Famous rapper, Ruggedman has lambasted Tony Okoroji, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON)…

Rapper, Ruggedman and Chief Tony Okoroji

“COSON has been suspended. Why has COSON been suspended? Because the head of COSON refused to go when the board voted him out.”

“When they give you a vote of no confidence, you step aside. That’s the gentlemanly thing to do. But when the office is being questioned when they want to audit your account and you say no, it means you have something to hide.”

“They didn’t at first want to push Tony Okoroji out. They wanted to just audit the COSON account. If Tony Okoroji didn’t have anything to hide, he would not want to stop them from auditing the account. He was throwing lawsuits left, right and center like it was Christmas presents. Suing anybody that says anything pertaining to getting COSON’s account being audited.”

“So it was either he let them audit the account so business goes on as usual, artistes get paid their royalties. Even that one we’re having issues because it wasn’t clear how they were being paid. It wasn’t clear who exactly was being paid.”

“If you are a good-hearted human being, if you are actually out for the good of the Nigerian creative industry like you said, would you sit and let them suspend COSON or you will step down and let them audit the account? It’s easy. It is either left or right.”