N53m suit: Tuface, Omorogbe, Blackface to settle out of court
Admin l Wednesday, October 02, 2019
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – The lingering crisis between R&B singer, 2face Idibia, his manager, Efe Omorogbe and Augustine Ahmedu, better known as Blackface has been referred to the multidoor out of court settlement.
Tuface Idibia and his manager, Efe Omorogbe had filed N53 million suit against Augustine Ahmedu better known as Blackface for allegedly disparaging them on the social media.
Blackface had on several occasion accused 2Face Idibia of copyright theft, alleging that he remains the original owner of 2Face’s ‘Let Somebody Love You’. He claimed to have written the song while both were in the now defunct, musical group, called Plantashun Boyz.
When the matter came up today before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court, the judge referred parties to the multi-door out of court settlement. They are to report the outcome of settlement to the judge during the next hearing.
Innocent Idibia and Efe Omoregbe had approached the court seeking a declaration that the statement published on the tweeter platform of the defendant on the 24th day of January 2016 is defamatory to the first and second claimants; a declaration that the statement published on the tweeter platform of the defendant is injurious to the reputation and business of the first and second defendants; declaration that the defematory statements made incited and caused to be published by the defendant on the 31 of January on 36.Ng.com is defamatory of the claimant’s person, character, office and profession.
They are also seeking further declaration that the statement as made in a interview incited and caused to be published on premiumtimes online on the 23 day of April 2017 is defamatory of the claimants; a declaration that the statement made by the defendant over video published by Pulseng on YouTube on the 6th day of November 2017 slandered the person, character, credibility and calling, trade and profession of the claimants
They also sought an an order of probibitory injunction, against the defendant preventing him from continued publication of the offensive statement defamatory of the first and second claimants as contained on his tweeter handle, Blackfacenaija and an order of probibitory injunction preventing the defendant from further making statements defamatory of the first and second claimants; an order of prohibitory injunction preventing the defendant from continued publication of the libelous and slandorous statements against the first and second claimants published on newsite or video.
