The battle just begin !!!
Nollywood actress and aspiring TV host Funke Akindele, has sue popular blogger Linda Ikeji over a controversial post she posted on her blog.
Over the weekend a report circulate viral online that Nollywood actress Toyin Aimakhu-Johnson and her husband Adeniyi Johnson marriage is on the brink of break-up , but they later resolve the issue between them with press statement they released out to the general public .
On Sunday evening blogger Linda Ikeji, posted a controversial post on her blog with titled ” Did Funke Akindele shade Toyin Aimakhu last night? ”
Funke Akindele and her legal team has threaten to sue blogger Linda Ikeji — they ask her to remove the controversial post on her blog and also issued an apology letter to them over defamation of character.
According to Ms. Ikeji, the two actresses had previously fallen out and Ms. Aimakhu had “shaded” Ms. Akindele over the latter’s 2014 divorce.
Ms Akindele, through her management, said thanks to Ms. Ikeji’s blog post, she was exposed to “cynical comments and hasty judgements”.
“(The post has portrayed) Funke Akindele’s brand in bad light,” her management said. “It has promoted unhealthy rivalry where there is none.”
Ms. Akindele’s lawyer in a seven paragraph letter made available to public said the post was “borne out of pure malice for our client who has carved an inch (sic) for herself in the entertainment industry whilst also inciting hatred between our client and Toyin Aimakhu on one hand and our client and her fans on the other hand.”
