Omoni Oboli Stages After Party Despite Inability To Premiere Popular Movie Okafor’s Law Over Court Action
After weeks of planning and intense capital expenditure,
actress, Omoni Oboli got the shock of her life when she was stopped from
premiering her new movie, Okafor’s Law, on Friday, by a Federal High
Court of Nigeria, in Lagos.
All preparations had been put in place, from the red
carpet, cocktails, cinema hall to the after party, and a lot of entertainers
had
showed up in their Sunday best to watch the movie and turn up with Oboli.
According to court papers seen by Sunday Scoop, the suit was filed by
Raconteur Productions Ltd. against Omoni Oboli, Dioni Visions and Filmone Ltd.
It will be recalled that a Canada-based writer, Jude Idada, had last year
accused Oboli of stealing his story and idea. Jude claimed that Omoni had earlier
stolen his script for her first movie, Being Mrs Elliot, after he shared the idea
with her. The writer further said that he charged the Wives
on Strike actress N750,000
to write the script for Okafor’s Law, which she didn’t pay. According
to him, he would have let the matter go but he was irked that Omoni was
allegedly spreading tales that he was the one that stole her script, hence his
decision to take the legal route.
Meanwhile, tearful Oboli told her
guests on Friday that she believed the injunction secured by Idada was an abuse
of the law. She said, “I believe the court judgment was an abuse of the law and
we are going to take this up. I wrote the movie 100 per cent and we spent so
much on it so it’s sad that some people want to spoil it. Despite the fact that
the movie has been shown in several international festivals, it means nothing
to me if my Nigerian fans don’t get to see it. By 5pm today (Friday), when
everything was set for the premiere, we got an injunction that we should
not show the movie. You must have heard some rumours but the movie is totally
mine. Anyway, we’ll still party hard and tell the devil he’s a liar.”
After her tear-soaked speech, the
actress proceeded with other guests to the upper terrace of the venue for an
after-party where they made merry into the early hours of the next day.
Guests at the premiere included
Uche Jombo, Iyabo Ojo, Bovi, Toyin Aimakhu, Ini Edo, IK Ogbonna, DJ Jimmy Jatt,
Ubi Franklin, MC Galaxy, among others
Punch
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