A Nollywood actress and podcaster, Abiola Adebayo, has disclosed that a young woman, Adenike Adewodun, who claimed to have committed suicide after admitting on a podcast to engaging in sexual activities with her dogs, faked her death to avoid public backlash and legal consequences.
Adebayo revealed this on her Instagram page on Thursday in a statement titled “Miss Adenike Adewodun’s ‘Fake Death Antics’”.
“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,” Adebayo wrote.
Following the news of Adewodun’s supposed death, Adebayo and her team struggled to find her residence to express their condolences. The actress admitted to being emotionally and mentally disturbed by the incident.
“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,” Adebayo explained.
Adebayo dispatched the director of the show to investigate further. He spoke with Adewodun’s friend and traced the hospital where she was reportedly treated, only to discover that Adewodun had not died.
Upon this discovery, Adebayo petitioned the Nigeria Police Force. Both Adewodun and her friend who announced her death were arrested. During interrogation, Adewodun confessed to faking her death due to the severe backlash she received 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 recognized her and she felt that if she lied that she was dead, Biola would remove the video,” Adebayo stated.
In June, Adebayo had announced Adewodun’s supposed suicide, expressing deep sorrow and feeling of failure. “For the first time in my life, I feel like a failure. Nike died. The lady I just interviewed who said she slept with dogs committed suicide. People heard her story. They abused me. They said we formulated the story that they were not real. I gave her a listening ear, but she didn’t tell me she was going to die,” Adebayo said at the time.
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