How court stopped Omoni Oboli from showing her new movie

Processes leading to the premiere of Okafor’s
law a movie by actress and filmmaker Omoni
Oboli were underway when she got a court
injunction that stopped the premiere.
Someone accused the popular actress of
"stealing".
Okafor’s Law was supposed to be premiered at
IMAX cinema, Lekki, on Friday night and
scheduled to show at the cinemas on March 31.
While addressing guests at the premiere, Oboli
said she chose to respect the court injunction as
a law abiding citizen while describing the court
process as bullying.
“I’m so honoured that you’re all here today,
thank you so much. Thank you for honouring
me, thank you for your support over the years,
thank you for always being there when I call. It
means so much to me, and I don’t take it for
granted,” she said.
“I was really looking forward to showing you the
movie tonight. The movie screened at Toronto
International Film Festival, Stockholm
International Film Festival and in America, but
all that is nothing if Nigerian people don’t see it.
“Unfortunately, we can’t show the film. At 5pm,
we got an injunction from the court not to show
this film. I’m sure some of you heard some
allegation sometime ago, but, my story, my
script, my movie, was written 100% by me. You
can take that to the bank.
“What anybody says, what anybody does, it’s all
a lie. I don’t know why this is happening, I work
hard.
“It’s a shame that anybody would want to stop
this. I mean, it has been a long process, we shot
this movie last year, we have gone everywhere,
we have put in so much money, publicity and
everything, and some people are trying to stop
it.
“God is on the throne and it’s fine. It will all
come out in the wash. This is not going to stop
me, I’m going to keep pushing.
“I could have gone ahead to show this film
today, but I’m a law abiding citizen and I have
to follow the law, unfortunately.
“I believe that it is bullying, I believe that it is
abuse of the law, and we are going to take this
up.”
According to the injunction, the complaint was
filed by Raconteur productions.
The injunction gave permission to the applicant
to search a location where copies of the movie
were stored.
It also directed the defendants to surrender all
materials inscribed with ‘Okafor’s Law‘ to the
applicant’s lawyers.

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