August 17, (THEWILL) – Olanrewaju Dabiri, better known as Eldee The Don, has given reasons for quitting music and relocating abroad.
The former member of the now-defunct Trybesmen, left the shores of Nigeria a few years ago and has been living in the United States of America with his family since then.
Speaking about his relocation in the newest episode of King of Talks podcast with Teju Oyelakin, also known as Teju Babyface, Eldee The Don revealed that he left the country to clear his head after being scammed by an advisory firm.
He added that an agency collected money from some investors and lied to them that they were investing the money into his own music, but he wasn’t receiving anything.
Eldee claimed that it took him nearly a year to realise that he was being duped after amassing massive debts.
Speaking further, he revealed that some of his team members left their families in other countries to come to Nigeria to work on the project, only to be disappointed.
“What happened was that Shayman introduced me to a gentleman called Tonye Akindele, who at a time had a capital advisory firm. What they do is to look for businesses to invest in. They have people who fund those portfolios.
“So they approached me for a partnership. And I accepted. But unknown to me, what was happening with [Tonye Akindele] and his partner was that they were collecting money from people who were funding the record label, but the label was not getting the money. They were not remitting the money to the record label”, he stated.
