Adebayo revealed that Adenike Adewodun faked her death to avoid public backlash and legal consequences for her actions.
The actress disclosed this in a statement posted on her Instagram page on Thursday, July 4, titled: “Miss Adenike Adewodun’s Fake Death Antics”.
She wrote, “The case of Miss Adenike, while tragic, is a learning curve for us. She sent a message and was asked to come and we offered to get her therapy and all but she freaked out and in a very devilish and ungodly manner faked her death.
“After the fake death news, we tried to locate her house to properly express our deepest condolences but it was difficult to even pen a condolence letter and the presenter and producer Abiola Adebayo was both emotionally and mentally disturbed for days.”
The actress said that following news of the alleged suicide, she and her crew noticed some inconsistencies in the stories of her death and investigation revealed that she was alive.
“In the course of properly mourning her, we noticed some discrepancies in what her so-called ‘sister’ was telling us and what her friend was saying because we felt something was amiss. We dispatched the director of the show on a fact-finding mission who spoke with the friend before he traced the hospital where she was supposed to have been treated and we were told there and then that she didn’t die,” she said.
Following the discovery, Abiola stated that a petition was filed with the Nigeria Police Force, leading to the arrest of Adewodun and her friend who had announced her death. During interrogation, Adewodun admitted to faking her death to escape the public backlash she faced after the podcast.
“A petition was written by our attorney to the police to complain about the situation and promptly, the police investigated and arrested both Nike and her friend. The Police were also set to prosecute, and upon interrogation, Nike, who admitted that she was the one who approached Biola for the interview said she freaked out because people recognised her and said she felt that if she lied that she was dead Biola would remove the video.
“Police asked her if she reached out to Biola to remove the video at any point, and she said no. Her mother, who was there at the station, corroborated the story,” the statement added.
