Kizz Daniel Dispels Rumours Of Court Order Restricting His Bank Accounts Amid Berlin Concert Fallout

Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel has dismissed circulating rumours claiming that a court order froze his bank accounts over an alleged breach of contract tied to a 2022 concert in Berlin.

According to the rumours, the singer was accused of failing to honour his commitment to perform at the Afrobeats Meets Berlin concert in September 2022, despite allegedly receiving an advance payment.

However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, the singer’s management described the allegations as “false, misleading, and defamatory.”

The management maintained that responsibility for the event’s cancellation rested solely with the promoter, Kejuro Media & Entertainment.

According to the statement, Kizz Daniel had a properly executed performance agreement with the organisers of the Berlin concert.

The management, however, stated that the promoter “failed to meet fundamental obligations, including securing visas and flights for the artiste and his team, which led to the event being cancelled”.

“It has come to our attention that a false and malicious narrative is being circulated with the sole aim of discrediting our artiste, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe professionally known as Kizz Daniel and undermining his forthcoming Europe Tour,” the statement reads.

“We state unequivocally that our artiste is a professional who upholds his contractual obligations and makes extraordinary sacrifices to ensure his fans worldwide enjoy his craft.

“By virtue of the duly executed performance agreement dated 27th July 2022, we were engaged to perform at the Afrobeats Meets Berlin concert on 24th September 2022. The promoter, Kejuro Media & Entertainment, failed woefully to fulfill its fundamental obligations under the agreement, including the procurement of visas and flights for our artiste and his team.

“Unsurprisingly, the event did not hold because it was “cancelled” by the promoter due to reasons never expressly communicated with us nor relating to us or our artiste. On 26th September 2022, the promoter attempted to unilaterally reschedule the concert to 8th April 2023.”

The statement further explained that Kizz Daniel’s team had expressed readiness to perform on a rescheduled date, but only under revised commercial terms, stressing that the initial deposit was non-refundable in line with the contract.

The management stressed that the promoter “never finalised these new terms.”

“We made it clear that any rescheduling, being occasioned by the promoter’s own breach, could only be entertained on fresh commercial terms and would warrant no refund of deposit paid as expressly provided in the agreement. In fact, by virtue of the signed agreement, we are entitled to full payment in the event that such cancellation is at the instance of a breach by the promoter,” it added.

The statement also questioned the promoter’s “credibility,” noting that other contracted artistes, such as Teni and Diamond Platnumz, reportedly never performed at the festival, and that all social media accounts for the Afrobeats Meets Berlin event have “mysteriously vanished.”

The singer’s team alleged that the promoter was engaged in a “malicious” attempt to undermine Kizz Daniel’s upcoming Europe tour by sending threatening messages to his new tour promoters.

They also challenged the promoter to produce proof of having secured the required visas and flights for the originally scheduled 2022 performance.

“Despite the foregoing, we graciously agreed to a modest upward revision in fees, but the promoter never regularised our engagement for the rescheduled date. We need to emphasise that our artiste was not the only artiste affected. Respected talents such as Teni and Diamond Platnumz were also contracted but for some reasons, there are no traces of such performances on the internet,” they added.

“We find it bewildering that all social media platforms linked to Afrobeats Meets Berlin have mysteriously vanished. To further expose the malicious intention of this promoter, his publication to the blogs does not carry any substantial evidence of this alleged breach neither does it bear the name nor date of the said festival.

“Regrettably, this same promoter has now resorted to malicious tactics aimed at sabotaging Kizz Daniel’s forthcoming Europe tour. We have received reports of threatening communications to our lead Europe tour promoter, falsely alleging a breach by our artist and the existence of a court judgment. We categorically state that no such process has been served on our artiste.

“Even if such a claim existed, it would only reveal the promoter’s desperate and malicious attempt to malign and cripple our business reputation owing to the fact the promoter is infact grossly in breach of our agreement. If the promoter claims that we were in breach, we dare him to provide evidence of visas secured and flights booked for September 24th, 2022.

“We hereby place the general public, stakeholders, and the media on notice: Any narrative suggesting that Kizz Daniel defaulted in respect of Afrobeats Meets Berlin 2022 is false, misleading, and defamatory. Our legal team is actively reviewing all defamatory publications and shall not hesitate to institute appropriate proceedings against the promoter and any third parties complicit in propagating such misinformation.

“Kizz Daniel remains committed to his fans across Europe and the world, and
preparations for the Europe tour continue in earnest.”