Nigerian music star Davido, also known as David Adeleke, has come to an agreement to resolve the breach of contract lawsuit filed against him by Brownhill Investment Company Limited led by Amaju Pinnick, outside of the courtroom.
In October 2023, PUNCH Online reported that Pinnick, a former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, accused Davido of not meeting his performance obligations at an event despite being paid $94,600.
Brownhill Investments Company Limited filed a lawsuit labeled EHC/183/2023 before the Delta State High Court in Effurun, seeking N2.3bn from Davido.
Davido was accused of breaking a contract by not fulfilling his performance duties at the 19th edition of the ‘Warri Again’ concert, even after receiving the agreed fees.
The claimant asked the court for N150m to cover legal and professional fees, as well as an extra N30m for filing the lawsuit against Davido.
Pinnick also mentioned that a chartered plane was arranged to transport the singer to Warri, resulting in an additional expense of $18,000.
However, The Cable reported that the two parties reached a mutual agreement to settle the matter outside of court.
The High Court in Delta subsequently approved their request on Thursday.
As part of the agreement, Davido has also agreed to pay the claimant N30 million within seven days of finalizing the settlement.
This payment will serve as a partial contribution towards the claimant’s outstanding legal fees.
As part of the resolution outside of court, Davido has agreed to perform live at the upcoming ‘Warri Again’ concert on October 4, 2024.
It was also decided that the $94,500, which the claimant had already paid to Davido, would be considered as payment for the event’s performance.
As per The Cable, the parties also agreed as follows, “The parties have resolved the miscommunication issues that occasioned this dispute and the 1st defendant shall immediately post on his social media platforms including X, Instagram, Facebook, Snap Chat, etc. the following statement:
“All issues regarding ‘Warri Again 2023 Concert’ have been settled between Mr. Amaju Pinnick and myself, and I am happy to announce that I shall be performing live at the ‘Warri Again 2024 Concert’ on 4th October, 2024 in Warri, Delta State.
“The defendants shall, within seven days of execution of these Terms of Settlement, pay the sum of N30,000,000 to the claimant, being a part contribution to the Claimant’s outstanding legal fees in this suit.
“The defendants shall, in view of these terms of settlement, withdraw the appeal filed against the ruling of this honourable court dated 16th January, 2024.
“The claimant shall provide a private jet to convey the defendants, as well as provide accommodation and other logistics for the defendants’ performance at the ‘Warri Again’ concert scheduled for 04 October 2024.
“These terms of settlement shall be binding on the parties to this suit, their agents, privies, successors in title, or any person or entity howsoever described acting at the behest or authority of any of the parties to this suit, upon adoption of same.
The parties have agreed that these settlement terms will be binding and will take effect immediately from the date of execution. The parties' respective lawyers will adopt these terms when the matter is brought up in court.
