Defamation: Filmmaker Who Falsely Accused Taaooma Tenders Apology Letter

A filmmaker, Olashile Owolabi known on Twitter as @Olaondeck has written an apology letter to Nigerian comedienne and content maker, Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam, popularly known as Taaooma.

Recall Olaondeck in a now deleted post on Twitter had called out Taaooma over a N1.5million deal which he claimed the comedian didn’t give value for.

The self acclaimed filmmaker mentioned that Taaooma’s reply to him when he informed her about the dissatisfaction with her execution of the project was “take it or leave it”

Reacting to the allegations, the comedian through her management, The Greenade Company, in a statement dismissed the claims made by the filmmaker and said its taking a legal action to seek redress against the person of Mr. Olashile Owolabi who choose to share the malicious and defamatory content without verifying the same.

However, Olaondeck has officially apologised by sharing a statement where he made known publicly that he had never had any personal/direct business transactions with the sensational Instagram comedian and did not consider the ramifications of what he was doing.

He wrote;

“WITHOUT PREJUDICE”

“Paid Taaoma 1.5m. She shot video and the client doesn’t like the work done. And her position is TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. We are not asking for a full refund, but at least a sense of concession will go a long way. 1.5m gone like that. And you guys wonder how Maraji fell off? For those of you asking “what did Maraji do?” Maraji didn’t do anything in this situation and she’s a fantastic story teller. However, ask anyone who has worked with her and her team, she’s not the easiest person to work with. Hence, the reason for the honest comparison.”

The above statement was made on my twitter handle and I wish to use this medium to retract the same in respect to Miss. Apaokagi (Otaaooma). I wish to state that I have not had any personal/direct business transaction with Miss. Apaokagi (Otaaooma).

From what I have experienced since the said statement, I have now realised that I did not consider all the ramifications before making such statement. The statement was pulled down from my Twitter handle almost immediately. Please note that I did not intend to bring @taaooma’s reputation into any form of disrepute.

I sincerely apologise and regret any inconveniences this might have caused @taaooma. Thank you.

Ola Owolabi”