Nigerian music star, David Adeleke better known as Davido has left many calling out his hypocrisy over his love for charity and habit of breaching contracts.
A Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun had refused the singer’s application seeking a stay of proceedings in the N2 billion suit filed against him by former NFF president, Amaju Pinnick.
Amaju’s company had filed the suit against him after he failed to perform at the ‘Warri Again concert’, and is seeking N2 billion in damages. To add to it, his company wants Davido to be responsible for their legal fees, which would amount to N150 million and an additional N30 million as the cost of filing the suit.
During the hearing of the case, Davido’s counsel informed the court that there was a pending appeal and that the defendants, Davido and his record label had filed a motion for a stay of proceedings. However, he applied to withdraw the motion and submitted that the Court of Appeal had become seized with authority over the proceedings pending before the lower court.
The Counsel to Amaju didn’t oppose the application to withdraw the motion and the court granted the same according.
Unfortunately, the court in a bench ruling upheld the claimant’s argument and held that until an order saying further proceedings is obtained from the Court of Appeals, the High Court will continue with proceedings in the case.
The news has left the internet divided as many questioned how a philanthropist could be owing debts.
One Just of King wrote, “But how do people make the world better? You dey owe dey do charity. Shey na new way of tithing?
One Fvck Ur Opinion wrote, “VDM setting ring light
One Seanizzy wrote, “Davido can’t win this case, Sha. He just doing all this because Naija, if it was in another country he would have had no chance
One Official Queen Cassy wrote, “He don jam him match. Mr audio Philanthropist. God go pai anybody wen attack me for this comment
One Shela Xoxo wrote, “Davido pay that man his money and leave this internet 300million audio. You know you can’t do this to any of your international clients because Amaju is Nigerian & in Nigeria, you want to bully a man who’s older than u. You bridge contract, pay him his money. Your own too much
One Nature Gazer wrote, “Why this guy too like gbese?”.
Recall that last year, the Former NFF president had publicly called out Davido for failing to honor his contract, as he expressed displeasure at how Davido failed to show up at his event despite paying him an exorbitant amount and booked a private jet for his crew.
He went on to compare Davido to his rival, Burna Boy, who he stated was far above him. Relying him, Davido told him not to throw a stone at a glass house as he bragged about headlining without no one stopping him.
Taking a dig at him, he stated that he would donate money to NFF since they are suffering. His personal logistics manager, Isreal DMW had even defended them, telling Amaju Pinnick to tell the world the truth.
In a surprising twist, the singer later bowed to pressure as he apologized to his fans in Warri, explaining the reason for his absence.
Following this, Amaju Pinnick filed a lawsuit against Davido, seeking N2.3 billion in damages.
To add to it, he was seeking an injunction to prevent Davido from performing at any show or event in Nigeria until he refunded the payment he received.
