Jude Engees Okoye says accusations against him by his former record label act, Cynthia Morgan are untrue and unfounded.
Morgan, one of Nigeria’s top dancehall act had claimed that she lost everything she had worked for, including her name, VEVO account, Instagram account and royalties after she had contract-related issues with Okoye.
But in an Instagram live chat with Tunde Ednut, Okoye denied taking Morgan’s name, adding that he doesn’t have the right to take Cynthia Morgan’s name because it is her birth name.
He said Morgan changed her name to ‘Madrina’ while still signed to his record label prior to her exit in 2017.
Okoye also denied taking over her Instagram and Twitter account, but, however, said that he took over her VEVO account as a means of recovering over N40m he spent on her.
He further stated that he paid Cynthia Morgan’s house rent, bought her a Range Rover and even gave her money to buy a land for her mother in Benin.
He said, “I don’t understand, if she has a contract where it is stated like that, she should bring it so we can see.
“The one I have here is not different.
“How can I hold her name, which court can grant it?
“You want to do things on your own because you think you can do things on your own, then you fail and you want to put the blame on me.
“Two years after she left the label, her social media accounts were still hers, she was still going on shows behind me and she still wants to blame me for her failure.
“If she puts the blame on me, would that make her rise again?
“I have never for once told CYNTHIA MORGAN that she cannot use her name.
“I had no power to take that name, it is physically impossible to do that.
“Also, I didn’t chase her with a court injunction.
“What exactly did I do wrong? I shouldn’t have let her go when She left?
“Her contract didn’t expire before she left but I let her go.
“Before she left, she wanted to change her name to Madrina, said it means ‘Godmother of entertainment’. I only advised against it.
“I shot 13 videos, each worth N3M. I had to recover the money spent on her, so hence, I took over her VEVO account because if I don’t do so, I wouldn’t be able to get back my money.”
Okoye who was also a former manager of siblings in the now-defunct P-Square, said he will never try to bring his two brothers together again because Peter didn’t want him in the picture.
He said that the 2017 P-Square’s split, was instigated by Peter Okoye, who he claimed had issues with him.
Jude, who revealed that he had stepped aside as manager up to five times, made it clear that he had tried everything humanly possible to settle the rift.
“Peter has a problem with me. I have asked him several times what the problem is but he refused to say. How can I bring P-Square back when I’m the one they don’t want in the picture?
“There is nothing humanly possible that someone can do that I haven’t done. I came to a point when I said even if it means sacrificing myself from the picture. No problem, let them both be.
“Whether or not they come back should not be my business anymore. I was wanted out of the picture. I’m now out,” he said.
