Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has reacted to the legal
action taken against him by his colleague, Iyabo Ojo.
Ojo had, via her Instagram page, published a letter from her
lawyers, demanding N100m as payment for damages caused by Fabiyi’s ‘defamatory
publication’ during a protest held today.
Fabiyi staged a protest demanding the bail and release of
Baba Ijesha who had been held by the police for allegedly molesting a minor.
In response to Ojo, Fabiyi, during an Instagram live
session, said the actress cannot get a dime from him.
He further noted that Ojo cannot serve him a legal letter
via social media.
Fabiyi said, “Where would I get N100m from? Which house do I
have to sell? If you write N100m, once they bring all the people involved in
the case, they would (by themselves) reduce the money to N10m. At the end of
the day, they would still not get a dime from me.
“In the sense that if
I refuse to collect the letter, you would keep pursuing me to collect it from
you. After then, if I so wish to respond, I would only respond to whoever has a
case with me.”
Ojo had demanded through her lawyers that within 14 days,
Fabiyi “publishes a full retraction of the said defamatory publication on his
Instagram handle for seven consecutive days and acknowledge that the
allegations are false, misleading and entirely defamatory of client’s
character.”
She added that the retraction and public apology must
further be circulated and published by select media outlets.
The letter also demanded that Fabiyi “ceases and desists
from making further, additional or fresh defamatory publications against our
client on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and on any other social media, social
messaging blog and/or print media outlets.
“Also, N100m must be paid as damages for the unjustifiable
injury and losses occasioned by our client caused by your defamatory
publication.”
Furthermore, they warned that failure to comply with the
demands within 14 days would result in an initiation of legal proceedings
without delay.
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