Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has countersued renowned musician Azeez Fashola, better known by his stage name Naira Marley for deliberately misleading the public.
Recall that Naira Marley threatened to file a lawsuit against the movie star if she fails to publicly apologize to him for defamation of character.
In the letter shared on his Instagram page, he gave Iyabo seven days from the time of receiving the letter to apologize to him, otherwise she would pay N500 million in damages.
Days after the threat, Iyabo has now responded by criticizing the singer’s legal team for choosing to share the lawsuit online rather than serve it to her in person or by mail.
The document reads in part:
“OUR CLIENT’S DEMANDS
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, our client finds your client’s demands as spurious, frivolous and clout chasing but shall initiate an action in the event your client fails to do so. 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 have indeed led to 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 in the sum of 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.”
Sharing the document, she wrote: “RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM MR OLALEKAN OJO SAN DELIBERATELY CIRCULATED OVER SOCIAL AND PRINT MEDIA WITHOUT DESERVING COURTESY TO SERVE ME. I look forward to hearing from them in no distant time, please. Yours sincerely, Iyabo Ojo.”
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