By USMAN ALIYU

An Art Director, Tunji Afolayan, has threatened to take legal action against a renowned Nollywood actor, Kunle Afolayan, and his movies firm KAP Production Ltd, over alleged breach of contract.

The director in a letter written through his legal representative, Osifowora and Co. berated Kunle Afolayan, who is the Managing Director of company KAP for allegedly undermining his creative input and relevance on ‘Ijogbon’, a recent movie released by the firm.

Tunji in the letter, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said he was contracted by one Mr. Segun Akintunde, a Line Producer at KAP Productions Limited, to work as Art Director for Ijogbon.

His deliverables, and remuneration as Art Director, he said, were well spelt out in the contract signed on Jan. 11, 2023 between him and the KAP production Ltd’s representatives in the presence Kunle Afolayan.

“Our client stated also that the executed copies of the contractual documents were kept by the management of KAP Productions Limited and his copy was never given to him to date after signing.

“Upon completion of the project ‘Ijogbon’, the movie was released on Netflix- a streaming platform, and to our client’s consternation, there was an omission of his name and title as Art Director for the movie ‘Ijogbon’,” the letter reads.

The letter further stated that Mr. Kunle Afolayan was instead credited as the Art Director for the movie, accusing the management of of deliberately and consciously portraying Mr Tunji as ‘Set Designer’ instead of his role as the Art Director, which he was originally contracted.

“Our client is appalled at this grave omission and therefore regards this as a breach of contractual terms in the contract with KAP Productions Limited.

“This is further viewed and taken as a deliberate attempt to undermine our client’s creative work and relevance for the movie titled ‘Ijogbon’.

“In view of the above, it is our client’s demand that his name and role for which he was contracted and worked, be restored and properly credited in the movie ‘Ijogbon’ as the Art Director,” the letter read.

It further demanded, on behalf of Mr Tunji Afolayan, that the retraction be done within seven days of receipt of the correspondence before the next line of action is taken.

Meanwhile, all efforts to speak with Kunle Afolayan, the managing director of the production firm proved abortive as he failed to pick his calls.

Similarly, a lady who picked a call to the company’s official line and refused disclosing his identity, acknowledged knowing the movie director, but said the KAP Production Ltd had no comment on the issue. (NAN)

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