A case between Nollywood actresses Halima Abubakar and Apostle Solomon JohnsonThe founder of Omega Fire Ministries International, has taken a new turn as a preacher has officially sued him in court.
The preacher, through his legal representative, Ephesus Lex Attorneys & Solicitors, brought Ms Abubakar before the Judiciary. J. Enobie Obanor of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in the Judicial Division of Abuja.
In October 2022, Apostle Johnson Suleman filed a case against him alleged defamation.
The court case began on March 25.
In 2022, Rasul filed a writ against the actress sought some relief against him.
This is the first time she will publicly react to the matter since it happened in July 2022 after Gistlover made a post linking her relationship with Rasul to her fibroid surgery.
Later, the actress’ relatives called the apostle on Instagram and asked him to stay away from her.
Among other things, Rasul asked for a declaration that his publication was defamatory.
He also demanded an apology and other monetary compensation.
Just 24 hours after he held a live session on Instagram about his relationship with Rasul Solomon.
Last minute resort
As if she got the lawsuit, the actress, on Friday, repeatedly tried to hold a live Instagram session with the well-known faceless blogger, Gistlover.
The session failed to take place due to poor connection, which the faceless blogger attributed to the ‘spiritual’ intervention of Rasul Suleman.
Proceedings began
Failing the actress failed to meet his demands, Rasul and his legal representatives have started legal proceedings against him.
Mr. Suleman’s legal representative, Rodney Adzuanaga, told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday that instead of honoring the clerics who stopped and stopped, the actress boasted that she was willing to meet him in court.
“We then filed a process and obtained an order from the court to proceed with the process. As it stands, he has been served. Since we do not know his address in Abuja, we decided to send the notice through the Daily Trust newspaper.
“Whether he comes to court or not is not our business. We have to prove our case, and the court will take it from there. As far as I know he has been served,” he said.
Request
Before commencing legal proceedings, Mrs. Abubakar, who is said to be suffering from an unknown illness, said she used to date Rasul,
He also, among other things, accused the apostle of being behind his illness, saying that if something happened to him, he should be responsible.
Rasul, who recently survived a gun attackis leveling the defamation charges against the actress.
According to court documents, his statements discredited his character, credit, reputation, integrity, and ministry.
Mr. Suleman requested a court order for the defendant to publish the retraction of the defamatory statement posted on his Instagram account @Halimabubakar and in several online blogs and newspapers.
He also sought an order forcing him to pay to remove all links and report the defamatory comments on all platforms on the internet.
Other demands include the sum of N1 billion as greater and exemplary damages for libel, an order of permanent injunction restraining him, his agents or servants or others from further publishing or causing to be published such statements or similar defamation of prosecutor.
In addition, they also sought an order directing Ms Abubakar to pay the sum of N20 million, the legal fees paid to the counsel handling this suit.
The background
In October 2022, Mrs. Abubakar, who started acting in 2001 when she played a small role in the movie ‘Rejected’, announced that she stopped working.
The controversial actress broke the news on her official Instagram page.
Although he did not reveal the reason behind the decision, the post’s caption, ‘rejuvenate and continue healing,’ suggests that it had something to do with his deteriorating health.
For months without end, the famous actress who once blamed the controversial cleric for not abandoning his promise to marry.
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He also said that he was behind an unknown life-threatening illness that had been going on for years.
The preacher then issued a cease and desist notice to the actress.
The cleric blamed Abubakar for publishing bad, slanderous and derogatory statements about him on several microblog sites, especially Gistlover.
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