Defamatory allegations of fraud against Silverbird Cinemas by Mrs Blessing Effiom Egbe with respect to the Movie - Two Brides and a Baby - The true position
It has come to our attention that a certain Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe has been making disparaging allegations of fraud and unethical practices against Silverbird Cinemas with respect to the exhibition of the movie ‘Two Brides and a Baby’ which was produced by her. The said Mrs. Egbe has gone to the extent of issuing a press statement dated 28/02/2012 and titled ‘Notification of scam and impending lawsuit’. She has also engaged in a campaign of calumny against Silverbird Cinemas on different social media geared towards inciting public hatred against Silverbird Cinemas. It has therefore become necessary to set the records straight in the face of what is obviously cheap blackmail by Mrs. Egbe.
It has come to our attention that a certain Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe has been making disparaging allegations of fraud and unethical practices against Silverbird Cinemas with respect to the exhibition of the movie ‘Two Brides and a Baby’ which was produced by her. The said Mrs. Egbe has gone to the extent of issuing a press statement dated 28/02/2012 and titled ‘Notification of scam and impending lawsuit’. She has also engaged in a campaign of calumny against Silverbird Cinemas on different social media geared towards inciting public hatred against Silverbird Cinemas. It has therefore become necessary to set the records straight in the face of what is obviously cheap blackmail by Mrs. Egbe.
It is important to make it clear from the onset that Silverbird Cinemas does not have any direct business relationship with Mrs. Egbe. In its business as exhibitors of movies to the general public, Silverbird Cinemas deals only with approved movie distributors based on agreed contractual terms. This was not different in the case of the movie Two Brides and a Baby.
Silverbird Cinemas acquired the rights to exhibit Two brides and a baby from Okhma Global Limited run by one Ms. Mary Ephraim Ita whom we understand is the distributor for the movie and appointed by Mrs. Egbe. Based on the contract signed between Silverbird Cinemas and Okhma Global, it was agreed that the movie would be exhibited at Silverbird Cinemas in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Lagos. In all the period of the negotiation, Silverbird dealt directly with Okhma Global Limited to the exclusion of all other persons.
It was agreed between Silverbird Cinemas and Okhma Global Limited that the movie was to be exhibited for a minimum of three weeks and for such extended periods thereafter based on the performance of the movie. To this end, Silverbird Cinemas provided Okhma Global Limited with the movie schedules and sales report for each week in advance for the period that the exhibition lasted. When Silverbird Cinemas expressed its desire to extend the screening of the movie as provided for under the agreement with Okhma Global, it forwarded the movie schedule for the week spanning 27th January 2012 – 2nd February 2012 by email to Okhma Global through its contact person, one Ms. Victoria Agbor. The notification of the schedule which represented the apparent intention to exhibit the movie in the week referred to was never objected to, neither did Silverbird Cinemas receive any notice of termination of the Agreement.
It is therefore incorrect as it is being insinuated by Mrs. Egbe in her press release that the movie was shown beyond 13th January 2012 without her requisite knowledge and consent or that of Okhma Global. Silverbird Cinemas has been in the business of exhibiting both local and international movies for quite a while and its integrity has never been questioned in such a despicable manner. Silverbird Cinemas maintains that it has fulfilled all its contractual obligations with respect to Two Brides and a Baby to Okhma Global which has not raised any issue with it. We would have expected therefore that Mrs. Egbe would have channelled her grievances towards her distributor (Okhma Global) rather than dragging Silverbird Cinemas into her private vendetta.
Silverbird Cinemas is therefore justifiably embarrassed by the contents of the Press Release as well as the various libellous publications instigated by Mrs. Egbe in different social media, blogs and websites including but not limited to her Tweeter account, Linda Ikeji’s blog and Nigeriafilms.com which seem to suggest that Silverbird Cinemas fraudulently made copies of the movie to exhibit illegally without the knowledge and consent of Okhma Global or that it has failed to make the necessary royalty payments for the exhibition to Okhma Global which it contracted with.
