You would recollect the unfortunate story
reported by Linda Ikeji on her Blog published
on Sunday 2, November concerning a severe
allegation regarding the attack of artiste,OmoAkin by one of the
resort's animal. The management of the resort on Monday came forward
to debunk the story in a statement
saying that no such thing happened at the resort and the artiste never
showed up at the venue. The Blog had earlier claimed that OmoAkin was
receiving treatment at the Pennisula Hospital, a story that turned out
to
be false following investigations made by the resort via a visit to
the hospital to confirm he was indeed a victim of the attack. However,
OmoAkin's management, Star nation, as at Tuesday came forward to
debunk the news circulating the social media, and the public as a
whole, when they realized the gravity of the situation. They released
a statement saying,"To Whom It May Concern Our attention has been
drawn to the post making rounds social media relating to our
Artiste"OmoAkin"in regards to him being attacked by some wild animals
in a reputable Resort in Nigeria.
We will like to point out that nothing of such
happened and in fact the pictures circulating
with the post was taken from an Halloween
themed set on the scene of the video shoot to
his recently released single"IJO OLOTI". We
have spoken to the management of the resort
in question to straighten things up. We will also
like to state categorically that such news was not released from our
camp (Star Nation). We urge everyone to please disregard such news
and focus on the good music from our artiste
and label.
Anticipate the video to the Smash hit single"IJO
OLOTI". N.B Any news or statement in regards
to our artiste will be released Officially. Thank
You, Management."Omu resort confirmed receiving the statement and had
this to say,"We
at Omu resort have already denied that any
such incident took place. Following the said denial, the management of
OmoAkin, Star Nation, have also made contact with us directly saying
that they also did not release the story and indeed the pictures been
circulated are Halloween pictures from the video shoot as we have seen
and not from the resort.
That said, we are at a loss as to how such stories that are capable of
destroying a multibillion naira business such as the resort and the
career of a budding artiste, OmoAkin, came about. The source of this
story and the reasons behind publishing such must be
thoroughly investigated by the Nigeria Police
force because it's purely criminal. As early stated, our lawyers are
working closely with the Police and we are working to get to the
bottom of where the story emanated from. For all
those that are peddling innuendos that the
resort might have used this as a publicity stunt,
who in their right mind would risk a multibillion naira business on
such cheap publicity?
As indicated, the Police is investigating the matter and arrests are
been made as we speak."
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