Abike Shuga breaks silence on painful film expertise that led to her fall out with Toyin Abraham
Social media influencer Olawuni Oluwapelumi Abike, popularly referred to as Abike Shuga, has opened up about her reported fallout with Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham.
Abike, who gained recognition in 2023 after that includes in Malaika, shared her expertise in a trending video that has sparked widespread reactions on-line.
She claimed the problem started whereas she was with Toyin in the course of the movie’s production, when she seen the actress selling Ada Omo Daddy by Mercy Aigbe regardless of each motion pictures being scheduled for launch across the identical interval.
In response to her, she questioned the transfer and was informed it was acceptable if the individual concerned was shut.
Throughout that interval, Abike mentioned her staff knowledgeable her that Funke Akindele had excluded her from a PR package deal as a consequence of her involvement in Malaika.
She added that she reached out and indicated she was nonetheless out there to take part, then proceeded to share the content material based mostly on that earlier understanding.
Explaining what adopted, Abike mentioned she confronted backlash from Toyin after posting the promotional video on-line.
She alleged that she was instructed to delete all Malaika-related posts from her web page, and that she was blocked and unfollowed.
“I didn’t simply determine to delete them by myself, she began raining curses on me and informed me to delete them” she added, whereas talking on the state of affairs.
She additionally revisited her expertise on Ijakumo, alleging she was paid ₦50,000 for her position, solely to later uncover her scenes have been eliminated.
Abike additional claimed that she and different content material creators have been invited to the premiere with out figuring out their scenes had been excluded.
Evaluating experiences, she mentioned Funke Akindele paid between $600 and $800 for promotional work, describing it as extra structured.
Reacting, Toyin Abraham maintained that she paid Abike ₦500,000 for Malaika and ₦50,000 for 2 Ijakumo scenes, including that the director made the ultimate determination to take away them.
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