Silverbird Cinemas views these serious allegations of fraud contained in these publications as unfounded, vexatious, defamatory and a deliberate attempt to smear its hard-won corporate integrity. As a responsible corporate organization , it abides with all the extant Codes of Corporate Governance and goes to great lengths to maintain transparency in all its corporate dealings. Mrs. Egbe’s indiscretion in going public with such unfounded and malicious allegations of a grievous nature as fraud despite explanations made to her to forward any reservations or enquiries she might have with the contract for the exhibition of the movie to Okhma Global has caused Silverbird Cinemas loss of business reputation and goodwill, as it is constantly inundated daily with calls by its business associates seeking to verify the truth of the allegations.
We have also noted the negative comments and conclusions reached by the general public on the websites, blogs and social media based on the stories published on the instigation of Mrs. Egbe. We have therefore instructed our team of lawyers to undertake a review of the circumstances surrounding this episode and we may be constrained to commence legal action against Mrs. Egbe if she does not make a retraction of the defamatory statements she has made against Silverbird Cinemas along with an apology for her false and unfounded statements. Silverbird as an advocate of the growth and development of the Nigerian entertainment industry will continue to support the industry including Nollywood irrespective of the negative publicity.
We also urge members of the press to balance their reporting of this incident based on verifiable facts in line with the best ethics of journalism. Silverbird Communications Limited and by extension, Silverbird Cinemas has an open door policy towards media relations and is always available to make any clarifications on this issue that may be required. For further enquiries, please contact Ayotunde Sewanu on 08030733433.
Signed:
Management.
78 comments:
dats why self control is important..see how she has destroyed her bread and butter because she did not verify first...nawa o sha
Silverbird is a cheat simple
All this grammar sef...wetin happen, abeg take am easy. U knw say dis actress jus dey com up, why silver bird won carry am go court na. U kill her carrier. Abeg small small ooo... eshé je-je ooo.
*sigh*Oga oooo. Yinka
Interesting... Let's wait and see how it plays out.
Dear Ben Bruce and Silverbird, do not open up a can of worms that will definitely expose your company and bringing international film companies which have been getting the short end of the stick since you opened your doors. Bottom line, you people need to go and find out why every Nollywood producer is praying for competition so they can stop dealing with your company. This release is nothing but a big old threat to shut Blessing Egbe up and we the Nigerian movie lovers will not stand for it.
We ask weak members of the producers guild who often suck up to rich people and politicians to get up and fight for the rights of the producer. You people know what has been going on and it needs to stop. Mrs Egbe was brave enough to speak up and now she is being threatened.
WHO IS AFRAID OF BEN BRUCE - NOBODY!
All of a sudden, their former client is now been refered as "One Mrs Egbe..." Talk about employing a world class PR to even represent a respected company like the Silverbird Groups...
If you read their media release, it sounds like something written by an emotional girlfriend about her ex. Totally unprofessional, and childish.
Pathetic!
Tunde.
Linda do not listen to all this grammar... This is a rich man flexing muscle against the poor. There are other malpractices which will be coming to light when this case starts. If I were Blessing I will subpoena the producers of Figurine, Tango with me, Champions of our Time, Anchor Baby, Dagrin, and so many others. Unless they have been bought, they will state that this company has under reporting issues.
Is this not same company that was audited by their own partners and underreported to them as well. Linda if you do not publish our comments then we know you have been paid and I will expose how much
leave that one, na story them dey yarn
well said
Unna just wake from slumber , story story ,unna come dey warn people , aaabeg pay the woman .
lol, abeg abeg abeg. Silverbird shat d heck up. U guys are fraudsters and u know it. The general public will be on u guys. Thieves
Tori wowo... Did you or did you not pay? Couldn't make that out from the long story
Thank God for media that showcases both sides of the story. Can't wait for NTA and the rest to start doing this.
Wasted my precious time n sexy eyes to read this nonsense!!!
NOW THATS A CAREFULLY ORCHASTRATED PR STATEMENT. professionally done. not all dose mumu mumu celebs releasing nonsense thru even more jagbajantis PR officials callin it press release...*eyes rolling!*
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An Open Letter to The Myopic and Deluded Management of Silverbird Cinemas :)
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Dear Silverbird Cinemas,
You asked for it and I will give it to you. In reply to your stupid and patronising press release, I hereby ask, what planet are you on? What's with the press release? Court of public opinion is not a court of law. Get that into your thick head. You're putting the cart before the horse. You've come to the wrong platform for sympathy and air your grievances. Piss off and take your case elsewhere.
