Nigerian song writer and singer, Harry Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, has been arrested by the Nigeria police force in Lagos state over a petition laid against him by a popular music executive, Soso Soberekon.
Confirming the report, Harrysong posted on his Instagram, Tuesday, that he was arrested immediately he got back from a trip to Lagos.
The post read, “I got arrested as I landed in Lagos. My phone has been seized and they won’t allow me to communicate with my people.”
Harrysong had earlier tagged Soberekon as his enemy who attempted to assassinate him.
Reacting to the accusation, Soberekon, through his lawyers, sent a defamation notice to Harrysong, where he demanded N500 million as compensation.
The notice partly read, “Our client has consequently directed us to request for a retraction of the said publication and an apology to be published in two newspapers and several online news millets not later than seven days of the delivery of this letter and also the payment of the sum of N500,000,000.00 (Five Hundred Million Naira) as damages and compensation for the malicious publications made against our client.
“TAKE NOTICE that if you fail to heed the request of our client within seven days of the receipt of this letter, we shall be constrained to proceed to the court of law against you for exemplary damages for injurious falsehood and malicious publication made of and concerning our client.”
