BREAKING: 94-year-old Nigerian Music Legend, Gentleman Mike Ejeagha makes history as the oldest Artiste to enter the Apple Music Nigeria Top 100 Songs

His song, Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche was released in 1983. It went viral after Brain Jotter used it for a dance challenge.

His album, Akuko N’egwu Original Vol. 1 has debuted on the Spotify Nigeria Top 100 Albums 41 years after its release.

The trending video made popular by digital creator has gone viral, with tee shirts, face caps and drinks brands on ‘Gwo Gwo’ making the rounds..

Meanwhile, there is a poser trending on Facebook that has taken His record label,  Premier Music, to task.

“Dear Michael Odiong, the MD of Premier Records Ltd (the company managing Mike Ejeagha’s songs);

My initial intention for making yesterday’s post was to put the records straight for millions of people who ERRONEOUSLY believe that Mike Ejeagha yearly trend on social media, which increases traffic on his songs on all online platforms, holds any financial benefits for the talented folklore legend.

I believe that Ejeagha being one of the most blessed artists on earth lucky enough to have his songs serve the listening pleasure of three generations; our grand parents right from the 1960s all through the age of our parents and now our own generation and possibly that of our children, the public has a right to know whether the money being made from all the streaming platforms including the ones paid directly to you the company by Tiktok and other platforms, gets to the original owner of the sound recordings.

But since you’ve chosen to respond on the post, instead of telling me how your company has spent over 20 million on your artists in the past two years and how you visited Ejeagha months ago to assure him of your continued support, KINDLY ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS BELOW;

1) Did the consent judgment of 2019 (a certified true copy of which is currently in my possession) mandate your company, Premier Records to review Ejeagha’s royalty every three years or not? Since then till now 2024 which is 5 years, have your company reviewed it?

2) Did the 2019 consent judgment (Suit No. FHC/EN/CS/96/2006) mandate you to furnish Ejeagha with account statement showing how much you are making from his songs or not? Have you done that since that 2019 till now?

3) Can you show proof that since that judgment was entered, you have ever paid Ejeagha any sum above 30,000 as royalty from the exploitation of his sound recordings EVERY QUARTER OF THE YEAR? Okay, don’t even show proof. Can you just say it?

4) Before the consent judgment, was it not a fvcking meagre 8% your company was paying Ejeagha as royalty from a total sum which you have refused to disclose even after the consent judgment? 8% royalty. Who does that????

As in, you make money from your artist sound recording and REFUSE TO SHOW HOW MUCH, instead, you just calculate 8% even without showing how much total you made from which you are calculating and paying the 8%. WHICH MUSIC COMPANY PAY THEIR ARTIST 8% as royalty at this age and time???

Was it not your refusal to either review the royalty upwards or at least pay that 8% peanut you were paying as at when due that forced Ejeagha to try making a video version of his songs just to make some money from his sweat to which you responded by dragging him from one court to another for 13 whole years, which has sevearly traumatized the nonagenarian to the point that anytime I mention your record label, his usual response is always, Charley rapukene ndia biko, ha riwe rapu m (Charley leave them let them eat and leave me in peace),