Is this what you lot do to each other and to defenceless people in Nigeria? From reading your £2 "press release", I'd say Silverbird Cinemas is deluded and a horrible and shameless bully. Shame on you Silverbird. Your press release is a clear act of victimisation and intimidation against Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe.
If you as a corporation feel defamed by the actions of Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe or anyone, the right and proper procedure would be for you to use mediation procedure to settle the issues or table your grievances before a properly and lawfully constituted court of law, not use court of public opinion to tarnish and destroy anyone. Damn you. Two wrongs don't make a aright. You claimed to have been defamed by Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe, so what? Who cares? Table your case before a court of law or take a running jump off a tall cliff. I hate hate hate bastards like you. You call yourself a corporation, yet you're acting like a b*tch. For what? For us to hate Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe. You're deluded.
Silverbird Cinemas is the one who has engaged in "cheap blackmail" and a campaign of calumny and made disparaging allegations of defamation against Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe, a defenceless and law abiding citizen whose only crime was to stand up against you, a corporate bully. Your behaviour is unethical and unprofessional.
Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe may or may not have issued the press statement dated 28/02/2012 (‘Notification of scam and impending lawsuit’), but if she did, it would have been to draw public attention to what you most likely did to her. Her actions were lawful and proper. She was within her legal and God given right to stand up to you.
If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones. We're young, lawless and we don't care about old farts like you. Veghead, be careful or the destruction you are seeking to use social media to destroy Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe will backfire big time on you. We can finish you and wreck your reputation and you cannot do sh*t about it. We are social media. Leave Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe alone.
Ps, do me a favour and take formal displinary action against whoever amongst you whose idea it was to wage online war against an individual. It was a stupid stupid stupid idea. Your options was peaceful and amicable settlement or to use the courts to shut down Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe's allegations. Even though you're a corporation, you wouldn't dare table your case in a court of law because you know that legal action would expose you as the one who infringed and undermined Mrs. Blessing Effiom Egbe's legal rights.
DON'T DO EVIL JUST BECASE YOU CAN. Your hatchet job disguised as "press release" should have been AFTER the success of legal proceedings against whoever you claimed defamed you. Don't put the cart before the horse. You are a bully and you know it. You are trying to silence her with your cheap press release. Old fart, your practices are malicious, outdated and stinks of character assassination.
Kind regards,
Kemikal.
Sewanu.. Babes go Ring yu Tire!!! LoooooL
Too long n boring. J.luv!
"by email to Okhma Global through its contact person, one Ms. Victoria Agbor"
Silverbird is definately not saying the whole truth. How can you execute a transcation of that magnitude like that?
My name is Blessing Effiom Egbe and this is my direct reply to the statement put out by Silver bird cinemas (Claimed).
you say i made defamatory and untrue comments about you. To that i say "YOU LIE". Every phrase and sentence i made in my press statement is TRUE and TRUE and like i stated in it, i have every document to proof my claim. i am hereby re enforcing on every word in that press statement and by so doing i await your lawsuit.
when i discovered that my movie was still being exhibited by you beyond the time i was told it had stopped, i wrote to my distributor through my lawyers to come clean on the matter. we gave her three days to reply and she did not. we came to you as the exhibitors of the film to complain about the issue with my distributor and asked you to forward the true records to me as the copyright owner of the film. we gave you seven days to reply and you did not. we even wrote a followup letter to you as a reminder but you still didn't respond positively to our request. how was i then to know what you now claim? If you had as much as replied to us that you indeed informed my distributor of your intention to continue showing my movie, maybe the headline of the story would be different than what it is now. my distributor had informed me that all my film master hard drives had been collected from you. so how then did you get the copy which you used in showing. how was i to know when you bluntly refused to reply our letters. perhaps we are too much of a small entity for you to deal with.
let me just state here that, apart from my tweets and the press statement i put out, every other writings on the matter is based on people's deductions and perhaps opinions formed from previous happenstances; so please do not blame me for the negative reactions you have been getting. THE TRUTH need be told.
Wow, lets wait as the drama unfolds.
