Legendary highlife star, Victor Uwaifo, has opened up on why he sued
songstress Simi for N50 million, saying she stole his intellectual
property.
This is coming seventeen months after Uwaifo threatened to sue Simi
for using his franchise ‘Joromi’ without his consent.
According to the veteran, Joromi is a franchise, hence, “Simi is in
trouble” for using the same title.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after his performance at the just
concluded National Festival of Arts and Culture in Edo State, he noted
that the case was in court already.
“We’re in court already I sued her at the federal high court for N50
million. They will be coming to court.”
Asked if Simi reached out to him privately, Uwaifo said: “No, only
through her lawyers. We will meet in court.”
“An LP was sent as a compliment; I’m still looking at it but they were
planning to come to Benin to see me. Up till now, they haven’t come.
So I’m just putting that one on hold.”
“Joromi’ is a franchise. The name never existed before. Benin don’t
have ‘J’ in their language. If any started with ‘J’ in Benin then it
is fake. All consonant words start with vowel sounds. For example, if
I use the trademark of one of these soft drinks, it is wrong. So Simi
is in trouble.”
