A well-liked Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, often known as Falz, has requested an apology and retraction of defamatory statements made in opposition to him by cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, often known as Bobrisky, inside 12 hours.
This demand was made by means of a letter dated October 14, 2024, and signed by Olorunfemi Akinyemi, Esq., and Taiwo E. Olawanle, Esq., of Falana and Falana’s Chambers.
The letter calls for that Bobrisky retract each defamatory assertion and concern a written apology, which must be revealed on all platforms the place the defamatory remarks had been shared.
If Bobrisky fails to conform, the letter states that Falz will pursue authorized treatments, together with searching for financial damages.
The letter additionally disclosed that Bobrisky took benefit of his current imprisonment to extort a gaggle of artists and members of the general public.
The letter said: “We’ve verified that in your current incarceration, you exploited the scenario to demand cash from a collective of artists and different people from the group.
“On Could 4, 2024, you contacted Mr. Folarin Falana, often known as Falz, and requested him for N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira) to safe a particular place within the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
“Though Mr. Falana declined your request, you had been recorded in a video as saying that his father, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, assured you that he would write a letter of pardon for you.
“You additionally talked about that Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, knowledgeable you that N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) can be required to bribe officers dealing with the pardon utility.
“Be suggested that if we don’t obtain your formal retraction and apology as demanded inside 12 (twelve) hours of receipt hereof, we will proceed with our shopper’s directions to hunt applicable authorized treatments, together with financial damages, in opposition to you to your incendiary defamatory statements.”
This letter is in response to the alarm Verydarkman raised, alleging Falz’s involvement in securing a presidential pardon by means of his father, famend Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, for N10 million. Each Falz and his father have respectively demanded a public apology from Verydarkman, which he has obliged.
