Kenyans are very mad at Nigerian super star Davido over a botched concert. Check out the story below.
-Ms. Uduak
“He came, he saw, he was flopped. The much talked-about concert by Nigerian singer Davido had as much going on behind the scenes.
The singer was supposed to be on stage for two hours but ended performing for 37 minutes.
BONI MWALII sat down with event organiser Ranee Jamal to get the truth behind the hotly debated concert and unravelled a chain of deceit, lies and cons that culminated in the trip’s nasty ending
On Friday, March 27, Kenya Airways flight number KQ 533 departed from terminal 1 of Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria destined for Nairobi, Kenya.
Aboard the business section of the plane were four passengers of interest to this piece, among them one Mr David Adeleke better known by his nickname Davido.
The Nigerian hit maker would arrive at JKIA at 7:35 pm on the same day from where he headed straight for NTV’s “#The Trend” for a live interview with Larry Madowo, ahead of the heavily publicised concert scheduled to take place the next day.
But as these events were unfolding, a different narrative was trending online in connection with Davido’s visit to the country.
Back home in Nigeria, fans and haters alike were up in arms regarding his perceived unpatriotic decision to forego the just concluded presidential elections in favour of a gig in another country. More resounding, though, was the wave of sighs and the awe regarding his implicitly lavish lifestyle as pictures of Davido and his crew aboard their “private jet” flooded social media timelines and entertainment blogs across the world.
Posted under the caption “Kenya in a bit!!”, the image shows an unmarked Range Rover parked on the airport runway next to a classy jet, sparking a flood of comments from fans who marvelled at the display of opulence from the continental mega-star.
The subsequent posts further stoked the conversation as Davido and his crew were apparently captured kicking it inside the private jet en route for the Nairobi show.
“We paid for their full expenses, which comprised four business class and four economy class tickets for Davido and his crew, as well as accommodation for the time we had contractually agreed for them to be here”, explains Ranee Jamal, founder of Ranee Productions, the event promoters.
However, according to Jamal, the greatest problem was caused by a Dubai-based Nigerian intermediaries who brokered the deal between her company and Davido’s handlers for the concert.
“When I first approached them concerning the concert, we agreed that I would pay Davido $45,000 (Sh4.1 million) to do a show in Nairobi while they would top up the difference to stage a separate concert in Mombasa,” reveals Ranee.
“However, as the event drew closer, they informed me that they had been unable to raise the agreed amount, and that I should foot the full cost of his performance fee, had suddenly gone up to $60,000 (Sh5.5 million), payable in two installments.”
Ranee further explains that she did not get any confirmation of payment from the intermediaries after making the initial deposit of $35,000 (Sh3.2 million), at which point she started getting suspicious of the two, who “kept coming up with new reasons to get more money”.”
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Ranee makes a lot of sense. The problem now, particularly in nations like Nigeria and Kenya, the threat of terrorist violence will now be a great hinderance in getting top talent to go to Africa.