The second hearing in the on-going case between Dbanj and
Henry Ojogho, scheduled to hold on Thursday, May 7, 2015
did not hold afterall. The suit has been adjourned to
September 28, 2015 because the presiding judge, Justice
(Mrs.) Adedayo Oyebanji is presently in Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State where she heads a 3-man Tribunal Committee to
oversee the election petitions arising from the last general
elections in the state.
When the court held its first sitting on Monday, March 30,
2015 at the Multi-door Courthouse, Obalende, Lagos, D’banj
was represented by his lawyer, Dele Adeshina , who was in
turn, represented by a junior lawyer from his chambers.
The claimant, Henry Ojogho, was also represented by his
lawyer, Benedict Onyeabo as both teams filed their papers to
kick off proceedings in the suit.
The case emanated from the debt allegations against the
Nigerian music star and DB Records boss, Dbanj. It first came
up in November 2014 when Henry Ojogho, Vice Chairman of
Broron Group and MindHub Technologies, alleged that D’banj
owes him and has refused to pay a large sum running into
millions of Naira.
The debt, according to Henry, came to be through a loan of
over N60m obtained through D’banj’s company, DKM Media
Limited back in January 2013 but which the ‘Oliver Twist’
singer is yet to pay back despite signing an undertaking to do
so. He claimed further that the entertainer issued two cheques
– one on December 20, 2013 and another on January 20,
2014, both of which had to be returned after presentation,
because the pop star’s accounts were not funded enough.
A firm of attorneys, D.U.ODIGIE & CO, acting on behalf of
Henry Ojogho, had, in a letter addressed to D’Banj, wrote:
‘Following the default by D KINGS MEDIA LIMITED to pay the
debt to our client, and pursuant to the aforementioned
personal Guarantee/Memorandum of Undertaking, you issued
two post-dated cheques; one for the sum of $240,000 (Two
hundred and forty thousand United States Dollars only) dated
20/12/2013, and the other for the sum of N15,000,000 (Fifteen
million naira only) dated 20/1/2014.
Both cheques were returned unpaid on presentation by our
client. ‘We are further informed that although, you thereafter
paid the sum of N8,600,000 (Eight million, six hundred
thousand naira only) out of the N15,000,000 (Fifteen million
naira only) (in) cheque, leaving a balance sum of N6,400.000
(Six million, four hundred thousand naira Only), you have
failed, neglected or refused to redeem the entire or any part of
the $240,000 (Two Hundred and forty thousand United States
Dollars) cheque.’
Further investigations revealed that Henry Ojogho is
not the only wealthy man claiming D’banj owes him in recent
times.
With the latest development, fans are eagerly looking up to the
next date when D’banj, who just rounded off a playing tour of
America, is expected to keep a date with the court.
Although the issuance of the dud cheques on its own is
viewed as a crime under Nigeria’s financial regulations, Henry
Ojogho and his team are more bent on recovering the loan in
possession of D’Banj better known as the Kokomaster.