- The Afrobeats sensation said this in reaction to a claim by Amaju Pinnick, former President of the NFF that he failed to honour a contract after collecting $94,000 for the show
- Recall that Pinnick, while speaking at the 19th edition of Warri Again, took umbrage at Davido’s absence at the event
Nigerian music megastar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, says he didn’t perform at a show in Warri, Delta state, because he was out of town.
The Afrobeats sensation said this in reaction to a claim by Amaju Pinnick, former President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), that he failed to honour a contract after collecting $94,000 for the show.
Recall that Pinnick, while speaking at the 19th edition of Warri Again, took umbrage at Davido’s absence at the event.
He claimed that the singer was paid $94,000 and booked a plane with $18,000 for him to convey him and his team to the state, yet he didn’t turn up.
“We paid Davido $94,600 on the 6th of April. We paid $18,000 for his plane. If he says he’s a big boy, we will tell him we are bigger than him,” the former NFF boss said.
But in a post via his Instagram story on Sunday, Davido said the organisers of the show were aware of his unavailability but went ahead to promote the show with his name.
He disclosed that he had informed the event organisers in advance that he wouldn’t be able to attend.
He, however, apologised to those who paid to attend the event in the hope that they would see him perform.
“To my lovely fans in Warri that spent their hard-earned money to come out apologies that you had to experience this.
“I was not going to be physically able to make it and this had been communicated to ‘them’ for a longgggg while now I mean MONTHS ago but for reasons best known to them, they continued to promote the show using my name. It’s a shame.
“But especially for my fans out there, don’t worry, you know I gotta bring Timeless to Delta State. We will do it proper, bigger and better,” he wrote