Millionaire oil baron Ayiri Emami has disclosed why Reggae musician Majek Fashek who he helped rehabilitate and whom he sheltered in Warri left him.
Ayiri spoke to The Punch newspaper, saying that the ‘Send Down The Rain’ crooner was under strict instructions from doctors to relax but decided to go against the orders.
“Majek Fashek is not under my care,” Ayiri said.
“When he left the rehabilitation home in Abuja, the doctors said that he needed to relax.
“They said he should stay off the music scene for some time. I wanted him to stay in Warri and relax. I provided everything that he needed to be comfortable. But he insisted on going back to music almost immediately. He kept insisting and, after a while, I had to let him go. That was it.
Ayiri also said Majek wanted to join his 911 entertainment label but he, Ayiri, was against it.
“I didn’t want other people to think that I did him a favour because I wanted him to sign on to the label,” Ayiri said.
“Instead, I told him that I could get him a good manager that would take care of him and his career, get him a car and every other thing. I travelled and by the time I returned one evening, Majek was already in Lagos.”
But in his response, Majek offered a different explanation.
“It is not like that. I am an American-trained musician. When I was in America, I studied music and music business.
So I am not in the same level as the average Nigerian musician. I am an international musician. Emami wanted to place me on the same level as Nigerian musicians and to control my music business. So I decided to move.”…. no time na.”
Majek recently reunited with some of his family members in Benin and shared a testimony of how CLAM Senior Pastor, Apostle Wole Oladiyun rescued him.
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