Nigerian actress Halima Abubakar suspended over slander of colleagues

The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has suspended Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar over alleged slander of some of her colleagues which the panel was able to establish, while she would still face a disciplinary panel.

Penpushing reports that the suspension of the actress was contained in a statement published on verified Instagram page of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN, adding that it took the panel two-years to establish the allegation.

“Following the thorough investigative report by the special Secret Investigation Panel set up to conduct an internal underground secret investigation into the activities of some blogs/bloggers since 2022,” the guild wrote.

“After two years of painstaking investigations, the panel found out that Miss Halima Abubakar was behind all the slandering information of our members, associates and patrons, especially news of extramarital affairs linked with highly placed individuals in the society emanating from the industry’, it reads

Penpushing further reports that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) stated that despite the suspension she would still face National Disciplinary Committee to determine her full punishment, explaining that during her suspension period she would not be permitted to participate in any of the association filming activities

‘Therefore, Halima Abubakar is hereby placed on indefinite suspension from the Actors Guild of Nigeria. She will face the National Disciplinary Committee to determine her full punishment. During this period of her suspension, she is not permitted to participate in any AGN and or filming activities’.

‘The National/State Chapter Taskforces have been duly mandated to monitor the compliance of the above order as violations of the suspension rules may lead to further disciplinary actions’, the statement emphasized

Penpushing also reports that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) equally stated that some unnamed female members of the association are currently under observation by the investigative panel following recent release of names purported to have had dealings with the Senate President.

“However, some female members on the watch list are being investigated by the secret panel, especially in the recent release of names purported to have had dealings with the Senate President’, the association stated

Penpushing reports that 39-year-old Halima began her acting career in 2001 with a minor role in ‘Rejected’ and later landed her first lead role in Gangster Paradise, while her previous controversy which was in 2022 has it that she accused Pastor Johnson Suleman, the Senior Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, of breaking his promise to marry her.

The controversial actress in same vein alleged that the cleric inflicted her with a life-threatening illness, a condition she claimed had tormented her for years, and not long after she disclosed her affairs with the pastor, the popular blog Gistlover published a long list of Nollywood actresses allegedly sexually associated with Suleman.

Penpushing further reports that many of the actresses denied the allegation, just as the cleric did, but the allegations escalated when, in January 2023, the clergyman responded by filing a N1 billion defamation lawsuit against the actress, insisting that her claims were unfounded and damaging to his reputation.

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