Bimbo Ademoye has rejected Mazi Enemuo’s apology after a copyright claim briefly affected monetisation on My 30th Wedding. The dispute now sits where earnings, rights and platform control meet. That is why Tuesday’s response mattered more than the earlier apology.
Ademoye’s Monday anger
On Monday, Ademoye said Enemuo had uploaded a song from the film and used it to claim earnings from the project. She also said My 30th Wedding had drawn about 29 million views, a scale that turns even a temporary monetisation hit into a revenue problem, not just a social media dispute.
She added that the soundtrack, We Can Take It (My 30th Wedding), was specially produced for the film by Progress and that she owned the rights to it. In the same post, she wrote: “I have 1 MILLION NAIRA FOR ANYONE WHO CAN LOCATE THIS PERSON FOR ME. I will not rest until I catch this one. A movie I spent my blood on”
YouTube and YouTube Africa
Ademoye later said monetisation on the movie had been restored and thanked her team for stepping in. She also called on YouTube and YouTube Africa to intervene, which showed how quickly a copyright claim can move from a private dispute to a platform-level earnings issue.
Enemuo then apologised and said the distribution platform had laid a YouTube Content ID claim on the content. He said he took full responsibility and had taken the song down from all streaming platforms, adding that it would be removed from all platforms within 24 to 48 hours.
Tuesday and Instagram
Ademoye answered on Instagram on Tuesday and rejected the apology outright. “Mr Enemuo, while I see your apology, I call complete bullshit! I took multiple breaths and I’ve counted 1-10 multiple times to ensure I calm down and not say anything out of pocket but guess what, I’m still very angry!” she wrote.
She questioned his explanation that he wanted to help her reach a wider audience, pointing to “my almost 2 million subscribers” against his “250 subscribes.” She also challenged the claim itself, writing: “You specifically took the song I didn’t properly copyright of all the songs in the movie. Why didn’t you take hammerboi’s song? If anything, that’s the viral one I’d have loved to go even more viral song.”
Her sharpest point was financial. “After you ‘helped me reach a wider audience’ why did you try to claim my earnings? Why did you monetise it and have me demonitised?” she asked. Enemuo’s promise to remove the song may close the platform trail, but her public rejection shows the damage is now about trust and ownership, not just a takedown notice.