ALL STAAND. You are before his Lordship, the Chief Justice of the Court of public opinion, Justice I am, the No Sender. The matter before us requires the wisdom of Solomon to determine who are first lie. Is it a Mrs. Blessing Egbe or a Messrs Silverbird Cinema. Who out of the two both of them are talking true.
In my wisdom I summon you Miss Linda Ikeji whose blog has become a veritable channel of olofofoism in this hemisphere to re-post Mrs. Egbe's allegation(s) against the respondent side by side Silverbird's.
I insist on this because the court of public opinion were I preside have numerous and unobjectively minded competing judges and are at best gbeboruns of the highest order and are minded to leave their brains anywhere but close to them but will rather stew in hatred and bad belleism. Your reposting the articles will enable us have a fair and objective evaluation of who actually done it.
Failure to repost the said publication will amount to contempt of this court for which you will be remanded in a room occupied by two naked and solidly enhanced homosexuals. Now go forthwith and do as you've been told.
COOUURRT!!!
*Purchases popcorn from silverbird* Ok carry on people!
Pls wats d big deal about the movie self, saw it at ozone tis a big joke. Cos of it I swore never to watch naija movies at d cinema again. Pscheeew.
In all that plenty grammar, they havent said if they paid her or not..useless people..Pay the woman jorrr!
Didn't read it but i like her hairstyle.
@Anonymous 11:56 am: Comprehension is a big problem in Nigeria. Didn't you read where they said they paid who they had business with and that to start with, they had no business with this Blessing Egbe lady.
i remember seeing this film, nice movie
hmmm .... The buzz around Nolloywood film Producers is clear, there are & have been many under reporting issues From Silverbird cinemas.If you ask any producer that has sent his or her film to cinema they will tell you.
What needs to happen is a Class action suit all Producers of Najia films in cinemas (past & present) should get behind Ms Egbe & demand for all sales reports of all their films.
What i dont understand is this, when the Producer contacted Silverbird why didn't they reply or respond ? they could easily have given her the information in this press statement, with that information she would have known who to go after, the only thing that makes sense is that Silverbird had something to hide by not responding.
At the end of the day I blame d producers who decide to take their movies to d cinemas. I thot it was to curb piracy, but d cinema method doesn't seem to be working wit allegations here and there.
I remember bak in d day wen we cud go to video clubs and rent movies, or buy them frm d market. The fans made these A-list actors and actresses who they are today. Now, Genevieve and Co star in these movies dt get screened in cinemas only, effectively cutting out a large chunk of d populace dt will see it. Haven't seen any of these new nollywood movies, tango wit me, kiss and tell, 2 brides N a baby, damage etc.
Why? I'm not a cinema person and if I must go it won't be to go see a nigerian movie. Going frm comments after movies are screened, I think I'm ok in my assumption.
My advise to producers, release ur movies on DVD's. Jenifa was sold at N1500 for part 1&2, and pple still bought it. All these cinema paroles is apparently nt working. Blessing Egbe, I wish u luck
don't u guys read silverbird did not have a contract with her: why are people quick to judge the owner of the company without reading any details about the case
@kemikal wow just wow.@i am no sender jisox u r nt well,u got me rolling.naija for life,we rock jare,making something out of nothing.linda na wa ooo they will turn ur blog to a court room kilode.all dis grammar and long story.*yawns* wake me up when dis is over cos popcorn has finished.
HmMmmmm
Tank G̶̲̥̅Æ ̴̴̴̴͡D̶̲̥̅ 4 dictionary chai!dis grammer 2much.n as 4 ben cruz anyway make â„“̊ finish translatin i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊
m̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ naija eng b4 â„“̊ talk
wonderful!
long story with long long comments, I come tire...still chillaxing wit my home made akara n a can of soda...waiting 4 d next long tory
silverbird please stop ranting. you are a big company, so what? all you needed to do was reply mrs Blessing Egbe's lawyers with the information you are now coming out with. this is a bit too late don't you think?
talk about cheap threats. the lady has sued you. why don't you go ahead too if you really think you have a case.
thank God for the social media networks. At last the common man has a voice. say no to oppression.
