By Blessing Udeobasi
EME record boss, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has asked music producer Samklef to direct his grievances to the proper channel following allegations that he took his name off as the composer of Wizkid’s hit song, ‘Pakurumo’.
This is coming after Samklef called out Banky telling him to pay his 50% royalties accumulated over a period of 11 years following the tell-all interview Banky had with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu where he alleged that Wizkid owed his record label three albums as stipulated in their contractual agreement.
Later on Saturday morning, Samklef hinted on his social media pages that Banky had agreed to pay him “performance royalty” and “mechanical royalty” on the song.
Shortly after, Samklef shared a screenshot to show that his name had been replaced with one Steve Micheal as the composer of ‘Pakurumo’. He mentioned Banky W’s handle in the caption on the image and urged him to reach out to him for clarity.
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“Nigerians make una see o!! Dey took my name off and put Steve Micheal. As composer for pakurumo. @bankywellington how far now ? How did we get to this ? Dm me ur email bro. No time to play. Let’s fix things and move on. @sonymusic @sonymusicafrica,” Samklef’s post read.
In response to the allegation, the EME boss came to the comment section of the post where he asked the music producer to direct his grievances to the proper channel and stop peddling his name in public..
“@samklef I don’t think you understand that my name is not there and was NEVER there. EME’S name is not there. We have never taken a dime of these royalties and never will. We have never controlled them. You need to take this up with whoever is controlling this and for goodness sake stop talking about me. I’m not the one in charge. I’m minding my business, please handle yours,” Banky’s reply read.
