Defamation: Iyabo Ojo sue Lizzy Anjorin for N500m damages

Nollywood Actress, Iyabo Ojo, has sued a colleague, Lizzy Anjorin over a defamatory statement. 

In a statement obtained by News Round The Clock (NRTC), Ojo through her lawyers demanded a sum of N500million from Anjorin, an apology and retraction of the libelous statements. 

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The retraction of statement should be published in four newspapers, and public apology, which should be done within 14 days. 

The actress shared photos of the documents on her Instagram page on Tuesday, saying Anjorin in numerous publications misinformed her followers with several defamatory statements to her image.

Part of the document read, “In your numerous publications (via video contents) you misinformed your large followership with several defamatory statements to the image of our client. 

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“Blatantly, at the comment section of your publications, you freely aligned and corroborated the comments of your followers who readily knew your defamatory publications were attacking the person of our client with your response to their comments. 

“Ridiculously , no attempt was made to deny this facts by you. 

“You willingly confirmed that your publications were towards the image of our client even though you attacked and referred to her as ‘Sepeteri’.” 

As of of the time of this report, Anjorin is yet to reply to the notice the statement. 

The actresses have been on a heated war of words on social media for the past few months.