A
week ago, Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke broke the news that the N15 million
case filed against him has been thrown out of court for lack of
evidence.
And
just a day after,the plaintiff, Hajia Habiba Abubakar fired back that
the case was not thrown out of court due to lack of evidence,
rather,she withdrew it after the actor apologized to her, and signed an
agreement to pay the money in installments until the full amount is
realised. However, an online media claimed that Abubakar also made
available documents backing her claims.
Nollywood star, Jim Iyke
Speaking
from far away Brazil where he is currently attending the Rio +20
gathering, Jim Iyke said “It was God’s intervention. I’m sure even she
doesn’t know how it ended like this.”
He
said , “the fact that she’s still running around proves it. It was a
conspiracy to bury me and take an undeserved equity of my company and I
refused and hell broke loose.
“How
can it be fraud when I admitted the amount invested? My lawyer advised
me to take the deal and walk away when they had nothing else to say.
It’s just part of my ventures.
“We
settled out of court and I’m a gentleman and apologized for the angry
words I spoke. When I’m home, I’m still gonna further hold a press
conference and apologize to my family and true fans that saw me through
that abyss. Well, this is all I can say for now.”
Meanwhile,
reports had it that Jim Iyke and his parents paid a visit to Abubakar’s
Abuja home where they pleaded with the woman to tamper justice with
mercy. And after listening to Jim’s aging parents, Abubakar was said to
have calmed down and made a decision to discontinue the case but not
without some conditions.
According
to reports, some of the conditions the actor must fulfill before being
let off the hook are that he, Jim Iyke, must tender a written public
apology to Habiba Abubakar in at least two Nigerian daily papers. And
that he, Jim Iyke, must also pay back the N16.5m he collected from
Abubakar but this time in installments.
Vanguard Nigeria
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