IYABO OJO FILES COUNTERSUIT AGAINST NAIRA MARLEY, SEEKS N1 BILLION
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Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo is suing popular musician Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, in a countersuit, requesting one billion naira.
It should be recalled that the manager of the Marlian Record company, the actress’s attorney, has demanded ₦500 million in damages from her, citing the singer’s purported involvement in the death of one of his previous signees, Mohbad.
The young singer’s death on September 12, 2023, has provoked indignation, investigations, and debates.
Ojo stated in reaction to the complaint that Marley’s attorney “failed to serve them on me” despite making the accusations available to the public and media.
She asserted that Marley’s inability to deliver the letter to her was a “planned attempt to tarnish my hard-earned reputation.” Ojo is also calling for a formal apology from the Am I A Yahoo Boy artist. She shared the lawyer’s letter on her verified Instagram account.
It read, “Foremost, our client would ordinarily have dismissed your letter of 12th day of December 2023 for being outrightly inconsequential and of no relevance, premised on your failure to transmit the correspondence either by hand or post till this very day.
“Our client views your conduct (failure to first serve a copy of the letter of 12 December 2023 before same was released) as a calculated attempt to disparage her well-earned reputation, tarnish her jealously parded vocal capital and advocacy, and ultimately cause her psychological trauma not limited to incitement of the members of the public to (cyber) bully and lose the goodwill of her clients thereby resulted in loss of patronage of her craft and income from sales of goods and services.
The statement further read, “Our client shall be claiming the sum of One Billion Naira (N1, 000, 000, 000.00) deliberately misleading the public a letter was served on her with the intent of causing grievous harm which has indeed led to the grievous loss of income and lower her standards amongst right-thinking individuals, Nigerian and International associates, corporate institutions and reputable companies our client works for as ambassadors and/or Counter-Claim against your client for One Billion Naira (N1, 000, 000, 000.00) for first bringing to the media and/or public, a letter addressed to her but deliberately not delivered/served.”
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