Music producer/artiste, Samklef’s manager has
denied that the artiste, who was recently denied entry upon arrival in
England, and subsequently deported, traveled to the U.K on a false claim.
The story, published recently in Encomium Weekly,
alleged that the father of one said he’d lied to immigration officers
about his reasons for travelling to the U.K, saying most Nigerian
artistes do it.
The magazine wrote:
Encomium Magazine: We
learnt you told immigration that you were on vacation and they
eventually found out you came for shows without work permit. How true is
it?
Samklef: Yes
However, Samklef’s manager is now denying this. In a chat, he said ‘I don’t know where Encomium got their information from.’
He however admits Samklef, 26, was denied entry, and sent back from Heathrow arrival.
Samklef refused to have a conversation
with us on this issue, passing the phone to his manager after initially
picking it up himself.
According to the manager, ‘Samklef was
once invited to the U.K for a show, but couldn’t attend due to logistics
challenges on the part of the organizers. A few months later, he got
another invitation and tried to travel on the visa issued him by the
former company, but unknown to him, that company had reported him to
immigration, accusing him of fraudulent activities, hence, he was sent
back to Nigeria’.
However, he claims everything has been settled since then, and ‘all is now well’.
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