EXCLUSIVE: Tope Alabi Runs From the Police For Defrauding a US-Based Media Mogul!
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Font size: Published 05/04/2010 23:48:00 Nigeria Films


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Tope Alabi
Tope Alabi, a popular female gospel singer in Lagos, Nigeria is now at- large when she failed to show up, as promised, at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Sunday Adewusi House, 13, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Earlier on Wednesday, March 31, 2010, while acting on a petition submitted by the President/CEO of a US-based record label, the plain-
clothed police from the SFU had invaded a dinghy, cobwebbed, and stuffy premise, which the accused uses as a studio at 34 Yurel Plaza,
New Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos State in order to arrest her.
However, both the accused "gospel" singer and her husband, Soji Alabi, were no-where to be found. Apparently, the studio had not been used in recent times, as it was kept under lock and keys and the door and the hallways were covered by cobwebs.

The Police then placed a call to her phone, which was answered by a female who identified herself as Tope Alabi's Personal Aasistant (PA). The female said that Tope Alabi was busy in another studio somewhere in Lagos. The Police also tried to call Soji Alabi on the phone, but the guy that answered the phone initially identified himself as Soji but quickly denied being him when he learnt that it was the Police on the line.
Later that afternoon, and back at the SFU, a female Assistant Commissioner of Police placed another call to Tope Alabi's phone, which was surprisingly answered by her husband, Soji Alabi, As the Assistant Commissioner of Police continued to leave a message for her she miraculously came on the line. The Assistant Commissioner then explained to her that a petition had been written against her by an American record label on the allegation of fraud, She then invited Tope Alabi to come in for questioning. Tope Alabi feigned selective amnesia by not quickly recollecting or recognizing the record label in question.
However, the Assistant Commissioner refused to be deceived and cajoled by Tope Alabi's charms, as she sternly advised her that it was in her (Tope's) best interest to show up at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) 10.00 AM the next day. Tope Alabi then asked if she could come with her lawyer to which the Assistant Commissioner answer in the affirmative.

However, on Thursday, April 1, 2010, Tope Alabi failed to show up. The Assistant Commissioner called her in succession at each hour from 11.00 AM until 3.00 PM when she gave up trying to reason with Tope Alabi -- iinasnuch as each time she called Tope Alabi to find out her whereabouts she would tell the Assistant Commissioner that she was in company of her lawyer and that they would soon get to the place.


Finally, when Tope Alabi failed to show up at the SFU, a highly disappointed and infuriated Assistant Commissioner of Police commanded her boys to look for Tope Alabi and place her under arrest at any given opportunity, anywhere, anytime!
Attached is a copy of the petition filled against Tope Alabi at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU):

http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/headlines/5323-EXCLUSIVE-Tope-Alabi-Runs-From-the-Police-For-Defrauding--Based-Media-Mogul.html

My head oooooooooooo. 9ja

Being a gospel music star does not mean she is born again.

The link didnt work but i'll really like to know what exactly she did. A lot of gospel artistes have one stigma or another attached to their name but this woman so far has been untainted that's why i'm really interested it this gist

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

she is a good musician, in fact one of the best

nahhhh i refuse to believe this 

there must be a mix up somewhere!

and that rubbish link up there aint working shior!

This is to inform and assure the generality of Tope Alabi’s fans world wide that Tope Alabi has no reason to defraud anybody as a preacher of gospel contrary to the campaign of calumny being mischievously displayed on net. We make bold to calm our numerous fans that Tope Alabi still maintains oil-can aloofness towards the evil postulations of one Alhaji Tajudeen Bioku. Our Tope Alabi has gone too far to compromise faith on the altar of mundane things of this world. This premature publication exposes the evil intention of Tope Alabi’s enemies who have vowed to stop at nothing to rubbish the good work of an innocent personality like Tope Alabi. It is an aberration for anybody irrespective of status to prejudice the Police investigation. This attitude to say the least is less than salutary as same smacks of a deliberate wickedness especially when the last has not been said by the investigating officers at SFU. Anyway, we do not have to join issue with Alhaji Bioku on the legal implication of his character assassinating publication devised for the disparagement and or lowering the integrity of our amiable Tope Alabi in the Estimation of the right thinking men since we have handed that over to our lawyers for instant action.



We therefore, urge our fans to discountenance whatever evil postulations, campaign of calumny being currently circulated by some uncivilized, uncultured and God forsaken traitors on the altar of mere vendetta. The story is too fantastic to be true. It is like a literary verisimilitude {illusion of reality} that nobody should take serious. Perhaps Alhaji Bioku is daydreaming to ever get succumbed and captured by such terribly unsubstantiated insinuations.



