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Popular Naija musician Tuface is suing ICON Weekly magazine
for libel over the story they publish alleging that he impregnated a female
banker in Lagos, just few months after his elaborate marriage in Dubai.
Sources at the Ikeja High Court just said the
Media/Entertainment Law Firm of L&A – Legal Consultants has filed libel
proceedings on behalf of Innocent “Tuface” Idibia against the soft sell
magazine, Icon weekly, praying the Court to award their client the sum of N100,000.00
(One Hundred Million Naira ) being damages for the libelous publication posted
on the magazine’s online and print platforms.
You will recall that sometime in March 2014, a story went
viral; alleging that Tuface committed adultery and impregnated yet another
woman, this time his account officer in one of the new generation banks and
that infact, the lady had every intention to keep the baby...
Apparently, the story turned out to be completely false and
only concocted by Icon weekly to drive traffic to themselves/boost sales. (A
cheap publicity stunt which may end up costing the magazine dearly) We tried to
contact L&A – Legal Consultants and 960 Media to shed more light on the
matter but they declined commenting.
However a source close to both organizations stated that “it
is unfair for anyone to tarnish someone else’s image in order to make profit”
the source said further that “ a lot of these soft sell magazines and blogs
must learn to verify stories before publishing as they may be very damaging to
the innocent victim”.
The false story was said to have made Tuface loose a very
lucrative deal and caused ripples between him and his wife. As at Friday we
understand that ICON weekly had approached Tuface’s team for discussions on a
possible out of court settlement.
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