Adunni Ade backed up her claims with her bank account details, showing she returned the money to the actor before his demise
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nollywood actress, Adunni Ade has denied allegations that she is indebted to her late colleague, Murphy Afolabi, claiming his money has been paid back.
It all started when the committee in charge of the actor’s burial in a video that made the rounds on Monday, called out the thespian, asking her to refund the money she owed him during his 8-day Fidau Prayer held in Lagos.
In the now-viral clip on social media, the committee urged Adunni Ade to return the sum of N250,000 she got from the late actor while he was alive.
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Reacting two days later, the beautiful actress, through a public statement released by her management, debunked the reports that she is indebted to the deceased.
According to her, the late Afolabi approached her to take up a movie role in his project, but she declined the offer and paid his money back.
She backed up the claims with her bank account details, showing she returned the money to the actor before his demise.
The statement read: “On behalf of popular Nollywood Actor and Content Creator, the unassuming Adunni Adewale, we write to set the record straight regarding a clip making the rounds in which our she was called out by a Muslim Cleric with claims of her owing the late Murphy Afolabi. The allegation is false.
“Sometimes in July 2021, the late Mr. Murphy Afolabi reached out to me, requiring my services for a movie production. He appealed to me stating that it was a self funded production that he couldn’t afford my professional fee, but that he would need my moral support. I asked how many scenes and duration were expected of me on set. He said 10 scenes and that I would spend one day. He offered to fuel my car as an honorarium, which payment of N150,000 was made on 2nd of July 2021.
“Unfortunately, shortly before the commencement of the production, on 11 July 2021, I lost my younger brother and I contacted the actor a few days afterwards for his bank details for refund as I would be travelling to the United States for my brother’s funeral. But he insisted I hold on to the money while he figured out whether to move the shoot forward or contact me for another one.
“Mr. Murphy Afolabi contacted me on the 8 of October 2021 and said he wanted to start a new job soon and needed me to play the lead role for four days with the same amount of N150,000 which he had paid in July. And I respectfully declined and requested for his account details and refunded him the N150,000 on the same day. Proof of both payments attached in this post.”
