Nigerian avenue artist, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, popularly often called Portable is within the information once more for an additional dangerous cause.
According to an announcement made accessible to Potpourri, Portable had entered into an settlement with a sure Mr Musibau Olawale Babalola, a US-based music promoter and Chief Executive of Fathia Entertainment LLC for a musical live performance collaboration. By the settlement Portable was to carry out in 8- 10 North American cities and the promoter was to acquire an American Visa for Portable and his crew members.
Fulfilling his personal finish of the deal, the promoter engaged the providers of American Attorney and paid the sum of $12,000:00( Twelve thousand US {dollars}) to safe a piece allow for Portable to allow him transverse the designated US cities for the exhibits, in consonance with US immigration legal guidelines.
The promoter additionally mentioned he paid the sum of $3,950 statutory payment for USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services work allow on behalf of Portable.
The promoter additionally submitted that he paid Portable the sum of $2,500, N3.4M and N1M respectively and a date was mounted for Visa interview at America Embassy.
“Portable in his characteristic manner, displayed unprofessional conduct at US embassy and exhibited other sundry abrasive behaviors and was denied visa on two occasions. All the pertinent questions normally asked of a visa applicant were posed to Portable and instead of him answering the question in simple English he understands, instead he decided to answer the Consular in his local language, obviously not understood by the Consular,” the promoter mentioned.
“Portable’s denial of visa could be predicated on his claims on social media of being the founding member of a dreaded cult group. The US Embassy does not issue visas to people of questionable character and therefore could be one of the reasons he was denied visa,” he added.
After the visa denial saga, there was an settlement between the promoter and Portable, that the latter will refund all of the bills incurred.
Considering the circumstances, the promoter mentioned he lowered the quantity to be refunded to N8M and Portable agreed to make the fee, however pleaded to take action in 5 installments.
Portable made the primary installment of N2M, however reneged on his promise to stability up. Due to Portable’s refusal to impact the stability fee, the music promoter engaged the providers of M. B. Fabunmi Esq of legislation agency of Messrs Hoxton Partners to start a authorized proceedings in opposition to Zazzu star to get better the mentioned debt and damages.
In the Lawyer”s letter to Portable, the sums of $29,890 and N3.4M have been demanded from him and
Portable, via his Lawyer denied owing the music promoter any $29,890, however admitted owing the sum of N8M from which N2M has been paid.
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