Police nab Terry G

Wave making Hip hop musician, Terry G, was last Tuesday
picked up for questioning by men of the Oduduwa police
department. The act followed a petition sent to the Lagos Sate
Police Commissioner by a certain G.T. Emiko, alleging that the
musician defaulted on a musical performance contact after
receiving a N500, 000 fee. In addition, he also alleged to have
collected money for five return tickets for his travel party.
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The money was allegedly paid directly to the producer himself by
Cyril Emiko, son of Surveyor G.T Emiko for special guest
appearance at Cyril ’s graduation party which held on the 29th of
January this year.
The party was publicised all over the campus. Hotel rooms were
allegedly booked and vehicles made available to convey the artiste
and his crew when he arrived. Cyril was disappointed and aghast
when the artiste refused to show up without reason and has
received no refund (as at press time).
First, it was a furious father who called up Dele Abiodun, president
of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), this week,
to complain.
Unfortunately, Terry G is not a member of PMAN and the
aggrieved father, Surveyor Emiko, who sponsored the party with
the sum of N750, 000, threatened to get the police involved and
possibly go to court over the loss. Police spokesman, Mr. Frank
Mba, who confirmed our story, said the police department had
received a petition from the aggrieved party and on the strength
of the letter invited Terry G to the office for questioning.
“To be honest with you, the young man didn’t deny the allegation.
Instead, he pledged on paper to repay every penny that he
received from the aggrieved party ”, Mr. Mba affirmed.
Was Terry G detained our reporter sought to know?
“No, he was not,” the police spokesman said.
“In civil matters like this, we try to avoid a situation where either
party is detained, especially when a gentleman agreement is
reached. Since Terry G was remorseful enough, we decided to
give him a chance to redeem his image ”
In our March edition of Showtime, we had reported how the
young man accorded with production credits for hits like ‘Aiye Po
gan’, ‘Pass me your love‘ and Free me now (which he sang), was
accused of fleeing with the sum of N500, 000, being payment for
his performance at a graduation party at the University of Benin.