…….CLARIFICATION OF FALSE CLAIMS AND FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES BY DISMISSED AND SUSPENDED MEMBERS
The eye of the official management of the Performing Musicians Employers’ Affiliation of Nigeria (PMAN), underneath the presidency of Mr. Fairly Okafor, has been drawn to the deceptive and fraudulent doc purportedly titled “Decision of the Newly Merged Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) of PMAN” dated eighth Could, 2025, together with pictures and movies of the dismissed and suspended members of NWC and the Chief Fruitful Mekwuye and his workforce. We want to unequivocally make clear and state the true place to all PMAN members, stakeholders, regulatory authorities—together with the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Commerce Unions—and most people:
1. Breaking and Getting into Incident: Right now’s unauthorized entry by Chief Fruitful Mekwuye, his workforce and the suspended and dismissed members—Boniface Itodo (Aita Bonny), Sunny Neji, Michael Stephens (Ruggedman), and Zakky Azzay—is yet one more incident of breaking and getting into into PMAN’s Nationwide Secretariat at 4B Hameed Kasumu Avenue, Chevy View Property, Lekki, Lagos. Boniface Itodo (Aita Bonny), Sunny Neji, Michael Stephens (Ruggedman), and Zakky Azzay already face investigation by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Unit for an earlier incident the place $130,000 and two MacBook Professional laptops stay unaccounted for. This newest felony trespass might be reported, and acceptable authorized and legislation enforcement actions will observe.
2. Invalidity of the Consent Judgment: The purported consent judgment fraudulently obtained in Go well with No.: NICN/LA/360/2024 doesn’t legally bind the official PMAN. All court docket processes had been intentionally served at an handle international to the formally gazetted and acknowledged PMAN handle (4B Hameed Kasumu Avenue, Chevy View Property, Lekki, Lagos), being fraudulently addressed to “Foyer D, Nationwide Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.” Beneath extant legal guidelines, a court docket judgment can’t bind a celebration that was neither, served, correctly served nor made a official celebration to the swimsuit.
3. Felony Investigations Ongoing: The suspended members of the NWC at the moment face ongoing investigations by the Nigeria Police Drive’s IGP Monitoring Unit in Abuja. Right now’s provocative actions additional compound their authorized points and firmly seal their destiny. The Nationwide Govt Council (NEC) should now act decisively to completely handle these violations.
4. Fraudulent and Deceptive Claims: The assertion issued immediately, purportedly merging factions underneath the fraudulent consent judgment and the dismissed and suspended people, is nothing greater than a determined try at legitimacy—a mere photoshoot staged to mislead and deceive the general public. Let it’s recognized clearly that having the suspended members of the NWC baptize their fraudulent consent judgment can by no means confer them with legitimacy or authority. The fusion of darknesses from two ends would by no means translate to gentle.
5. Authorized and Constitutional Nullity: The dismissed and suspended members have been validly eliminated by the Nationwide Govt Council. It’s noteworthy that none of them have ever challenged their suspension or dismissal in any competent court docket of legislation.
6. Misguided Try to Seize Management: We categorically assert that PMAN’s management can’t be hijacked by means of deceit, fraud, breaking and getting into, or intimidation. If these people assume their reckless gutter mentality and shallow methods can impose them onto PMAN’s management, they’re gravely mistaken.
7. No Authorized Foundation or Enforcement: The consent judgment was fraudulently obtained with out correct service, illustration, or notification to the official PMAN. For avoidance of doubt, the official PMAN has taken crucial authorized actions out of comfort, and never due to any perception within the legitimacy of that fraudulent judgment. If the authors of this mischief really believed their fraudulent consent judgment had any advantage or enforcement functionality, why have they didn’t provoke Type 48 or Type 49 contempt proceedings?
8. Fraudulent Illustration: The declare by George Dureke, who purportedly represented all members of PMAN, is completely fictitious. There may be not a single shred of proof indicating consent from even one official PMAN member, a lot much less all members, for him to sue on their behalf. For his position on this fraudulent scheme, he has a date with legislation enforcement within the not too distant future.
9. Abuse of Judicial Course of: It is very important underscore the truth that these identical actors beforehand tried unsuccessfully to put aside the official consent judgment delivered by Honourable Justice Ogunbowale in Go well with No: NICN/IB/90/2019. Regardless of failing on the Nationwide Industrial Court docket and at the moment having an enchantment pending, they maliciously instituted a parallel swimsuit, amounting to gross abuse of court docket course of. Even so, they did a really horrible job at no matter sham they tried.
10. Witness and Judicial Acknowledgment: Pastor Amos McRoy Osifo, whom they deceptively appointed as their electoral chairman, has categorically dissociated himself from their fraudulent actions, confirming underneath oath the fraudulent nature of their claims and that no real electoral battle ever existed.
The official PMAN management stays firmly in cost. We urge all members, stakeholders, and regulatory our bodies to dismiss this latest determined misinformation marketing campaign. Felony conduct can’t and won’t be confused or condoned as union politics. The culprits will face the total pressure of the legislation.
We stay dedicated to defending the integrity and lawful governance of PMAN. All acceptable authorized and disciplinary actions might be taken decisively.
Thanks.
Fairly Okfor
President, PMAN
