Singer Spyro has alleged music executive Ubi Franklin used Davido’s name to scam him.
In an interview on Echoo Room podcast, Spyro claimed Ubi Franklin approached him to perform at an event, claiming Davido had invited him and would get $5,000.
Spyro clarified Davido had no knowledge of the arrangement.
He said: “I have an issue with Ubi Franklin. Ubi was one of the people I ‘respected’. Ubi just came down and said David said we should come perform at the birthday party that he was invited to that he was going to give us 5k. I called him to the side and said ‘bro first of all, I don’t charge 5k.’ My Nigerian currency wey I dey charge, the least I would do is N20 million.
“On getting there, David was on stage, he came back from the stage and Ubi just came to me, he said ‘you’re going on the stage now’ before you know it, MC don announce, Spyro! And right after, I said okay Ubi, shebi you don sha make me, I don perform now, where my money wey you say David say him go give us?
“He said ‘no don’t go and buzz David o, he’s not the one actually, let me tell you the truth, he’s not the one that said you guys should come and do the show’. I was like are you kidding me? So David doesn’t even know anything about this, so you just used David’s name, this is broad daylight scam bro!”
But Ubi Franklin denied the allegations, dismissing them as misinformation aimed at damaging his reputation.
He countered Spyro owes him N10.5 million, being 10% of the cost of a car he helped Spyro purchase.
Ubi Franklin demanded that Spyro pays the owed commission and offered to settle the debt by offsetting the $5,000 he’s holding.
He said: “I will not allow anyone to destroy my name. And please, it’s time you all stop trying to use David’s name to make your story sweet or get people to pay attention to your story.
“Why would I tell David’s friend who is a growing artiste that David said when I know you have direct links to him? How does this make sense?
“I don’t even understand this at all and gullible people will believe (I have never used David to take anything from anyone) you want to use me to start your PR for the year, it’s not me cos a lot is at stake and I won’t let you do that.
“Pay me my 10% from the car I helped you buy and told you to pay me my 10% you said I should wait till you finish paying. I know you have finished paying since December. Kindly credit me the balance cos I have 5k dollars meant for you and you have N10.5m meant for me. If we do plus and minus, you owe me N2.5 million cos 5k Dollars is 8 million”.
