A high court in Abuja has ruled that Douglas Jack Agu, the singer better known as Runtown, remains bound by his 2016 recording agreement with Eric Many Limited.
Un an enrolment order dated July 16, 2026, O.A. Musa, the presiding judge, held that the recording agreement executed between the singer and the label in June 2016 remains valid and has not been lawfully terminated.
The court declared that Runtown breached several provisions of the agreement after unilaterally opting out of the label’s management and allowing his company Sparrow Media, headed by Obianife Onyi Agu, also known as Jack Sparrow, to manage his bookings during the subsistence of the contract.
Musa also stated that the singer violated the agreement by collaborating with foreign artistes on the songs ‘Call Me’ and ‘Weekend’ without notifying the label, and by attempting to register his professional names as trademarks despite assigning the
