OGUN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin stirred controversy on Monday by responding to claims that she had stolen gold from a Lagos Island market.
In a social media video, she can be seen sitting in a store and making an effort to defend herself.
In the now-viral video, Lizzy attempted to halt the recording while wearing a facemask.
The humiliated actress attempted to stop the guy filming the video from recording her face and the action in the tape.
In the video, Lizzy moved from her seat to a place where her face was not visible. A woman’s voice was heard in the background, saying Anjorin didn’t steal. Meanwhile, people in the store watched the events unfold as the shop owner tried to chase some of the onlookers out.
Lizzy Anjorin, who denied stealing gold as alleged in the popular video, said the incident is about a purported failed transfer of N91,000 that she paid to an accessory seller on Tom Jones in the Idumota area of Lagos.
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She alleged that she was set up just like filmmaker Olajide Kareem, alias Seun Egbegbe.
She alleged that some months ago she had gone to the market to buy accessories for N91,000 and asked her husband to forward the money to a guy who sold the accessories to her.
Lizzy Anjorin clarified that when she visited the same market today, she was informed that the transfer she had made the day before was deemed to be fraudulent.
In addition to addressing the matter, Anjorin claimed that a well-known actress—whose name is withheld—was responsible for the accident.
She added, “At Tom Jones, do they sell gold there? That place is Tom Jones, where we buy wedding materials—all these ‘para para’ (cheap) stones that we want to use for clothes. I do wedding gowns; it depends on the money the bride is paying. So I cannot go to Idumota to go and buy accessories in peace, abi? ‘Shekpeteri’, how come you know the story so quickly if you are not behind it?