This is definitely not a good
one for the Kukere crooner,
Iyanya Mbuk who has
become a toast of every
music lover within and
outside the shores of the
country.
The reason is because, the
has been listed on the
wanted list of the Police at
Mile 3 Division, Port
Harcourt, over a fraudulent
act perpetrated by him.
According to the story, the
R&B singer turned Pop act
Iyanya allegedly said to
have defrauded popular
show organizer of ‘Nite Of A
Thousand Laughs, Opa
Williams of N1.7m being
payment for the singer’s
performance at two events.
According to sources Iyanya
was paid the said amount to
perform at two ‘Nite of a
Thousand Laughs‘ events
which held in Benin and Port
Harcourt. The Kukere singer
missed both shows
intentionally.
The latter which was held
three nights back, on New
Year’s Day precisely,
featured a performance
from rapper Olamide and
was hosted by Bovi.
Guests had waited for the
singer to step on stage and
thrill as the highly publicized
show had promised a
performance from him but
he was conspicuously
missing
Interestingly, Iyanya is
believed to have traveled
on the same flight
(allegedly paid for by the
show organizers) with
Olamide and Bovi.
Nigeriafilms.com gathered
that the singer shunned
Opa Williams’ event,
performing instead, at
another show in Omuma
Local Government Area, also
in Port Harcourt which also
featured Timaya.
“We were all disappointed,
we waited in vain. As soon
as Bovi announced he was
not going to show up,
everybody started leaving”,
a source who attended the
event held at the open
ground of the Hotel
Presidential, PH said.
Yesterday morning, sources
say Policemen from the
Nigerian Police invited
Iyanya and his manager
Ubi-Franklin Ekapong for
questioning over the matter
which was reported by the
show organizers led by Opa
Williams.
The officers could only get
Ubi-Franklin to station but
Ubi said, “yes I was at the
Police Station this morning,
we have decided to return
all money paid to us, it’s not
a problem.”
Ubi further explained, “We
were paid to attend and
perform at the Benin and
Port Harcourt shows but we
missed both due to reasons
beyond our control. We
missed the Benin gig
because we were in Ghana
as at that time and we
arrived pretty late for the
PH gig. We however had
issues with initial payment
from the show organizers
also, so we needed to forfeit
one for another.”