One of the trending entertainment new stories of the
month is that of budding Nollywood actress cum
producer Chioma Okoye who reportedly produced a
movie based on the true life story of her friend.
She got into trouble when she created the movie titled
‘Lagos Men’ with the true names of her friend, husband
and their daughter.
Though she confirmed that the lady gave her a go-ahead
to release the movie in 2014, but no permission was
given to her to use the real names of the parties
involved in the child abuse story.
To cut the long story short, she has been offered
N3million by the friend in question to take down the
movie but she has refused.
This is what her lawyer said yesterday:
“It must be clearly established that the film did not
contravene any known law, statute, rules of motion
pictures, injurious to reputation, slanderous or libelous.
Rather it’s a story created to bring to life people’s rough
tides, calculated at superb imagination engagement and
to promote good societal values.
We have taken steps to protect our client and we shall
further seek redress in the court of law on her behalf.
They should not conceive that the stupid chance they
had on our client that fateful morning, their intimidation,
coercion, and threat might deprive her of her rights and
all this success, newly appreciated and newly illumined
by her fans and the general public”.
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