Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, on Monday, responded to a letter by Olalekan Ojo, lawyer of Nigerian singer, Naira Marley.
In her reply, Iyabo demanded N1bn from Naira Marley over the failure to serve her a pre-action letter.
In accordance with the doc printed on the Instagram deal with of the actress (@IyaboOjofebris), Iyabo demanded the quantity over Naira Marley’s act of “intentionally deceptive the general public.”
Earlier, Naira Marley had demanded a public apology and N500 million in damages from Iyabo
An Instagram put up by Iyabo in September 2023 was cited.
She was mentioned to have allegedly accused Naira Marley of partaking in “non secular and bodily dealings” with standard late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also referred to as Mohbad which allegedly triggered the late act’s “psychological hurt.”
“It’s our instruction that someday in September 2023, you maliciously and falsely printed of and regarding our shopper in your official Instagram deal with ‘iyaboojofespris.’
“Your publication of the above phrases on the Web which is instantly accessible to customers of the system constituted a severe libel and has triggered our shopper colossal harm to his repute.
“Our shopper requires you inside seven days after the receipt or supply of this letter an unequivocal retraction.
“The general public apology is to be printed in your official Instagram deal with, @iyaboojofespris, and likewise on one nationwide day by day.”
Responding, Iyabo, via her counsel mentioned, “Our shopper would’ve ordinarily dismissed your letter dated December 12, 2023, for being outrightly inconsequential and of no relevance, premised in your failure to transmit the correspondence until this very day.
“Our shopper finds your shopper’s calls for spurious, frivolous and clout-chasing however shall provoke an motion in case your shopper fails to take action. Our shopper shall be claiming the sum of N1bn.”
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