Actress Accuses Veteran Actor, EMEKA ANI, of N30,000 Fraud

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Nollywood war horse, Emeka Ani, is in the midst of a terrible controversy, having being accused of duping a fellow actress, herself veteran, Funmi Tijani, of the sum of thirty thousand naira.

Sources told Global Excellence magazine that both Funmi and Emeka, the old dude who regularly plays the herbalist character in movies, agreed on a N50, 000 consultancy deal which would see Emeka consulting on her latest film, and regularly afterwards.

When she approached Emeka for the deal in 2014, stated our source, Funmi was asked to pay a sum much higher, which was later negotiated downwards to N50, 000. And the agreed sum was lodged into Emeka’s bank account, allegedly on his request.

 

But Emeka was not forthcoming on the job, as our source put it. They had one production that Emeka reportedly lamented was untidy, and so it didn’t work out. But Funmi allegedly told people that nothing was done by the actor.

 

The actress was said to have become frustrated after many other attempts, and she demanded a refund.

 

The source said all she could get back from Emeka was N20, 000 with a promise to get the N30, 000 balance soon.

A frustrated Funmi later reported the matter to the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), the body charged to oversee the activities of Nollywood actors, and the AGN reportedly mandated its secretary, Abubakar, to ensure that Emeka return Funmi’s balance. So far, all efforts to get Emeka by Funmi or the AGN emissary have remained futile.

 

This magazine, however, succeeded in tracking Emeka Ani on phone. Speaking, the veteran actor said that he actually organized some productions for Funmi which she rejected.

‘’I did my best for her. The ball is in her court,’’ Emeka submitted.

But Funmi countered, saying “Ani is a bloody liar… Let him face me and say that again.”

Meanwhile, Funmi seemed determined to take the N30, 000-case higher, probably to the law.

 

-Folorunsho Hamsat