Eniola Ajao says she pursued legal action against a blogger for defamation, resulting in his arrest and prosecution over a manipulated video from the funeral of Odunlade Adekola’s father.
The legal case stemmed from a viral video that circulated in
August. The clip showed Ajao hugging Odunlade’s wife, but viewers criticised
the actress’ facial expressions and body language, accusing her of disrespect.
In a statement shared on Instagram, the 36-year-old actress
confirmed that blogger Adabasioni Oluwafemi Aseoro was charged with criminal
defamation and cyberbullying.
Ajao said the individual had edited a clip from the funeral
to create a false narrative, leading to his detention at Ikoyi prison for two
weeks.
The film star revealed that she ultimately forgave the
blogger after he apologised, citing the influence of his mother and wives. The
actress also issued a stern warning to other online trolls.
“Hello everyone, after deep consultations with my media and
legal team, it became important for me to publicly address this once and for
all,” she wrote.
“I can confirm the arrest and prosecution of Adabasioni
Oluwafemi Aseoro, a blogger for criminal defamation and cyberbullying under the
Nigerian Cyber Crime Acts. This blogger went online to make derogatory and
unfounded claims against my person, following my appearance at the burial of
our Late father PA N.A Adekola the father of my BOSS, Ambassador Odunlade
Adekola.
“Over the past few years, I’ve been a target for cheap
bloggers and social media trolls. I endured bants even when I labor hard to put
my work out there but God has always shown up to elevate me above these enemies
of progress who use social media as a tool against me.
“Adabasioni took videos of me, which was made by another
party blogger with malicious intentions. Adabasioni manipulated the video to
suit his narrative and posted it online to achieve his trolling goal, I became
a subject of ridicule, no one questioned the highly-manipulated video, I chose
to respond for once by taking legal actions, the said blogger was arrested to
produce his evidences as claimed in the video, he had none and I ensured he was
detained in prison for two good weeks at the Ikoyi prison, He assassinated my
character, he paid for it in full!
“His family and friends who didn’t caution him when he made the video joined him to beg me when I responded legally. Of course, Eniola is a gentlewoman. I have forgiven him after he apologized and retracted the report of calumny he posted, I pitied his mother but this is the way going forward. You want to drive traffic to your page with defamatory stories, you will pay dearly for your foolishness.”
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