It is a fallacy of unwarranted assumption for any right thinking person to conclude hastily that since Tope Alabi did not appear at SFU when she was called, then she has run away. Such a conclusion is unfounded, premature, misguided, misleading, thought provoking and largely unacceptable. Such unregenerate postulation reveals the limit of knowledge of its author.



When the Assistant Commissioner of Police at SFU called our Tope Alabi on phone she was then busy at one location or the other for the video recording of her latest Album “Mori Yanu” This is a verifiable fact that could purge anybody from any ignorant suffocation.



The truth of the matter is that sometime in 2007, one Alhaji Tajudeen Bioku under the name NPC Records Audio works approached us Tope Alabi Gospel vibes for the release of one Album which was done then and handed over to him without wasting time. We did “Angeli Mi” otherwise known as my Angel for him under certain conditions. NPC Records was to pay the sum of $20,000.00 to Tope Alabi Gospel vibes but when we could not get the money by cash or money transfer, we then instructed Alhaji Bioku to convert part of the money into purchase and shipping of studio equipments to augment and or fortify our existing studio. Alhaji Bioku acted accordingly by sending equipments worth $9,600.00 and we spent the sum of N142, 000.00 to clear the goods on arrival. In other words, Alhaji Bioku is the one still owing us the sum of $10,400.00 which he has refused to pay despite several demands for reasons best known to him.



Besides, it was part of the agreement that Alhaji Bioku would take us Tope Alabi Gospel Vibes on musical tour to the U.S.A but which travel was truncated due to Alhaji Bioku’s inability to file the relevant petition as required by the consular officer.

However, we later travelled to the U.S.A with Orbit Entertainment who was able to file the relevant petition in respect thereof. Meanwhile, during the processes of the aborted trip, Alhaji Bioku had collected some money from innocent people he had earlier promised to take along with us.



Those people aforesaid paid certain amount of money to the tune of N850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) which he collected and immediately disappeared into tin air leaving Tope Alabi to refund those people so as to savage the image of the band before the public. Evidence of such refund are attached herewith for public perusal.
Contrary to the claims of Alhaji Bioku vide his petition to SFU and his character assassinating publication on the internet, he is rather the one owing Tope Alabi in the sum of $10,600.00 and N850, 000.00 respectively.



To make matters worse, Alhaji Bioku, in order to cover up his misdeeds, deteriorated into cheap blackmail crying wolf where there is none when he reported frivolous matter at SFU and publishing defamatory statement about us.



Let the public be aware of the crux of this matter now which is as follows:
Alhaji Bioku in the recent time started sending all manners of people to Tope Alabi over the video recording of Angeli mi. Embarrassed by invasion by and or incursion of the strangers, Tope Alabi invited Alhaji Bioku to come to Nigeria, so as to talk it over. Fortunately, Alhaji Bioku came and it was resolved that Tope Alabi would consult facilitator of the project i.e Golden Point of Alaba who is in the business of music marketing and production. We agreed to meet Golden Point on a certain Tuesday but Alhaji Bioku tactically got wind of the arrangement and surreptitiously went behind us to meet the Golden Point on a Sunday preceding the Tuesday and concluded the deal behind Tope Alabi.



Unknown to us, when we got to Alaba on the appointed Tuesday, Golden Point asked us about the ownership of the copyright of the said Angeli Mi. We did not mince word before disclosing to Golden Point that Alhaji Bioku owns the copyright of the song, it was at that point that we realised that Alhaji Bioku had come behind us to settle with Golden Point. His ambition was to collect the money from Golden Point and disappear again in his characteristic manner. Meanwhile Golden Point insisted on seeing Tope Alabi the artiste before releasing any money to Alhaji Bioku.



Tope Alabi has not and cannot run away come what may happen. Alhaji Bioku is like a drowning man looking for who to accompany him in his perilous voyage. All we know is that the truth will always prevail no matter what anybody does to suppress it. Should anybody desire to know more about the detail, kindly contact Tope Alabi on 08034249845 before passing any judgement. Any tongue raised against our Tope Alabi in judgement is already condemned, so touch not the anointed of God and do His prophet no harm.



This rejoinder is compiled by me,



MR. SOJI ALABI.

webpage : http://topealabi.com/reaction.html

The link above works perfectly. Attached is a copy of the complaint filled with the police that was found on the website above.

It looks to me like Tope Alabi got a better offer from another promoter to perform thats why she diss these NPC people. It is what it is, if you sign a contract, you are bind by the agreement it contains. I dont know contract law in Nigeria, but she might be asked to pay back expenses incurred by NPC, she might also have a good defense for her self in a court of law. But I dont think it makes you a criminal for not performing your part of a contract. Its called Breech of Contract and not a criminal activity.