Kizz Daniel addresses rumour of a court order to freeze his accounts over contract dispute

Kizz Daniel, the Nigerian singer, has refuted online rumoursalleging a court order froze his accounts due to a breached performancecontract for a 2022 concert in Berlin. The rumours claimed that the singer defaulted on hisagreement to perform at the Afrobeats Meets Berlin concert in September 2022,after receiving part payment. But in a statement released on Wednesday, the artiste’smanagement labelled the claims as “false, misleading, and defamatory”. It argued that the concert’s promoter Kejuro Media & Entertainmentwas responsible for the event’s cancellation. The statement said Kizz Daniel had a duly signed performanceagreement with the organisers of the Berlin concert. The management said the promoter, however, “failed to meetfundamental obligations, including securing visas and flights for the artisteand his team, which led to the event being cancelled”. “It has come to our attention that a false and maliciousnarrative is being circulated with the sole aim of discrediting our artiste,Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe professionally known as Kizz Daniel andundermining his forthcoming Europe Tour,” the statement reads. “We state unequivocally that our artiste is a professionalwho upholds his contractual obligations and makes extraordinary sacrifices toensure his fans worldwide enjoy his craft. “By virtue of the duly executed performance agreement dated27th July 2022, we were engaged to perform at the Afrobeats Meets Berlinconcert on 24th September 2022. The promoter, Kejuro Media & Entertainment,failed woefully to fulfill its fundamental obligations under the agreement,including the procurement of visas and flights for our artiste and his team. “Unsurprisingly, the event did not hold because it was“cancelled” by the promoter due to reasons never expressly communicated with usnor relating to us or our artiste. On 26th September 2022, the promoterattempted to unilaterally reschedule the concert to 8th April 2023.” The statement noted that Kizz Daniel’s team was willing toperform on a new date but only under fresh commercial terms, with the initialdeposit non-refundable as per their agreement. The management emphasised that the promoter “never finalisedthese new terms”. “We made it clear that any rescheduling, being occasioned bythe promoter’s own breach, could only be entertained on fresh commercial termsand would warrant no refund of deposit paid as expressly provided in theagreement. In fact, by virtue of the signed agreement, we are entitled to fullpayment in the event that such cancellation is at the instance of a breach bythe promoter,” it added. The statement also sought to cast doubt on the promoter’s“credibility” by pointing out that other contracted artistes, including Teniand Diamond Platnumz, have no record of performing at the festival, and allsocial media pages for the Afrobeats Meets Berlin event have “mysteriouslyvanished”. The singer’s team accused the promoter of a “malicious”campaign to sabotage Kizz Daniel’s upcoming Europe tour by sending threateningcommunications to his new tour promoters. They challenged the promoter to provide evidence of havingsecured the necessary visas and flights for the original 2022 date. “Despite the foregoing, we graciously agreed to a modestupward revision in fees, but the promoter never regularised our engagement forthe rescheduled date. We need to emphasise that our artiste was not the onlyartiste affected. Respected talents such as Teni and Diamond Platnumz were alsocontracted but for some reasons, there are no traces of such performances onthe internet,” they added. “We find it bewildering that all social media platformslinked to Afrobeats Meets Berlin have mysteriously vanished. To further exposethe malicious intention of this promoter, his publication to the blogs does notcarry any substantial evidence of this alleged breach neither does it bear thename nor date of the said festival. “Regrettably, this same promoter has now resorted tomalicious tactics aimed at sabotaging Kizz Daniel’s forthcoming Europe tour. Wehave received reports of threatening communications to our lead Europe tourpromoter, falsely alleging a breach by our artist and the existence of a courtjudgment. We categorically state that no such process has been served on ourartiste. “Even if such a claim existed, it would only reveal thepromoter’s desperate and malicious attempt to malign and cripple our businessreputation owing to the fact the promoter is infact grossly in breach of ouragreement. If the promoter claims that we were in breach, we dare him toprovide evidence of visas secured and flights booked for September 24th, 2022. “We hereby place the general public, stakeholders, and themedia on notice: Any narrative suggesting that Kizz Daniel defaulted in respectof Afrobeats Meets Berlin 2022 is false, misleading, and defamatory. Our legalteam is actively reviewing all defamatory publications and shall not hesitateto institute appropriate proceedings against the promoter and any third par

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