At the beginning of the statement, i thought they were leading up to unleashing facts and figures to back up their claims.However,it just ended up as a rambling threat letter written by an arrogant bully.Silverbird should answer the posers directly..Was the film indeed screened beyond the agreed dates? If so,did they make copies of the master tapes or neglect to return the original copies? Did they ignore her letters demanding an explanation thinking she was not worth the time? As the Lagbaja song goes,'answer simple yes or no'!
Ok, lemme get this, its ok for blessing to issue a press statement, but not ok for silverbird to? I never knew u are the LAW itself. Gaan sleep jare! Blah blah blah
I just tire o, n yes call me a hater. Don't care!
Ok, lemme get this, its ok for blessing to issue a press statement, but not ok for silverbird to? I never knew u are the LAW itself. Gaan sleep jare! Blah blah blah
I for one think that Silverbird made a mistake by going ahead to extend a contract without any form of agreement for that extenuation from the other party. If you sent a mail to someone shouldn't you check first to make sure the person has gotten it? Silverbird shouldn't have assumed that the silence from the distributor ment a yes. Its funny and all these English is jargons.
"When Silverbird Cinemas expressed its desire to extend the screening of the movie as provided for under the agreement with Okhma Global, it forwarded the movie schedule for the week spanning 27th January 2012 – 2nd February 2012 by email to Okhma Global through its contact person, one Ms. Victoria Agbor. The notification of the schedule which represented the apparent intention to exhibit the movie in the week referred to was never objected to, neither did Silverbird Cinemas receive any notice of termination of the Agreement."
Ghen ghen ghen ghen! Even ur own sef don pass d one wey sliffer bed wryt! All the grammer u for jst become the chief judge for the mata. Lwkmd
Actors like me hope there's the sort of resolution in which producers wont feel cheated so that they are encouraged to work better and pay us better. I continually pray for peace between silverbird, other cinemas and producers. *smiles* .....Dorothy Njemanze.
All dis praises to blessing. And abuses on d other re u sure u are not the blessing herself
Kudos Linda Ikeji.
Please comment with your brains and not your asses. Silverbird is 100% right. They legally do not know her and if she felt cheated by her distributor, she should not have made such press releases about silverbird because there was never a contract between her and silverbird.
The saying; be quick to think and slow to act would always save you from this kind of mess. She should be lucky if Silverbird ever takes any of her work in the future...
Nicely written!if u keep ur movies in d cinemas alone,expect to lose a large chunk of viewers!hw many Nigerians GO to the cinema?nd to view a NAIJA movie?certainly not me!
Silver bird, una yanga too much o jare!
STOP using your muscle power to threaten the poor babe o jare!
Why didn't you guys reply within the 7days to clear the matter up!
Blessing, carry go! No shaking! Let your lawyers reply them.
From what I see here the producer has a problem with her distributor and just used silverbirds name to get attention. kinda backfiring because she looks like someone who cannot manage her biz.
Worst Nigerian movie I've ever seen. From what I know, cinemas do not deal directly with producers so its obvious that her big mouth has put her in trouble. Blessing hasn't changed with her foul attitude and big mouth.
Blessing Oh! You no go confirm before you type press release? Your next movie will be shown in your village cinema. LMAO!
Look at all these loud mouthed people talking bad about Silverbird. Mscheew! I'm not exactly a fan of theirs but when you successfully run your failed one man business for 10years and you do not close shop, then you can bad mouth a business that someone has managed for over 25years in Nigeria. Try growing a business in Nigeria for one;let's see how well you do. Nigeria in itself is a toxic environment to run business and Ben Bruce is one Man who revived cinema culture in Nigeria so you all can at least boast to watch a movie at the cinemas in your country. Rubbish.
WICKED NIGERIANS.
If silverbird is so confident then please go to court! lol, they cant. Ok why not release
1.sales numbers of the movie for each week. I can bet the numbers for the first month are manipulated already.
2. The transcribed messages with your distributor also absolving yourselves of no wrong doing.
BLESSING THUMBS UP ! GATHER OTHER PRODUCERS TO GET SILVERBIRD TO RELEASE THE ACTUAL SALES NUMBERS TO ALL OF THEM. EVERYONE IS CHEATED POINT BLANK. This is pure business ethics.
