Lawyers to Florence Otedola, fondly called DJ Cuppy, has asked Davido’s aide, Israel Afeare to apologise to the popular disc jockey for allegedly making a libelous statement against her.
Afeare, said to be Davido’s personal logistics manager, had recently alleged in a post on his Instagram page that DJ Cuppy, despite the commercial success of the 2019 hit song, Gelato, which she did with Zlatan, failed to compensate Zlatan.
Cuppy had accused him of libel and vowed to drag him to court.
However, her lawyers, Babajide Koku & Co., in a letter to Afeare, demanded that he makes a public apology over his libelous statements against their client.
The letter dated February 10, 2021, read in part, “It is crucial to state that there are legal contracts that govern the relationship between our client and Mr Zlatan Ibile; said contracts which very fairly and adequately cover the financial compensation of both artists, neither our client nor Mr Zlatan Ibile have breached their contractual obligations in any way. The allegations in the statements made by you are completely untrue and constitute a grave libel upon our Client.
“We, therefore, write to demand that you immediately cease and desist from all libelous and defamatory statements of our client, her business and her brand.
“Furthermore, we demand that within seven days of receipt of this letter; (i) You write a letter to be shared with the public containing a suitable withdrawal and apology in terms to be approved by us on our Clients behalf. (ii) You provide us with your full assurance and an undertaking in writing that you will cease and desist from repeating the publication of those or similar allegation concerning our client.”