Yesterday, actress Shan George took to her Instagram
page to call out a Soundcity employee DRO Ameh for
swindling her out of N100,000. She claimed she had
given him the money to promote one of her videos on
the music channel but the video was never played and
she is yet to be refunded..
Here’s a response from the accused Soundcity Staff:
I had kept mute on this issue when she took to lie in
the press in 2015 because the friend/colleague who
introduced me to her said he’d handled it and later got
to know he served her a legal/court injunction but being
learned and a great mother, she has kept at her
malicious act.
Hence, I am forced to response to issues I have seen
raised in the press and deal with the defamation of
character legally and privately – unless she again pulls
a ‘nollywood’. Addressing the issues:
1. I run a digital PR and social media marketing
company which I had slowed down with since being
head of new media for CMA – company behind
Soundcity et al.
Clients in the course of over 10 years doing this incl. a
long number of A-list and fast rising Nigerian acts. I
wouldn’t mar all that work and reputation for
NGN100,000.
If I don’t have it, I know a client that would give me to
refund but I do have it
2. Never at any point, even months after we had
concluded the business did I get a text or call from
Shan George complaining of what I did, let alone ask for
a refund – which I would have gladly done.
3. Shan George sent me N100,000 (a hundred thousand
naira) and never did we – agree – or – imply – or –
ask – as payola for airplay but digital PR for the said
video – which was uploaded to Youtube myself in the
december of 2014. (Digital PR in this case meant speak
to blogs to have the video – do a search and see if I
delivered)
I need add that at no time did we speak in vernacular,
let alone discuss even my job and her claim that i said:
“Madam no be me say make u go shoot rubbish video
for ur pikin. If u do pem, i go spoil ur pikin music career
for this Nigeria o. bring 5oo thousand naira before i play
the video or don’t call my fone again, we don’t get paid
any salary in Soundcity so we have to do our own hustle
to survive here.” I saw this in 2015, and shocked me to
the core.
I have been in the industry for 12 years and work at
CMA, parent company for Soundcity for 6 out of the 12
years in different capacity and I have never been owed
salary, I get bonuses and I have had to account for
cash 2/3/4 times that amount to the company.
I spoke to Shan three times, met his son – Jaga once
and never at anything did we get so casual to speak in
vernacular.
4. As I was shocked to my core when I read what she
claimed I said, i did the logical thing. I called her
number and sent countless text/SMS for her account
details to make a refund even reaching out to a lady
who was also introduced to me as her manager only to
get a response that said: ‘If she had investment the
money, it would have yielded returns (paraphrased),’ re-
stating all I had was her 100,000 – we didn’t do
‘investment’ business and as i write this, I never got
her bank details.
5. How I met/knew Shan George? As you might have
read, A senior colleague – in fact he manages a sister
channel and one time supervising producer for the
Soundcity channel introduced us.
If it was ever airplay on Soundcity,the question is –
why would such a colleague introduce me – head of
new media when his position afforded him the authority
in the matter.
This is in addition to the fact that the colleague
introduced the video director Matt Max to Shan George
to shoot the video. Again, never did Shan George pay
me 100,000 for airplay on SoundcityTV. I understood
they had a falling out
6. The Colleague introduced me for ‘PR,’ I made my
pitch but she apparently didn’t know what it was or
entitled so I stuck to ‘online’ and doing anything else I
could do for her after she pleaded and went into details
of things I didn’t need to know – her ill mother and how
she was cleaning up after her but ‘really need to do this
for her son.’
I fail to understand her plan but if it now, to get a
refund from me? It is past that time! She would have to
first prove in court that i defrauded her then the guilty
party would definitely pay, i am sure now it would be
more than NGN100,000.
7. Now, I am hoping this addresses everything for the
press and friends who have called while I go about
sorting this out the right way, legally. Sadly, would only
be replying matters I deem fit of responding to via
@dirtyhiphophead only.
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Actress Shan George of N100 ,000
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