Mohbad: Naira Marley demands apology, N500m from Iyabo Ojo over defamation – Trust Africa News

Nigerian singer, Afeez Fashola, popularly often called Naira Marley, has accused Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo of defamation and libel towards him.Nigerian singer, Afeez Fashola, popularly often called Naira Marley, has accused Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo of defamation and libel towards him.

The singer is in search of a public apology from the actress and threatened to sue for N500 million if she doesn’t apologise.

In a letter despatched to Ojo, Naira Marley’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo, outlined the accusations made in a September 2023 submit, stating that the actress accused Naira Marley of partaking in religious and bodily dealings with the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly often called Mohbad.

The lawyer additionally mentioned the actress accused Naira Marley of inflicting psychological hurt to the late singer.

Referring to a few of Iyabo Ojo’s on-line posts, the lawyer representing Naira Marley requested that the actress publish an apology on her official Instagram account and in a nationwide day by day inside seven days of receiving the letter, failure to take action would lead to them commencing authorized proceedings and they’ll demand damages of N500 million from the actress, and a courtroom injunction refraining Iyabo Ojo from repeating comparable libel.

The letter partly reads, “We’re Solicitors to Azeez Fashola (a.ok.a. Naira Marley) an internationally famend British and Nigerian Singer/Artist with over seven million followers hereinafter known as our shopper pursuant to whose instruction we write in regards to the aboveheaded subject material.

“It’s essential to preface this letter by stating that in recognition of the long-lasting standing of our shopper, the Nigeria Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) engaged him to make use of his expertise and platforms to place out content material that can discourage thousands and thousands of his followers and Nigerian youths from substance abuse.

“It’s our instruction that someday in September 2023, you maliciously and falsely revealed of and regarding our shopper in your official instagram deal with ‘iyaboojofespris’ the next phrases: and destroying their lives and leaving them and not using a kobo to get assist…….you go nonetheless clarify taya bcos proof dey, that your interview you go nonetheless re do am once more…….make we get justice for Mohbad first”.

“It’s unarguably clear that the above quoted phrases are of their bizarre and pure meanings meant or had been understood to imply by bizarre proper pondering members of the general public which have learn the submit that our Shopper is a drug addict and that he laced the meals and drinks which our Shopper gave to the boys staying with him with medication with the resultant impact of occasioning monumental destruction of their lives.

“Your publication of the above phrases on the web which is quickly accessible to customers of the system constituted a really severe libel and has brought on our shopper colossal injury to his repute.

“It’s incontestably clear that the above-quoted publication which has been learn by numerous web customers globally is defamatory of our Shopper and has introduced him to public ridicule and contempt with the resultant injury to our Shopper’s repute.”