Funke (Jennifer) Drags Linda ikeji to court

Linda Ikeji might be heading to the court as
the
management company of actress, Funke
Akindele, has
condemned in strong terms an unwarranted
post by
blogger, Linda Ikeji, ascribing a harmless
picture on
Akindele’s Instagram’s page to be a
mockery of her
alleged separation between her colleague,
Toyin
Aimakhu and her ex-husband, Adeniyi
Johnson. See the
post and the legal papers below:
Linda posted the message below on her
blog on Sunday,
25, January, 2015.
"Did Funke Akindele shade Toyin Aimakhu
last night?"


Something happened last night but I was too
tired to
write it …and then I woke up this morning
and almost
forgot about it. *sigh*. I may be reaching
and Funke
may not have been referring to Toyin but let
me tell you
what happened and you decide for yourself.
It’s not news that Toyin Aimakhu and Funke
Akindele
don’t see eye to eye. If you Google, you will
find a few
posts of reports of the two actresses
beefing each
other. In fact, sometime in 2013, Toyin
tweeted at an
‘aunty Agbaya’ who was going around
tarnishing her
image. Toyin made reference to herself
being married
while the ‘Agbaya’ was single and jumping
around. This
was a few months after Funke Akindele’s
marriage
ended. (Read here). A lot of people felt
Toyin was
referring to Funke.
Well, yesterday after news hit social media
that Toyin
Aimakhu’s marriage to Adeniyi Johnson had
crashed,
Funke went on instagram and posted what
you see
above and under it she wrote “Yes, You!”
with two
tongue out smiley.
Many of her followers immediately picked up
on it and
accused her of shading Toyin because her
marriage had
also failed. When fans criticized her for the
post, Funke
Akindele removed it but not before I screen-
grabbed it.
So that’s happened. You think it had to do
with Toyin?”
Benchmark Media threatened that Akindele
could sue
Ikeji if she does not retract the damning
story and issue
an apology as requested by her lawyers.
“While Linda went too far and assumed the
role of a
mind reader and a judge in her Sunday,
January 25,
2015 post: “Did Funke Akindele Shade Toyin
Aimakhu
Last Night?” her management company said.
According to Benchmark Media, Ikeji’s story
exposed the
award winning actress to cynical comments
and hasty
judgements.
“Her post, did not only portray Akindele’s
brand in bad
light, it has promoted unhealthy rivalry
where there is
none,” the statement read.
Akindele and her lawyers have since written
Ikeji,
demanding that she retracts the story. “On
same day, 25
January, via email, Akindele and her lawyers
wrote a
letter to Linda demanding a retraction and
apology
within 24 hours or face action within the
ambit of law,”
her management company said.
See the Legal paper served on Linda Ikeji
below