By Abimbola Ogunnaike
A young lady simply identified as Oge has confessed to the police that she was paid the sum of N200,000 to defame famous Nollywood Actress Eniola Badmus as a pimp and prostitute in a video.
In a video that has since gone viral on the Nigerian digital space, Oge claimed that Eniola Badmus ran a prostitution syndicate with a special preference for ladies who had gone under the knife.
In the video, Oge labelled the actress a pimp alleging that Eniola Badmus pimps out young ladies to politicians.
The young lady further claimed that the actress was once a prostitute who slept with politicians, especially in Lagos but she has resorted to pimping young girls because she is now ‘old’.
Oge while speaking boldly stated that the actress tried to pimp her close friend who has a fiancé to a politician, before her eyes because her friend had gone under the knife.
Speaking further, Oge admitted that she was paid N200,000 to defame the actress.
“So, one of my friends said if I should come out and talk about Miss Eniola Badmus that he was going to send me N200,000 because I told him about my rent. So that was what prompted the video in the first place.
“So, I’m so sorry. I just did it because of the money. I was so desperate to pay my house rent.”
In a twist of event, on Saturday, 23 July, 2023, the actress took law enforcement agents to arrest the young lady. In a video, the distressed young lady was seen telling Nigerians that there were law enforcement agents at her doorstep trying to get in. She was later arrested after the actress had lodged a formal complaint.
The trending video captured the lady begging Badmus for forgiveness, stressing that the viral clip was done out of desperation to pay her house rent.
Responding to the video via her social media account in a mixture of English and Yoruba, Badmus strongly warned people who are out to defame her name. She posted, “Trend carefully. Won ti je Badoskyy leti lol. Set Awon ko gbo nkankan. Zero answering.”(sic)
