There seems to be no end to the battle between Nigerian entertainer, Afeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley and actress Iyabo Ojo.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the singer initiated legal proceedings against the Nollywood actress for defamation of his character on her Instagram account.
Naira Marley’s legal team on Wednesday, December 13, claimed the actress, in a September 2023 post, accused the Marlian boss of both spiritual and physical involvement with the late Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad.
In a letter sent to Iyabo, Naira Marley’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo, asserted that Iyabo accused Naira Marley of causing mental harm to Mohbad, whom he referred to as a brother.
Naira Marley’s lawyers are seeking N500 million in damages from Iyabo Ojo unless she issues a public apology for the allegations made against the Marlian boss.
The counsel asked that the apology be posted on Ojo’s official Instagram account and published in a national daily.
Failure to comply with this condition, as outlined in the viral letter, will prompt Naira Marley’s legal representatives to proceed with filing a lawsuit against Iyabo Ojo.
The letter in part reads, “We are Solicitors to Azeez Fashola (a.k.a. Naira Marley) an internationally renowned British and Nigerian Singer/Artist with over seven million followers hereinafter referred to as our client pursuant to whose instruction we write concerning the aboveheaded subject matter.
“It is necessary to preface this letter by stating that in recognition of the iconic status of our client, the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) engaged him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that will discourage millions of his followers and Nigerian youths from substance abuse.
“It is our instruction that sometime in September 2023, you maliciously and falsely published of and concerning our client on your official instagram handle ‘iyaboojofespris’ the following words: and destroying their lives and leaving them without a kobo to get help…….you go still explain taya bcos evidence dey, that your interview you go still re do am again…….make we get justice for Mohbad first”.
“It is unarguably clear that the above quoted words are in their ordinary and natural meanings meant or were understood to mean by ordinary right thinking members of the public that have read the post that our Client is a drug addict and that he laced the food and drinks which our Client gave to the boys staying with him with drugs with the resultant effect of occasioning monumental destruction of their lives.
“Your publication of the above words on the internet which is readily accessible to users of the system constituted a very serious libel and has caused our client colossal damage to his reputation.
“It is incontestably clear that the above-quoted publication which has been read by countless internet users globally is defamatory of our Client and has brought him to public ridicule and contempt with the resultant damage to our Client’s reputation.
“It is our further instruction that since the publication our Client has been inundated with calls from his followers, colleagues, friends and fans all over the world who had read the post expressing their disgust and dismay at the defamatory and libellous publication you had maliciously and falsely posted on your official instagram handle “iyaboojofespris” of and concerning our Client.”