“I Don’t Own Her Name, I Spent Over N40m On Her” – Jude Okoye Denies Cynthia Morgan’s Accusations Made In Viral Interview
Jude ‘Engees’ Okoye, music executive and owner of Northside Inc record label has denied owning rights to Cynthia Morgan’s name, as alleged by the singer in a recent interview.
The dancehall artiste in the Instagram live interview attributed her sudden absence from the music scene to a feud she had with Jude Okoye, her former boss.
According to Cynthia Morgan, she had a dispute with the music executive, leading to her losing rights to use the name ‘Cynthia Morgan’, which is both her real name and stage name, after she decided not to renew her contract with the record label.
Cynthia Morgan now known as ‘Madrina’ also claimed due to the nature of the contract she signed while under the record label, she lost access to her VEVO account, royalties, social media accounts when she left the company.
After the instagram video went viral, fans who sympathised with her situation set up a GoFundMe account and other initiatives to help Cynthia Morgan restart her music career.
Even award-winning music artiste, Davido, also reached to the singer on Twitter, asking her to call him. This got fans excited as they expect a music collaboration of the two artistes.
In recent development, Jude Okoye denied all allegations against him during an Instagram live session with social media celebrity, Tunde Ednut.
He said;
I don’t own her name, Cynthia Morgan. I never wrote her contract, she brought it and I signed. I have spent over N40M on Cynthia Morgan. I bought her the white Range. I bought land for her mother. She played secret shows and kept the money, but her manager said no.
The music executive stressed;
Did I chase her with a court injunction? No. What exactly did I do wrong? I shouldn’t have let you go when she left? Her contract hasn’t expired and she left. I let her go. Before she left, she wanted to change her name to Madrina says it means Godmother. I advised against.
According to his statement during the interview, he shot 13 videos for Cynthia that each cost 2.5M, saying;
If I have not made my N40 M, why the fuck should I allow you go? How will I get back my money?.
Answering a question about whether Cynthia Morgan is free to work with Davido independently, Jude said;
My contract with Cynthia Morgan ended in 2017. For over 3 years. Why does she still have my name in her mouth? She’s been free since 2017. I’ll send you her contract, you can post it. How can I hold someone’s mama and papa name? She can’t blame me for her failure.
He reiterated that;
It’s impossible for me to take Cynthia Morgan’s name. I don’t have the rights to her name that her mama and papa gave her. Which court wan grant me that case? I have never held anyone. She left me in 2017, and that’s that.
