Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz has strongly denied that members of Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille are stranded in Nigeria, in response to an article published in yesterday’s edition of tt News Flash, an online news site. Carrying the byline of Rhondor Dowlat, the article stated that the State Security Service of Benue state, Nigeria, was called to rescue 18 members of the Eastern Quarries, Laventille steel orchestra on Monday from a hotel in Benue.
This was after claims were made that the pan side was misled into going to the east-central state to perform at its Carnival event. The article adds that on Tuesday the panists were being accommodated at the official residence of Benue governor Gabriel Torwua Suswam, along with T&T High Commissioner to Nigeria Nyahuma Menthuhotep Obika, who is based in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The article went on to state that a Nigerian official alleged that the steelband left for Benue after performing at Abuja’s Carnival on “alleged” instructions by Obika that he had been contacted by persons in Benue requesting the band perform there. It was later discovered that Benue had no Carnival celebrations.
The article purports that a member of the steel orchestra said that the band’s equipment was seized by two Nigerians claiming that a huge sum of money was owed to them for transporting the band from Abuja to Benue. The sum stated to cover the remainder of the Nigerian tour was 14,532,000 Naira (US$96,880).
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Lies Lies Lies and more lies. IT WAS METRONOMES A LONDON BASED BAND. But in the quest to discredit the man hey will print anything
METRONOMES a band based SW London Stranded not Sound Specialist
Why Diaz mentioning my name in this? Was I the one who spoke to the reporter and could not give any answers as to what happened? They are all birds of the same feather and the truth will ALL come out soon. We all will soon see who the bad eggs and criminals are!
Just to be curious, I wonder what criteria was used to award Sound Specialist the trip to Africa Carnival celebrations?
Dont believe a word Diaz says. He is not good for the steelband movement.
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NOBODY COULD GET DIAZ OUT OF OFFICE.
Not Beverly! Not Cecil! Not Gypsy! Not Kamla!
In the land of the corrupt: THE CORRUPT WILL RULE!!!
Claude, Diaz is ah "dead man walkin" his days are numbered, Beverly is going to kick ass.