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Halima Abubakar Slams AGN President With ₦30bn Lawsuit

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Suspended Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has filed a lawsuit against Emeka Rollas, the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN.

The actress also demanded ₦30bn from Rollas following the announcement of her suspension on his social media handle.

The Eastern Updates has also reported that Abubakar was suspended over her alleged involvement in slandering Nollywood.

Read Also: Misuse Of Funds: UK Bans Naomi Campbell From Running Charity

Reacting to the accusations, the actress expressed that she had never been contacted or given an opportunity to respond to the claims before the announcement

Abubakar in a letter dated October 20, 2024, by her legal representatives, P.D. Pius & Associates, accused the AGN President of deliberately tarnishing her reputation.

“Our client has been battling health issues for years, and despite maintaining a professional relationship, you chose this delicate moment during her recovery to spread a false narrative. This has caused her emotional distress and harmed her reputation in society.”

The solicitors further demanded immediate removal of the defamatory publication on Rollas’ Instagram page with unreserved public and N30 billion in damages for reputational harm.

The letter concluded with a warning; “Unless these demands are met in 7 days, we are instructed by our client to pursue appropriate legal action.”

In other news, former top supermodel Naomi Campbell has been indefinitely banned from managing a charity after investigative inquiry had revealed thatsome of the funds which had been raised by an organisation she founded, Fashion for Relief, were used for spa treatments and room service expenses.

The investigation into Fashion for Relief, which was published on Thursday, revealed “numerous cases of misconduct,” such as the utilisation of charitable funds to cover Campbell’s stay at a luxurious hotel in the south of France.

The findings by the UK Charity Commission mean Campbell, 54, has been disqualified from running a charity for five years. Two other trustees also received bans.

The watchdog probe found that between April 2016 and July 2022, only 8.5 per cent of Fashion for Relief’s overall expenditure went on grants to charities.

 

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