Over the past few weeks, Wizkid and his label Boss, Banky W
have been put under scrutiny by fans for allegedly not showing up at
events that organizers had paid for. But, the Afro Pop stars attempted
to clear the air by saying that no such situation happened and in fact,
impersonators had duped the event organizers. After one of such cases
involved Wizkid visiting the police station, the EME camp is now on a campaign against impersonation
Here’s their official press release:
Nigerian pop star Wizkid has spoken
out against his continuous impersonation by fraudsters. The hit maker,
bugged by increasing complaints and reported incidents, says he’s
worried and beyond scandalised, that some bandits would go to any length
to perpetrate evil acts and defraud innocent fans and customers.
The EME act spoke today in Lagos, while reacting to on-going investigations on recent discoveries and arrests.
“It’s unfair that fraudsters will take advantage of unsuspecting victims.” he said.
‘The culprit has been apprehended and all is being done to make sure such incidents don’t reoccur.” Wizkid added.
An EME impostor is currently in police custody. He was handed over to the police by his latest victim- Muyiwa.
Muyiwa also known as ‘Origin’
started transactions with the impostor, only to discover he was being
duped and quickly handed him over to the police.
Meanwhile, EME Chairman
Banky W who has himself been a victim of impersonation, says the label
is putting all structures in place, while working with relevant
authorities to make sure the trend is put to a stop.
Fake names, phone numbers and bank
accounts have been set up to carry out such fraudulent activities. Some
of the fake accounts these impostors use include “Bankole Wellington
Banky W” on Facebook,Bankyw82@yahoo.com, e
“Impersonating artists and record labels is apparently the new 419. This is not a unique problem to EME or
it’s acts, but a serious challenge to most major labels/artists as well
as the fans and event organizers. We’ve done the best we can to
streamline our processes so that anyone, anywhere can contact us at Bookings@
“It saddens us to know that crooks
still try to take advantage of our fans and supporters but we are doing
all we can to put the right info out and we hope that everyone takes
note, so as not to fall into their traps.” He adds.
Wizkid does not take bookings or accept engagement payments into his account. He can only be booked through EME and/or his manager Godwin Tom.
The label says the Police will still apprehend more fraudsters.
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