Flavour
IN COURT over coping
of
song
Popular Nigerian highlife musician,
Flavour Nabania is currently involved in a legal battle with Ghanaian singing
duo, Wutah, over the alleged theft of their intellectual property. According to
the Ghanaians on Tuesday 28th Aug 2012 told newsmen,that Flavour’s
new single Kwarikwa on which he featured Fally Ipupa, was a ‘carbon copy’ of
their Kotosa song which they released in 2008. They are accusing the Nigerian
singer of stealing the chorus, rhythm, tempo and the opening saxophone they
used on their song, without consulting with them for permission, being the
owners of the original song. ‘This does not come as a surprise to me as I
already knew point blank that the material put out by Flavour was an outright plagiarized
product of Kotosa. I mean I heard what seemed like Kotosa blasting from the
huge speakers in a CD vendor’s shop when I was driving to a friend’s home when
I visited Nigeria last two months. I was happy and surprised that Kotosa had
finally made its way to Nigeria after making hits in Ghana only to hear
Flavour’s signatured hi-life voice on the beat! I was disappointed to say the
least. I shook my head as I passed by’ said the manager of the defunct group.
Meanwhile, Flavour’s manager, Benjamin, while speaking to journalist, refused
to disclose any information from their quarters, ‘I’m not saying anything about
it yet he told newsmen.Flavour with real names, Chinedu Okoli started singing
at a young age and is currently signed to 2nite Entertainment where he released
his second album, Uplifted in 2010