Wait o, blessing egbe said her distributor did not respond after 3 days, neither did silverbird. So why did she choose too go after silverbird and not her distributor who is supposed to be her representative? This just reemphasizes the need for education in nollywood. Their diction and thesaurus is appalling, actors are just villagers with pretty faces, no training whatsoever. Take susan patrick's grossly uncouth reaction to the bb debacle. I also imagine they sell the rights to distributors upfront, as is the case in d music industry? Not sure sha
In all, she(blessing) is setting a bad precedence. This may dissuade silverbird from supporting nollywood and the likes of ini edo, rukky and uche jumbo know how that will prevent them from holding their red carpet movie premieres.
Personally I cannot pay 1,500 to go and watch nigerian movie, even 10k dstv to watch african magic is a waste but thats purely my opinion.
Blessing, do apologise and go to your distributor.
Blak kofee
look at all these bullys coming out here to misjudge a case that is so black and white. no wonder Nigeria is where it is today. some one speaks up and gets threatened for it. what a shame. the rich will continue to be the rich while the poor will be poor if we don't change our attitude.
THE LEGAL DRAMA IN THE BLESSING EFFIOM-EGBE v. SILVERBIRD ET AL DISTRIBUTION CASE.
The assassination of people’s character in the Nigerian community, and apparently Nigerian owned businesses, when there is legitimate issue on the table is something I truly detest. Get to the point Silverbird. What’s with “despicable,” “calumny campaign,” “cheap blackmail,” “disparaging,” “inciting public hatred” comments throughout the release? Effiom-Egbe focused on the issues so please stay on topic.
The issue here is pretty straightforward. Did you or did you not have the consent and authority to extend the screening dates for ‘Two Brides and a Baby’ beyond the initially negotiated weeks? If you say you did, where is the legal agreement (proof) evidencing such authority? Also, where is the producer’s cut i.e. Effiom-Egbe’s money? Where are her master drives submitted?
Silverbird has simply not answered these questions. (Folks, you can sue a distributor and a cinema in situations like this, not just the distributor)
First, Silverbird says, “It was agreed between Silverbird Cinemas and Okhma Global Limited that the movie was to be exhibited for a minimum of three weeks and for such extended periods thereafter based on the performance of the movie.”
Fine. But Effiom-Egbe says she never agreed to such. Have you done the due diligence and can you provide a record evidencing such extension by Effiom-Egbe based on her agreement with Okhma? When did Effiom-Egbe agree to this and where is her signature evidencing such proof which caused Silverbird to rely on it to do business with Okhma? The intellectual property rights belong to Effiom-Egbe. If Silverbird negotiated outside of the scope of what Effiom-Egbe was willing to give, then that is so not her problem. Next time, have the distributor also have a signature on the agreement you sign showing that of the filmmaker and the conveying of whatever rights was to be obtained.
Silverbird attempts to paint a “we are an amazing company” picture to the public. And?? How does that get to the heart of the matter on the monies allegedly owed to Effiom-Egbe?
AML VERDICT
SILVERBIRD
Silverbird, you have spoken and you only substantiate Blessing Effiom-Egbe’s claims. The issue at this point is payment. The deed is done. She just wants to get paid. Pay up! Tighten up your internal dealings with Nollywood filmmakers and keep it moving. The cost of litigation on both sides adds up. Further, Silverbird has more to worry about than Effiom-Egbe with bad media publicity that is archived indefinitely on google.
BLESSING EFFIOM-EGBE
This whole drama could have possibly been avoided if Effiom-Egbe made it a condition in her distribution agreement to at least review a copy of all contract(s) to be signed, in her behalf , in the first place. Yes it is cumbersome and distributors might not want to deal. But, unless the distributor is taking the flak for any and all things that go wrong i.e. legal liabilities, Effiom-Egbe needs to see anything that will be signed on her behalf; and at a minimum, if a distributor does not agree to that, she needs to get a copy of the agreement signed with the Exhibitor if it legally binds her, which most do anyway in one form or another.
