Libel: DJ Cuppy Gives Davido’s Aide 7 Days to Apologise

Disc jockey, Florence Otedola otherwise known as DJ Cuppy, has given Israel Afeare, Davido‘s aide a seven-day ultimatum to apologise for his libellous statement against her.

The drama between the duo started when Afeare took to social media to explain to the public, why rapper Zlatan was snubbing DJ Cuppy.

Recall that some weeks ago, Zlatan had claimed he doesn’t know DJ Cuppy, after the latter alleged that the singer had blocked her for over 10 months, due to reasons unknown to her.

“10 months later and I sometimes still wonder why Zlatan Ibile blocked me on WhatsApp and Instagram without ever saying why; we were actually friends and “Gelato” was a hit!” her tweet read.

Weighing in on the issue, Afeare claimed Zlatan blocked DJ Cuppy because she failed to compensate him for the commercial success of her 2019 hit single, Gelato.

“Kudos to someone like Zlatan, who took a bold step by flushing a full fake friend like Cuppy who was just using his head all in the name of my papa na Otedola. Zlatan did a hit collabo with her, ordinary one kobo, he no see,” he had alleged.

Owing to her promise of dragging Afeare to court for his statement, DJ Cuppy through her lawyers, Babajide Koku & Co., wrote the former, demanding he makes a public apology.

As seen in the letter, the apology must be made within a period of seven days.

The letter read: “It is crucial to state that there are legal contracts that govern the relationship between our Client and Mr Zlatan Ibile; said contracts which very fairly and adequately cover the financial compensation of both artists, neither our Client nor Mr Zlatan Ibile have breached their contractual obligations in any way. The allegations in the statements made by you are completely untrue and constitute a grave libel upon our Client.

“We, therefore, write to demand that you immediately cease and desist from all libellous and defamatory statements of our Client, her business and her brand. 

“Furthermore, we demand that within seven days of receipt of this letter; (i) You write a letter to be shared with the public containing a suitable withdrawal and apology in terms to be approved by us on our Clients behalf. (ii) You provide us with your full assurance and an undertaking in writing that you will cease and desist from repeating the publication of those or similar allegation concerning our client.”