Actress Hadiza Gabon drags man to court for defamation of character

<p>Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu, known as Hadiza Gabon, on Wednesday dragged one Bala Musa, a civil servant, to a Magistrates’ court sitting at Daura road, Kaduna, over alleged defamation of character.</p>, <p>The actress, who spoke through her counsel, Mr Mubarak Sani, said she had suffered negative reactions and comments from the public due to the defendant’s false allegations against her.</p>, <p>He added that people, especially on social media, called Aliyu a cheat who had refused to marry Musa after collecting his money, an allegation “which was proved to be false”.</p>, <p>The defendant, through his counselor, Mr Naira Murtala, denied the allegation.</p>, <p>The Chief Magistrate, Shamsudeen Sulaiman, asked the complainant’s counsel if they had witnesses and they answered in affirmative.</p>, <p>The Chief Magistrate granted bail to the accused with the condition that he should present two reliable sureties who were residents of Kaduna State and must be civil servants.</p>, <p>He adjourned the matter to Nov. 15 for the complainant to present witnesses.</p>, <p>The defendant had filed a suit against Aliyu at Shari’a Court l, Magajin Gari in March 2022. He accused the actress of refusing to marry him after he had given her N396,000.</p>, <p>The actress had then denied knowing Musa, saying she had never met or spoken to him before and had no relationship with him whatsoever.</p>, <p>The complainant’s counsel had presented a copy of bank statement to the Shari’a court and told the court that some four persons were the recipients of the money claimed to be sent to the defendant.</p>, <p>Two out of the four, Fatima Abdullahi and Abdullahi Yusuf claimed to be the defendant’s friend and personal assistants.</p>, <p>They pleaded guilty for impersonating the actress and receiving money in her name, praying the court to forgive them.</p>, <p>After series of prayers by Murtala, to transfer the case to an Upper Shari’a Court, the Judge then, Isiyaku Abdulrahman, on Oct. 31, dismissed the case and discharged Aliyu.</p>,