i guess some of you here expected Blessing Egbe to keep shut about the matter and continue in what is apparently the norm in Nigeria. well, she didn't and now we all know the dirt that goes behind the closed doors of the cinemas. kudos
Linda, why don't you publish the press statement Blessing made so people can see that there was absolute no indictment on silver bird. the facts were stated. silver bird is just being a bully. after they will say Ben Bruce has no knowledge of what is happening
for all of you saying saying trash about the producer who spoke up and stood for her right. MAY ALL OF YOU GET BURNT AND SWINDLED IN YOUR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES so that you can have a taste of the medicine you now prescribe. AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, MAY YOUR MOUTH BE TIED SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SPEAK UP. and MAY YOU WALLOW IN THE HURT AND PAINS THE CHEAT WILL CAUSE YOU! silver bird has had dealings with may of us producers and 90 percent have had issues with them. lets call a spade a spade for once!
Get your facts right. Blessing Egbe did not go after silver bird alone. go read her statement. she went after the distributor. when the distributor didn't reply, she went to the s. ozone. genesis and Silver bird to furnish her with what the distributor refused to give her. only Genesis replied her. Silver bird is taking the heat because they were the ones that showed it beyond the agreed time. they showed it for longer than the agreed period. also it was silver bird's ticket she published as evidence and people came hard on them. the facts were stated. she is suing the distributor and all the cinemas. only silver bird knows why they are taking the piss.
since mrs ogbe didnt have a direct contact with the silverbird management to showcase her movie, she has no business with silverbird, she should chanel her complaints to the intermidiary.......
its soo obvious mrs egbe is commenting on this blog as "anonymous"
This is sad...if Blessing actually took the steps she stated above, then it is indeed terrible. I think Silverbird cinema, for what it represents, should have found a way to deal with this issue before it got this bad. It doesn't take anything for them to have called the Oklma or what it is called to have ironed this out.
The issue with some Nigerian enterprises is that they give no consideration to their stakeholders, all they want is money, money, money and think less about building and maintaining brand loyalty.
When you are in business, somethings matter more than "cash" and that's perception, it can make or mar you Silverbird. It doesn't matter that you are right or wrong, you've got a name to protect.
I dont see any problem about all this. I dont expect Mrs Egbe to reply Silverbird again. Silverbird has not come out to deny showing your movie up till certain time, even though Mrs Egbe herself admit same. Now that Silverbird agrred they exhibited the movie beyond the time Mrs Egbe had in mind, all the parties need to do is allow Silverbird pay you up till the time they stopped. Having said this, nobody is mentioning the fact of whether Mrs Egbe deal directly with Silverbird or not, and has Mrs Egbe saw a copy of the contract agreement between her marketer and Silverbird? Can she confirm whether Silverbird actually entered into this agreement and have the right to show the movie beyond the time she is claiming? If indeed there was a signed contract agreement to the exhibitions of the movie between Silverbird and Okhma Global, then Mrs Egbe should deal directly with her Marketers, and by her latest press statement, she admitted writing her marketers to that effect which means Okhma Global actually represented her interest in the matter. Now, has anyone heard any same story of this nature in the past as regard Silverbird?, if not, then Mrs Egbe should tread carefully because Silverbird had been dealing with a lot of exhibitions of movies for a while. Now, how come none of those that publish the story did not deemed it fit to cross check the allegations with Silverbird?
Why then are u anon?
Hmm...
Ebun
Na wah,Lets watch this drama unfold.
Blessing, so you haven't changed? It's not about having a pretty face, what about the brain? Why don't you deal with your agent and not silver bird? You didn't sign any contract with silverbird oh. Even if you no sabi law; make Mike your husband help you find a lawyer na.
Blessing, go and apologised to silverbird. You cannot fight this battle. You are using anonymous to talk trash here...it won't help you. Do the right thing.
its a black and white situation. Nigerians speak up against your oppressors.
SOME OF YOU GUYS APPARENTLY ARE NOT ENLIGHTENED ENUOGH TO POST ON THIS BLOG, PLEASE READ AND DEDUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!.
BLESSING HAD APPOINTED THE ERSTWHILE DISTRIBUTOR OKHMA TO ACT AS HER REPRESENTATIVE AND TO DEAL WITH THE CINEMAS ON HER BEHALF.
