Famous Nigerian singer Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel, widely known as Mayorkun, has demanded N1 billion in damages from popular TikToker Nickie Dabarbie for alleging that he is a “ritualist”.
Earlier on Friday, Nickie, born Precious Kingsley, made allegations that “Mayorkun and some other Nigerian artistes are all ritualists”.
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In a series of posts on her Instagram page, she claimed to have “escaped from being used for rituals” by Skiibii.
She narrated how the singer invited her to his house for a boat cruise and “forced” her to consume alcohol before allegedly attempting to harm her.
The TikToker also shared a video of deep cuts on her hand being stitched together, claiming it was a result of an attack by Skiibii.
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However, in a letter from his legal representative, Mayorkun described Nickie’s allegations as “baseless, bizarre, and untrue”.
He demanded that the TikToker issue a retraction and public apology on all social media platforms and two national dailies within 24 hours.
The singer also requested Nickie to pay N1 billion as “damages for emotional trauma and loss of endorsements”.
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The letter added that these demands must be met within 48 hours.
“Our client denies all allegations made as they are baseless, bizarre, and untrue. We are also aware that our client has neither met with you privately nor had any personal dealings or relationship with you, which further buttresses our assertion that your statements are unfounded and frivolous,” the letter read.
“We hereby demand that you immediately adhere to the following conjunctively: take down the offensive publication on all of your social media accounts within 24 hours of receipt of the letter; accompany the retraction of the offensive publication with a video and written apology in two national newspapers; desist from engaging in any acts written and/or verbal which are defamatory or slanderous towards our clients; pay our client a sum of not less than 1 billion Naira as damages fee for all the emotional trauma, loss of endorsements, and cost of engaging legal counsel.
“Take further notice that should you fail to adhere to our demands herein within 48 hours with the exception of the takedown of the offensive publication, which must be done within 24 hours.”
The development comes a few hours after Skiibii stated that he had “reported the case to the police for a thorough investigation”.
