The counsel asked that the apology be posted on Ojo’s official Instagram account and
published in a national daily.
According to Naira Marley’s lawyer, failure to adhere to the
condition placed before her would force them to file a lawsuit against her.
The letter in part reads, “We are Solicitors to Azeez
Fashola (a.k.a. Naira Marley) an internationally renowned British and Nigerian
Singer/Artist with over seven million followers hereinafter referred to as our
client pursuant to whose instruction we write concerning the aboveheaded
subject matter.
“It is necessary to preface this letter by stating that in
recognition of the iconic status of our client, the Nigeria Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) engaged him to use his skills and platforms to put
out content that will discourage millions of his followers and Nigerian youths
from substance abuse.
“It is our instruction that sometime in September 2023, you
maliciously and falsely published of and concerning our client on your official
instagram handle ‘iyaboojofespris’ the following words: and destroying their
lives and leaving them without a kobo to get help…….you go still explain taya
bcos evidence dey, that your interview you go still re do am again…….make we
get justice for Mohbad first”.
“It is unarguably clear that the above quoted words are in
their ordinary and natural meanings meant or were understood to mean by
ordinary right thinking members of the public that have read the post that our
Client is a drug addict and that he laced the food and drinks which our Client
gave to the boys staying with him with drugs with the resultant effect of
occasioning monumental destruction of their lives.
“Your publication of the above words on the internet which
is readily accessible to users of the system constituted a very serious libel
and has caused our client colossal damage to his reputation.
“It is incontestably clear that the above-quoted publication
which has been read by countless internet users globally is defamatory of our
Client and has brought him to public ridicule and contempt with the resultant
damage to our Client’s reputation.
“It is our further instruction that since the publication
our Client has been inundated with calls from his followers, colleagues,
friends and fans all over the world who had read the post expressing their
disgust and dismay at the defamatory and libellous publication you had
maliciously and falsely posted on your official instagram handle
“iyaboojofespris” of and concerning our Client.”
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