The ‘Easter Dance Party with Mr. Drew’ event, which was scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2024 at Asuogyaman, has been sued by JamRok Bar and Event Centre for the failure of Ghanaian singer Andrew Nii Commey Otoo, also known as Mr. Drew, to perform.
Despite receiving half of the performance money in advance of the show, Mr. Drew reportedly withdrew from the event, according to the organizers.
“Everything was set for the event to take place but the artiste, Mr. Drew, pulled out of the event when he was to mount the stage without any reason or explanation to the organizers,” the management of Jamrok had previously stated in a press release dated April 2, 2024.
According to the statement, Mr. Drew recorded a video of himself attesting to his attendance at the event after receiving his cash.
“On the day of the event, Mr. drew arrived and checked into his hotel around 3pm, in the company of 3 other team members, and he was to relax and get ready for the event in the evening. All the other artistes on the bill had also arrived and in their hotels.At around 12:30am, organizers say they tried calling the artiste to come and perform but there was no response from his team, hence the organizers drove to the hotel and found they were fast asleep. After sometime, Mr. Drew and his team finally came out of the hotel and sat in their car and drove off.”
They claim that after following up, they discovered that Mr. Drew had left the event for which he had been paid, driving past the event grounds and returning to Accra.
JamRock Bar and Event Center is requesting GH₵15,000.00 in recovery, which is money the plaintiff paid to Mr. Drew to perform at the event but failed to do so, and the refund of the money annulled since February 12, 2024, in a writ of summons issued by the District Magistrate Court – Senchi on April 15, 2024.
Additionally, it requests an order for the recovery of general damages against the defendants for the serious harm the cancellation of the event caused to the plaintiff’s brand, and special damages in the amount of GH₵36,511.00, which represent direct costs incurred by the plaintiff in connection with the event.
