According to Premium Times, the
popular Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia aka 2face, has finally replied his
ex-band mate Blackface’s allegations with a letter from his lawyers asking
Blackface to apologise for all the defamatory remarks he has ever made about
him.
2face’s lawyers, Seun
Omotoba&Co, signed the letter.
In the letter dated May 5, 2face asked
Blackface, real names Ahmedu Augustine, to tender a general unreserved apology
for all the statements made and published by Blackface in the past about him.
The letter also states that
Blackface has a week’s grace to apologise else he faces legal actions. 2face’s
lawyers also asked Blackface to desist from making any further defamatory
remarks.
2face’s response follows
Blackface’s recent interview with PREMIUM TIMES published on April 23, wherein
he alleged that the latter infringed on his copyright by releasing the song
‘Let Somebody Love You’. Blackface also alleged that he has not been
compensated for writing ‘African Queen.”
Blackface vowed to sue 2face in
the exclusive interview which he granted PREMIUM TIMES.
“2face sang my song (Let Somebody
Love You) and featured an American artiste, Bridget Kelly. His manager
published it without my permission. Till today they haven’t deemed it fit to
tell the world that they tried to assassinate my character in the media but
that couldn’t be justice and they know. So, the court is our only option as
they keep avoiding meetings thinking that with time it will all fade off. But,
they know not what tomorrow holds and neither do I.”
Efforts by PREMIUM TIMES to reach
Blackface and 2face for their reactions proved abortive as they both did not
answer their calls or respond to text messages.
The
renewed beef between the dancehall veteran and 2face began on January 25, 2016
when Blackface in a series tweets lashed out at 2face and his manager accusing
them of stealing his intellectual property. He threatened to take them to
court.
Not long after, 2face responded to
him describing the statements by Blackface as unfortunate.
Blackface is best known as
co-writer of “African Queen” with 2face, a song made famous by the latter after
it appeared on his debut solo album Face 2 Face in 2004 to become an
international hit.
Blackface was a founding member of
the Nigerian band Plantashun Boiz that he formed in 2000 with 2face and
musician Chibuzor Oji (better known as Faze).
Blackface and 2face met in 1996
when they were studying at the Institute of Management Technology (IMT) in
Enugu. Faze joined them later.
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