheduled to transport Davido and his group to Warri at the Lagos Airport was left available in case they later turned up at the airport.
As a result, Pinnick’s business is requesting payment of $94,500 or the equivalent of N70 million was paid in full for contracting Davido’s services which he failed to deliver.
