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Hotkid arrested after show promoter ‘duped’ people using his name

Nigerian singer, Hotkid has called out a show promoter, Brave T Tey, for allegedly using his name to defraud some people.

The fast-rising musician revealed that he was arrested by police over the crime committed by the promoter despite being oblivious of the act.

Hotkid promoter fraud

Hotkid who shared his ordeal via Instagram story, claimed that Brave defrauded different people of sum which totalled N10 million.

The ‘Otilo’ crooner gave the suspected fraudster a 24-hour ultimatum to refund the money to the victims or else he will ‘hate’ himself.

He wrote: “Accumulatively collected over 10 million naira from different people! They came to arrest me for money I had no idea about because of this @brave_t.tey. Oloshi oloriburuku! Naso people dey enter wahala wey no be their own oo.”

Sharing a picture of the show promoter in another post, Hotkid wrote: “Wanted! He is a thief! I’m giving you 24 hours to pay up the lady and everyone else you collected money from using my name, [or] else you’d hate yourself.”

Hotkid show promoter arrest

In similar news…

Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has alleged that popular actor, Charles Okocha ripped him off.

He claimed that both of them bagged an endorsement deal for a brand and they were supposed to share N40 million payment for the deal, but the actor pocketed everything.

According to Portable, he was supposed to get an equal share of the money, that is N20 million naira, but he hasn’t received anything.

He lamented bitterly in a video as he called out Charles Okocha for cheating him. The singer called on the public to help him stop the actor from enjoying the money alone.