Award-winning musician, Sarkodie has reportedly failed to heed to testify in respect to a suit against automobile company, Kantanka, after an Accra High Court subpoenaed him.
Sarkodie was expected to appear before the court on June 13, 2022, to give evidence on behalf of the plaintiff or defendant but the rapper, according to reports, did not show up in court.
Felix Nana Osei, the lawyer of the plaintiff, revealed that Sarkodie, after being ordered by the court has since been avoiding being served. Therefore, there has been an order from the presiding judge, to paste a court order on Sarkodie’s gate.
Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned to June 21, 2022, with the expectation that Sarkodie would appear to testify. Failure to do so, according to Felix Nana Osei, would compel to court to issue a bench warrant.
This is coming at a time when Sarkodie has been billed as one of the artists to perform at the ‘Afrobeats Festival’ in July.
The ‘Afrobeats Festival’ is scheduled to take place in the capital city of Germany, Berlin on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10, 2022. Sarkodie is expected to be joined by fellow Ghanaian music stars Stonebwoy and Gyakie to grace the occasion.
The rapper took to his official social media page to disclose the news. He tweeted saying: “What’s good Germany! I’m performing at the first-ever Afrobeats Festival in Berlin on July 9! Join the movement and get your tickets”.
Background to the court case
Kantanka Automobile and Kwadwo Safo Jnr. were sued over a failed social media promise with an account kantanka_daily.
In a writ issued on May 14, 2019, Plaintiff, Jude Osei said he received a message on Kantaka Automobile private message to share a picture of Kantaka Automobile car on Twitter and if he was able to get 30,000 retweets, he would be rewarded a Kantanka Mensa car.
After almost a year, Jude Osei was able to gain 30,000 retweets. He subsequently sent a message to Kantanka for his reward but around the time he asked for his car, Kantanka automobile issued a disclaimer that the general public should treat any tweet offering Kantanka Mensa for 30,000 retweets as a hoax.
Jude Osei raised concerns as to why the company was silent and never issued a disclaimer for almost a year and only announced it after he had gained over 30,000 retweets. Based on this, he headed to court.
Jude Osei’s lawyer, Felix Nana Osei argued that the account is not fake as the handle was once used to tweet a message to Sarkodie to which the rapper responded. The tweet was also retweeted by Kwadwo Kantanka Jnr. with the same handle, Kantanka_daily.
The lawyer also argues that, even if the account was fake, the company should not have waited for over a year before issuing a disclaimer.
They are however demanding: “A declaration that at all material times the Defendants caused, allowed and or permitted me @kantanka daily Twitter account to carry itself as an agent of the 1st Defendant, damages for breach of contract and a declaration that @kantanka_daily entered into a valid contract with the Plaintiff to the knowledge of the Defendants among others”.
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