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Jan 06, 2019 on todays throwback series, explore the discography of legendary nigerian singer, sir victor uwaifo. Uwaifo who released the monster hit song joromi in 1969 says the song, which brought him fame and fortune, has now become a victim of intellectual property theft as simi failed to give credit to him when she released her own version in 2017. The true story of joromi simi is being sued for n50 million damages for using the word joromi in her song and as the. Aug 11, 2010 sir victor uwaifo joromi original version.
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