The Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade, has vowed to expose a colleague she accused of leaking her private information to bloggers.
Her declaration comes after securing a legal victory in which the Lagos High Court awarded her ₦20 million in damages for a breach of privacy.
Ade had sued a Nigerian news platform and its reporter over a January 18, 2023, publication that linked her to a story about “six popular Nigerian actresses who have been accused of dating” politician Dino Melaye.
The suit was based on the legal principle of “false light” invasion of privacy, and the court ruled in her favor—ordering the defendants to delete and remove her name and image from the offending report.
Celebrating the judgment on Instagram, Ade called it her second legal victory so far and pledged to soon expose her alleged betrayer, whom she described as “a snake who lives with envy and bitterness.”
“I won my case. A false story was published about me, but truth stood tall,” she wrote.
“This judgment reaffirms that privacy matters – and so does integrity. Justice delayed isn’t justice denied. Many thanks to my Lawyer! You worked tirelessly on this case (s) Olumide Babalola LP.
“2 cases won, a few more to go. You who is running up and down avoiding court papers, please stand still so you can be served.
“And to you my fellow actress who told a false story to the cutie Jules, don’t worry, very soon the world will know the kind of snake you are. Envy, bitterness lives and breathes in you.
“You are deadly! You must have forgotten what you showed me in my room? Anyways, thank you to the Nigerian court of law.”
This marks another instance where Ade has taken legal action against false publications. In May, she had also threatened to sue a blog over misleading reports about her marital status.
Adunni Ade, born to an American mother and Nigerian father, is a single mother of two boys, Ayden and D’marion Young. In 2017, she clarified that she was never married to the father of her children, explaining that their eight-year relationship ended because it was “never going to work out.”