Omenuwoma Okson Dovie, an Abuja-based musician popularly referred to as Baba 2010 is asking MTN Nigeria to pay him N500 million as compensation for the network’s unauthorized and derogatory usage of his four songs “Gentleman “Ometena”, “Twisted” and “Unity Song.”
According to Dovie, MTN turned the four songs into caller tunes/ring tones, selling them to its subscribers without his permission or license for about three years. The songs are contained in the album titled “Twisted”, which the artiste released in 2005.
In a letter to MTN on Dovie’s behalf, Rockson Igelige of Felix, Igelige and Associates, demanded the payment of 500 million naira compensation “for the unauthorized and derogatory use of the music works”.
The lawyer, among other demands, also gave MTN a 14-day ultimatum to respond to the allegations.
“Our client’s attention has been drawn to your use, without permission or license, of his aforementioned musical works,” the letter reads. “Specifically, you have appropriated the works as your caller tunes or ring tones and have been selling them to your subscribers in the manner described above.”
