Entertainment
Ara quashes rumours of returning to her old management
Popular female talking drummer Aralola Olumuyiwa Apake, known better as, ‘Ara,’ has denied claims making the rounds that she has returned to Atunda Entertainment- her former label.
The talking drummer who is inspired by her love for African culture and heritage quashed the claims in a press statement signed by her publicist after the story of her return to the entertainment platform owned by Otunba Wanle Akinboboye was featured on Thisdaylive.com on Sunday, June 18, 2017.
In the statement signed by her publicist, Kanbi Owolabi, the talking drummer described the report as ‘’false’’.
“There was no time ARA, Nigeria’s sensational talking female drummer returned back to the stable of Otunba Wanle Akinboboye owned Atunda Entertainment as stated in the report. Ara’s contract expired in 2007 and she has since moved on.
Read also: Kano emirate debunks reports it conferred chieftaincy title on Korede Bello
“This is an assumed, calculated and premeditated attempt by Otunba Akinboboye to defraud the general public. At no point in time was there a dialogue between both parties to renegotiate another contract.”
The statement further stated “We emphasize the fact that there was never reconciliation between ARA and Otunba Wanle Akinboboye that warrants her going back to work or perform alongside artistes on her former label.
“Ara never performed alongside any artistes by names: Anu, The Lady Ekwu and Olomidan Bata at any formal launch of Motherland Beckons Ethiopian destination, Al Nejash/Lalibela.”
The statement by Ara who is currently a cultural ambassador to China and Latin America also enjoined her publics, home and abroad, to disregard the report of her return to Atunda Entertainment in its entirety.
RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears
Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...