SALES REPORT FROM OKHMA INFORMED HER CLIENT THAT CINEMAS ACROSS NIGERIA HAD STOPPED SHOWING THE MOVIE AS AT MID JANUARY.
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SILVERBIRD CINEMAS AS AT FEBRUARY 2012 WAS STILL SHOWING HER FILM WHICH OKHMA EXCLUDED OR FAILED TO REPORT AFTER REPEATED QUERY FROM BLESSING ON THE MATTER.
BLESSING WROTE TO HER ERSTWHILE AGENT OKHMA FOR EXPLANATION AND ALSO REQUESTED A COPY OR COPIES OF CONTRACT SIGNED WITH THE CINEMAS ON HER BEHALF.
OKHMA HER AGENT REFUSED.
AS A RESULT BLESSING WROTE THE CINEMAS EXPLAINING THE ISSUE WITH HER AGENT AND THE APPARENT BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION, TO THAT EFFECT SHE REQUESTED FOR DIRECT CINEMA SALES REPORT TO ENABLE HER AUDITORS VERIFY REPORTS WITH WHAT HER ERSTWHILE AGENT HAD GIVEN HER.
CINEMAS REFUSED TO RESPOND.
SHE WROTE A REMINDER TO THE CINEMAS AND THEY STILL DECLINED ON HER REQUEST.
HER AGENT OKHMA THEN WROTE TO BLESSING STATING THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THE CONTRACT SIGNED WITH THE CINEMAS ON HER BEHALF.
AT THIS POINT BLESSING RELEASED A PRESS STATEMENT ON WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED.
FROM BLESSINGS PRESS RELEASE I HAVE READ SHE HAS NOT YET ACCUSED SILVERBIRD OF ANYTHING.
WHY IS SILVERBIRD NOW MAKING ALL THIS NOISE WHEN THE SAME LETTER WRITTEN TO IT WAS WRITTEN TO OTHER CINEMAS.
I HEARD SOMEONE ON THIS BLOG STATING STUPIDLY THAT BLESSING WANTS TO SPOIL HER OWN BREAD AND BUTTER, I WONDER WHAT KIND OF BREAD AND BUTTER THIS IS, IF THATS THE CASE MAY ALL YOUR BUSINESS DEALINGS TRANSLATE TO THIS KIND OF BREAD AND BUTTER.
LINDA PLEASE PUBLISH BLESSINGS PRESS RELEASE SO THOSE IGNORANT OF THE FACTS MIGHT GET ENLIGHTENED.
FROM WHAT I CAN SEE IN ALL THIS, IT APPEARS SILVERBIRD HAS CONNIVED WITH BLESSING'S AGENT TO DEFRAUD HER OTHERWISE WHY ALL THIS SECRECY, (SHE IS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T SHE)
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SILVERBIRDS STOCK IN TRADE.
PLEASE LETS ALL STAND AGAINST THIS PURPORTED FRAUD.
GOD BLESS US ALL .
Which kind of inefficiency is this? Linda where is my comment? Blessing Egbe, go and sit down. You and Mike your husband like to reap where you did not sow. Mike has always been a taker and you Blessing full of yourself. At last you both ran out of luck. Good.
i have read all press statements involved in this matter. Blessing has a case. but i think people are failing to see the biggest culprit here. the thief of a distributor called MARY EPHRAIM ITA. Blessing if i were you, i will write to all the people she deals with. both international and local and have them know what big a thief she is.
Etta, i tire oh. its so apparent from all this that the Thief is Mary Ephraim. At least Blessing and Silver bird have issued their statement even though silver bird said nothing really substantial but blah blah blah. a thief is a thief. Nigeria must change.
silverbird, your side of the story came off stupid. next time be more tactful in your approach. sewanu, you may need to be fired after this. lol
silver bird. use the money you have stolen from producers over the years and pay people to speak good of you. i agree that Mary Ephraim is the Thief here but why silver bird is trying to cover up for her is another story for another day
All l i see in this case is the manipulations of Mary Ephraim Ita. the distributor. she wanted to play a fast one with Two brides and a baby, same way she does with international movies but i guess she met with the wrong filmmaker this time around.. i don't know why silver bird is swallowing pills on her behalf. abi something dey dia?
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