Eric Many Entertainment has withdrawn its suit against its former signed artiste Runtown.
Runtown, whose real name is Douglas Jack Agu, signed for the label owned by Prince
Okwudili Umenyiora, aka Dilly, in 2014 after his hit single ‘Gallardo’.
However, Runtown had in March 2018 been slammed with a court case by the label for “deliberately breaching his contract”.
In the suit filed before a Lagos court, the label said Runtown had been performing at shows, having collaborations and even recorded an album without their consent .
Eric Many further claimed that they have not been given their royalties and were asking the singer to pay the sum of N114, 456,670 which they claim was invested in the musician.
However, the label has now withdrawn the case.
Eric Many’s counsel informed the court that although the matter was scheduled for hearing, however the plaintiff wished to wholly discontinue the action against the defendant (Runtown) to which it filed and served a Notice of Discontinuance dated May 22, 2018.
However, counsel to Runtown responded by praying the court to make a consequential order in view of the plaintiff’s Notice of Discontinuance for costs in the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000) in favour of the defendant.
In support of his application for costs, counsel relied on the following facts: (xx) The plaintiff (Eric Many) has suffered pecuniary loss as a result of the interim injunction granted by the Court against the Defendant, which restrained him from performing at concerts or shows; (xy) The defendant’s name has been sullied and the reputation of the firm has been called into question as a result of the suit being published on various social media and other online platforms; and (xz) The parties have joined issues through several applications filed which defendant’s counsel have spent time responding.
But in its ruling, the Court struck out the suit and awarded costs in the sum of Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) in favour of Runtown.