The Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has vindicated Nigerian director and filmmaker, Paul Julius, of all fraud allegations leveled against him by veteran actor, Tunde Alabi, that he swindled him of some amount of money.
Alabi, whose right foot was amputated after a protracted illness, had late last year accused an unnamed person of defrauding him of the sum of N1.5m.
Following the accusation, the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), set up a disciplinary committee which investigated and submitted a report on its findings, Independent reports.
The report states that the parties were called together for a face-to-face meeting and they both presented their cases. It also states that at the meeting, Alabi did not deny having knowledge of all the transactions carried out on his behalf, especially as the bank account statement for the said period was made available.
“The accommodation fund was confirmed to have been transacted: a room-and-parlour self-contained at Jebba Street, off Apapa Road, Oyingbo, Lagos. Investigation shows that Uncle Tunde Alabi didn’t occupy the accommodation for over eight months because of his itineraries. It was further revealed that a balance amount of N100,000 was refunded by the landlord and paid directly to Uncle Alaba’s account, which he confirmed during the face-to-face meeting/ interrogation.
“The position of the disciplinary committee as an impartial arbiter as of today is that it did not find the accused (Mr. Paul Julius) guilty, as all expenses and transactions carried out on behalf of the patient (Uncle Tunde Alabi) were to his outright knowledge and duly authorised with written evidence as presented. The accused (Mr. Julius), who also is not related to the patient, facilitated the generated funds and stood in for the family whilst the patient was forsaken for over 15 months,” the report reads.
Alex Usifo, Gloria Young, Tommy Oyewole, Ejiro Okurame, Christy Okonkwo and Amaka Ezeamaka were other members of the committee.
