Nollywood's UFUOMA EJENOBOR To Face Trial Over Assault Claim

For Nollywood actress, Ufuoma Ejenobor, the next couple of weeks are certainly going to be trying ones as the Lagos State House of Assembly has said it will take a legal action against claims made by the actress, that she was assaulted by a convoy of the Speaker of the House.


Addressing a media briefing on the issue, Segun Olusesi, the Chief of Staff of the Assembly, said the House will make the issue a deterrent case. The incident,which happened on October 29, had two different accounts from the two parties.

While Ufuoma claimed one of the vehicles (the Pilot) in the lawmakers' convoy hit her Nissan Xterra car, Mr. Olusesi, who claimed to be driving directly behind the Pilot vehicle, said Ufoma drove into the convoy, hitting the left rear of ‘the pilot ‘ vehicle's bumper with her right front bumper.

"Even if it is true that we hit her car, which cannot be proven from the video recording, when there is an accident on the road, the first thing you do is not to call a lawyer. So, it was obvious she was onto something right from the beginning and that was why the Speaker directed that everything be recorded," he said.

A rowdy scene had ensued and rather than continue on their journey to Lagos University Teaching Hospital to visit an ailing lawmaker, who died three days later, the lawmakers decided to drive to Zone 2 Police headquarters at Onikan.
A video clip of the incident showed a hystria Ufuoma raving and using abusive words on the police officers in the convoy. Though she claims to have been beaten, the clip did not show any of that. But some viewers say the video may have been edited to remove the assault scene.