How Davido Met Amaju Pinnick At Abuja Airport, Lobbied For Warri Event But Went To Australia Instead After Receiving Full Payments – Company Tells Court
The company further told the court that the singer signed all the agreement papers after insisting that the monies must be paid in full and the Performance agreement was sealed and dated March 30, 2023.
Brownhill Investments Company Limited, the organizers of the yearly “Warri Again Concert,” informed a Delta High Court in Effurun that Nigerian singer David Adeleke, also known as Davido, personally met with its chairman, Amaju Pinnick, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. During this encounter, Davido made a specific request to perform at the grand event.
According to the full court documents obtained by SaharaReporters on the ongoing matter, the company said its chairman was “hesitant” to grant David Adeleke, more commonly called Davido, the contract, having disappointed them on two previous occasions.
The company further told the court that the singer signed all the agreement papers after insisting that the monies must be paid in full and the Performance agreement was sealed and dated March 30, 2023.
The company said the singer rather went to another event slated for the same date at “Lux Nightclub, Melbourne, 373 Chapel St. South Yarra, Australia.”
SaharaReporters had on November 1 reported that the claimant, represented by Kelechi Onwuegbuchulem, is demanding that the court gives Davido and his music company, Davido Music Worldwide Limited, N2billion in general damages.
SaharaReporters had on October 7 reported that Davido replied Pinnick after that the football administrator accused him of refusing to perform at an event in Warri, Delta State, despite being paid $94,600.
SaharaReporters had reported that Pinnick accused the music megastar of failing to honour a contract after collecting the huge sum.
The court documents read, “THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES; The Claimant avers that sometime in early 2023 the Ist Defendant approached its Chairman, Mr Amaju Pinnick, when they met at the Abuja Airport, to engage his (1 Defendant’s) services for the 19th Edition of the “Warri Again” event held on 6th October, 2023.
“The Claimant avers that its Chairman was hesitant to engage the services of the I” Defendant for the event as the I” Defendant had disappointed him on two previous occasions, the 2014 and 2019 editions of Warri Again, where he did not show up to perform after he had been paid for the events and he was compelled to make refunds thereafter.
“The Claimant believing that the I” Defendant had turned a new leaf, entered into a performance agreement with the Defendants, for the I” Defendant to perform as the headline artiste at the 19th Edition of Warri Againslated to hold on the 6th of October, 2023 in Warri, Delta State. Performance Agreement dated 30th March, 2023 is hereby pleaded and shall be relied on at trial.”
“The Agreed fee for the I” Defendant’s performance was N=70,000,000.00 (Seventy Million Naira), which the Defendants insisted must be paid in full at the time, in order to secure the I” Defendant’s performance at the event on the 6th of October, 2023. The Claimant avers that thereafter, the sum of $94,500.00 (USD equivalent of =N=70,000,000.00) was paid on the 6th of April, 2023 and same was duly acknowledged by the Defendants. Proof of Receipt of Funds dated 6th April, 2023 is hereby pleaded and shall be relied on at trial.
“After payment was made and confirmed, the I” Defendant did a promotional video for the 19th Edition of the Event slated to hold on the 6th of October, 2023 in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, wherein he confirmed his attendance and live performance in Warri on the 6th of October, 2023.
