A Lagos State High Court has adjourned 2Face’s N50M defamation lawsuit, brought to it against his former bandmate Blackface.
In his ruling on Wednesday morning, March 20, 2019, Justice Oyefeso of the Lagos High Court adjourned 2Face’s lawsuit against Blackface and according to him, a new date which has not yet been be conveyed to both parties within one week.
A statement from Blackface’s lawyer, Mani Enajeroh of M.O Enajeroh, after the adjournment of the case reads,
”The Copyright system in Nigeria will eventually kill every iota in Nigerian unless someone takes up this issue
Even though we don’t have functioning collective mean we can’t be fair to one another. Because of about this Blackface was sued for N50m why it’s this case must be struck out.
The case is a threat to freedom , and intellectual property in general. We are confident Court will strike out the case. This is a copyright issue, no you look at it and it ought to be at the Federal High Court. their court documents, they did not admit anywhere that “Let somebody love you”. The stories are never consistent.”