A popular Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo has recounted how a so-called close friend nearly made him lose a lucrative deal.
In an Instagram that he posted on Saturday, the singer said he came to him as a shock that someone he regarded as a close friend could be the one sabotaging his income.
Dakolo hastened to add that he had good relations with the person and that he did not understand why she chose to prevent him from receiving the contract.
“Imagine a room full of strangers planning an event and suggested me. And the only person who knows me well inside the room. Like knows me, knows me kept blocking it. Only for one of the strangers to come outside, ask if I have a problem with her. I said not at all, we are ‘Gees’,” he said.
Even against the friend’s wishes and efforts to thwart him, he finally got the job and the lady hinted at her not being happy about it.
“So I did get the gig, because the client insisted. Anyways we met at sound check. Her first words were ‘Timi this your voice sha’. How is Busola and your amazing kids?!
“Like me and this person NA Gee. I can even say somewhat family. Trust me NA, I just smile and said they are fine. A lesson once learnt is hard to forget. Still an unfathomable experience,” he said.