Concord Times (Freetown)
Rachel Horner
8 January 2009
Freetown — Comuim mobile company has reportedly forced its commercial manager to resign amidst controversies in the aftermath of a December 8 gig that hosted popular female duo, Brick and Lace at the national stadium in Freetown.
Lawrence Spencer-Coker's (aka Bolo) exit from the company followed allegations that he squandered huge amount of money leaving the company with losses estimated at above US$60,000.
Bolo was said to be the brain behind the project that brought the Jamaican born and American based female group into the country as part of the company's strategies to woo more subscribers.
He was apparently demoted and forced to quit, a claim he dismissed saying he was never forced to resign.
"I strongly believe that the days of colonization are over in Sierra Leone and that was the reason why I resigned from Comium," he said, adding that "Sierra Leoneans should be entrepreneurs not only foreigners. That is why I am working at supreme Inc."
He said he has held several key positions at the company and he took pride in running his own business.
On the company's huge financial lose incurred from the show, he said: "How can a company lose money from a musical concert."
A Comium subscriber and fan of the musical duo, Frances Granby, said he was disappointed at the turn out on the day of the show.
"The Brick and Lace show at the national stadium was poorly attended. It was like gigs managed by any other underground artiste in the country," he retorted.
Meanwhile, the company's human resource manager, one Josiah Kargobai invited our reporter over to his office for reaction but failed to comment afterwards.
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