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| Oritsefemi |
Afro-pop star Oritsefemi may be heading towards a showdown with
his landlord as he has been threatened with eviction over his unpaid house
rent.
Sources close to the singer told P.M. Express that the landlord has threaten to
throw out Oritsefemi from his property after he allegedly failed to pay the
rent of his apartment off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos which expired
some months ago.
Oritsefemi, said to be out of country for a while, has since
returned but said to be avoiding the landlord who has vowed to effect the quit
notice if by the end of May the singer failed to meet up his financial
obligations.
Oritsefemi, who stayed for a very long time in the seedy part of
Ajegunle, moved to a rented flat off Obafemi Awolowo in Ikeja after the success
of his song Double Wahala,
a cover of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti hit song.
But in 2014 at the height of his fame, the self-acclaimed
Musical Taliban announced to the general public his change of fortune by the
purported acquisition of a N200million property in the posh Lekki area.
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| Oritsefemi inside the 'mansion' |
He also announced the addition of a brand new 2014 Range
Rover Evoque valued at N24m to his fleet.
His former manager, Yusuf Adebola Adepitan, popularly called
Danku, confirmed the story of the new house and car then.
"Yes, Oritsefemi has moved to Lekki now, and he also has a
new Range Rover, for now, we’ll still maintain the house in Ikeja for the boys
to stay," Danku said then.
In February 2015, musician turned columnist, Etcetera, has
tongue-lashed Oritsefemi and some other artistes claiming to have bought
mansions and apartment in ritzy part of Lekki.
In the article published in The Punch, the soft rock musician
said those artistes including Oritsefemi's claims would one day be exposed.
"Yes, it is double
wahala for deadi-bodi and the owner of deadi-bodi but won’t it be Tripple wahalafor Oritsefemi and his
management when fans eventually discovered that the N200m mansion he
purportedly bought some months back was actually bought in his dreams and not
in the real world? How much does he charge per gig and how long has he been
playing these gigs to be able to afford a mansion of that amount? Isn’t it wonderful
how Naija entertainers think their fans and everyone else is shallow and
gullible?" Etcetera wrote then.
P.M. Express could
not reach Oritsefemi or his new management to get his reactions before going to
the press. All efforts to do so failed
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