Singer Timi Dakolo has denied allegations that he owes Revolve Entertainment \u00a34,106 in expenses tied to a proposed United Kingdom tour, with his lawyers threatening legal action against the promoter and its representative, Otis Ayodele Kubeyinje, popularly known as \u201cBaddest DJ Timmy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
In a letter dated July 18, 2026, shared via Timi Dakolo\u2019s Instagram page and signed by Tope Salami of Whitestone Solicitors and Consultancy, the lawyers said they are responding to a series of false and defamatory statements published by Revolve Entertainment and its representative.\n<\/p>\n
The lawyers said the alleged debt was claimed to cover \u201cvenue arrangements, graphic design, domain registration, website fees, video editing, visa deposits and consultation fees,\u201d before stating flatly, \u201cOur Client unequivocally denies these allegations.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
According to the solicitors, \u201cThe parties entered into a written Performance Agreement for the proposed UK tour,\u201d under which \u201cRevolve Entertainment, as Promoter, expressly assumed responsibility for, amongst other things, securing venues, providing sound, lighting and technical production, arranging local production, and bearing visa-related costs, flights, accommodation and transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawyers added that the expenses were non-recoupable and were to be borne entirely by the Promoter, noting that the only expenses capable of recoupment were advertising and promotional costs, and only where such expenditure had first been approved by our client and his management. They also stressed that the Agreement expressly stipulated that no deposit was payable to their client.\n<\/p>\n
Explaining why the tour never held, the letter said, \u201cUnfortunately, the proposed tour never proceeded because Revolve Entertainment failed to satisfy fundamental production requirements, particularly in respect of sound, lighting and technical production, which were contractual obligations resting solely upon the Promoter.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
It continued, \u201cThe technical arrangements proposed fell materially below the professional standard required for a live performance by our client and his band. As a result, the tour could not proceed as at that principal period.\u201d<\/p>\n
On liability for the disputed expenses, the lawyers wrote, \u201cOur Client bears no contractual or legal responsibility for expenses which the Promoter voluntarily incurred, particularly where such expenses were expressly allocated to the Promoter under the Agreement or were incurred without the approvals required by the Agreement.\u201d <\/p>\n
The letter added that Dakolo never publicised the tour since Revolve Entertainment had not fulfilled its own end of the bargain for the announcement.\n<\/p>\n
The letter went further to accuse Kubeyinje and Revolve Entertainment of a pattern of defamatory conduct on social media, including Instagram. It alleged the pair had \u201cfalsely accused Our Client of dishonesty and criminal conduct by referring to him as a \u2018thief\u2019, \u2018bloody arrogant\u2019, \u2018evil\u2019 and other derogatory expressions,\u201d and had \u201cbreached his right to privacy and that of his family; to wit cyber bulling and cyber stalking.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
It also claimed they \u201cengaged in repeated acts calculated to intimidate, harass and blackmail our client through public statements and publications.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The lawyers described this conduct as \u201cwholly unacceptable\u201d and \u201cactionable civil wrongs and criminal offences under the laws of both Nigeria, England and Wales, including but not limited to defamation, misuse of private information, harassment, blackmail and related causes of action.\n<\/p>\n
They said Dakolo \u201chas instructed that every legal remedy available to him be preserved\u201d and disclosed that he \u201cis presently considering the commencement of appropriate proceedings in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom against all persons responsible for these publications and any resulting damage to his reputation, privacy and security.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The letter then set out five demands, requiring Revolve Entertainment, Kubeyinje and every person acting on their behalf to immediately cease and desist from making or publishing any further false or defamatory statements.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately remove every publication containing false allegations or disclosing Our Client\u2019s private residential information,publish a clear and unequivocal public retraction of all defamatory statements,\u201d \u201cissue a written public apology to Our Client within seven (7) days of this statement across the same social media platforms through which the allegations were published, and refrain from any further conduct capable of amounting to harassment, intimidation or blackmail.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
It warned that should these demands not be complied with within the time stated, their client reserves the right to pursue all remedies available to him in the appropriate courts and before the relevant law enforcement and regulatory authorities in Nigeria and the United Kingdom without further notice.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Timi Dakolo has denied allegations that he owes Revolve Entertainment \u00a34,106 in expenses tied to a proposed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[232040,6491,2755,232041,171703,96,232042,54221,141854,232043,232044,56,232045,54,55],"class_list":["post-698521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-baddest-dj-timmy","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-debt-claim","tag-defamation","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-law","tag-legal-action","tag-nigerian-music","tag-revolve-entertainment","tag-timi-dakolo","tag-uk","tag-uk-tour","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}