Spyro calls out Ubi Franklin over alleged unpaid debt

Nigerian singer, Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, better known as Spyro has called out talent manager and lawyer, Ubi Franklin over unpaid debt.

In a recent interview on The Link Up podcast, Spyro revealed how he was allegedly scammed by Ubi Franklin, who used Davido’s name to lure him into performing at an event.

Spyro recounted that Ubi Franklin approached him with an offer to perform at a birthday party, claiming Davido had extended the invitation and would pay him $5,000 for the appearance.

Spyro admitted he was initially skeptical about the payment and voiced his concerns to Ubi Franklin, explaining that his minimum performance fee was ₦20 million. Despite his reservations, Ubi Franklin managed to persuade him, and Spyro ultimately agreed to perform at the event.

After the performance, Spyro confronted Ubi Franklin about the payment, only to learn that Davido was completely unaware of the arrangement.

Describing the incident as a “broad daylight scam,” Spyro accused Ubi Franklin of exploiting Davido’s name to deceive him into performing.

He said,

I have an issue with Ubi Franklin. Ubi just came down and said David said we should come perform at the birthday party that he was invited to that he was going to give us 5k. I called him to the side and said ‘bro first of all, I don’t charge 5k.’ My Nigerian currency wey I dey charge, the least I would do is N20 million.

On getting there, David was on stage, he came back from the stage and Ubi just came to me, he said ‘you’re going on the stage now’ before you know it, MC don announce, Spyro! And right after, I said okay Ubi, shebi you don sha make me, I don perform now, where my money wey you say David say him go give us? He said ‘no don’t go and buzz David o, he’s not the one actually, let me tell you the truth, he’s not the one that said you guys should come and do the show’. I was like are you kidding me? So David doesn’t even know anything about this, so you just used David’s name, this is broad daylight scam bro!”