Ayigbe Edem Issues An Official Statement On The “Confidence Haugen” Recording Rumpus

Ayigbe Edem

The Ewe Rapper Ayigbe Edem has issued an official statement to state what necessitated him to record his telephone conversation with his ex-lover Confidence Haugen of Aphrodisiac Night Club.

The rapper who won the Hip Hop Song of the Year with his track ‘You Dey Craze’ apologizes to his fans, observers and Ghanaians as a whole for contributing to the chaos going on now. He is therefore pleading for his carelessness and hopes he is forgiven.

He finally has this to whoever has the recordings “I am therefore pleading with the person responsible to please desist from publishing anymore of these. If the person thinks he or she is doing it in favor of me, I’d like to tell him/her that they are mistaken, as it is rather hurting both parties. I apologize to the music industry, my loved ones, my fans and Ghanaians as a whole, for being careless with my private affairs, resulting in this chaos”.

Below is the full text of the statement UNEDITED.

I have decided to come out publicly with this official statement concerning a private conversation between me and an ex-lover, which has very accidentally found its way into wrong hands and onto the internet.

First of all, I’d like to state that I have the permission of my management to issue this statement on my own behalf. Secondly, I’d like to apologize to my fans, observers and Ghanaians as a whole for contributing to this chaos by being careless for misplacing my phone, which contained sensitive information and for not deleting such information earlier on in the first place. I’d also like to sympathize with the other party involved since this is clearly a private issue for both of us.

I would want to make three major points based on frequently asked questions posed by the media: -

• The motive behind the recording and time of the recording,
• The question of whether or not this is a stunt for my upcoming album and
• A plea to whoever is behind the publication of this recording.

The motive

Life’s lessons have taught me enough in my few years on this earth that when a love relationship goes bad, anything can happen. I have also learnt in my lifetime that when things get out of hand and violence surfaces, the law is harder on the male sex. So it was only right that I armed myself incase violence sets in and I needed evidence to establish that indeed it was a case of a relationship gone bad. I know that not many will agree with me, maybe not until they find themselves in my situation at the time. I don’t regret recording these conversations because they came in handy when I was later on accused of stealing a phone which the other party misplaced at a festival, four months before these recordings took place. However, I regret being careless and loosing it at a function where I was signing autographs just about a month ago.

The question of whether or not this is a stunt for my upcoming album

The reason why the publicity stunt should be ruled out is because I got to where I am today without a publicity stunt and my management has no history of using publicity stunts to shine the numerous artists that have passed through them including me.

There were advantageous times in this saga where my name was dragged through the mud and accused of being a thief to the whole world. I had these recordings but never had any sinister ideas of bringing them out. Why then would I bring them out today?

It was recently brought to my attention that the other party was on one radio station and sort of spoke in favor of my artistry. This clearly showed that the other party had no ill motive towards me and as such gives me no reason whatsoever to make a public spectacle of her, resulting in her humiliation. And I would also want to state that my ex was not begging for a comeback as stated in the title of the video. She was merely asking for a way forward. I strongly believe that someone who knows both parties is in possession of the phone and intends to make a spectacle out of this.

A plea to whoever is behind the publication of this recording

I am therefore pleading with the person responsible to please desist from publishing anymore of these. If the person thinks he or she is doing it in favor of me, I’d like to tell him/her that they are mistaken, as it is rather hurting both parties. I apologize to the music industry, my loved ones, my fans and Ghanaians as a whole, for being careless with my private affairs, resulting in this chaos. Thank you.

Issued by Edem.