Why I invested in Nollywood actor Jim Iyke – Hajia Habiba Abubakar tells Nollywoodgossip

Jim Iykes mother

Jim Iykes mother

Just when Nigerians thought that the dust raised by the N16.5 case between Nollywood actor Jim Iyke and Abuja based business woman Hajia Habiba Abubakar was settling down, the actor took to twitter to vent more anger and lay more accusations on Mrs. Abubakar.

Today, Mrs. Abubakar, who is currently holidaying with her three children in London, decided to reply to Jim’s accusation by making the below message exclusively available to Nollywoodgossip. She also forwarded some documents and photographs to back up her claims.

Here is her message.

(Jim Iyke stop shouting out on twitter and start shouting in my N16.5M and then leave me alone ooo)

I run a charity organization called Elderly and the poor, a self-sponsored charity organization. Jim Iyke needed help for his aged mother who is crippled by leg problems and high blood pressure and now bed-ridden.

We took her to both England and India — photos and tickets are attached as exhibit (1). During the UK visit, his mum stayed with me in my UK residence where I took her for a complete health checkup.

We were told what was wrong with her and how much her hospital stay for knee replacement will cost my charity in UK and we have a policy for money, so we decided to take her to India in first class because it’ll be cheaper there, attached are tickets, photos as exhibit no (2).

During her stay she narrated her life story to me. She told me, “Hajia I have suffered. My children have suffered. I have been frying doughnut (beans cake) by the roadside for many years to raise my kids. Please help me and my only son Ikechukwu (Jim Iyke).”

I wept and wept with her. She held my hands on top of her Bible and said to me, “Hajia, promise me that you will help me and my children and promise me now that you will be my daughter forever.”

I was touched. I was obliged by her honesty, frankness, and trust she has in me, so I promised her that I will be there for her and her children, which includes Jim Iyke.

So when her son Jim Iyke finally ran to me for assistance, wanting me to help his new clothing line grow by investing in it, I had no option than to invest, even though I was told by many people that he is bad, but I didn’t want to judge him by what others said.

Jim told me he has been on the street since age 11 and that he had no childhood. I cried, because I had a son of that age at that minute. It was really heart breaking. But I realize now that you can take a person off the street but you can’t take street off the person, no matter what you do.

Video of our conversations with his mum is available at www.elderlyandthepoor.org, register and listen.

Normal human being would remain very grateful to me for helping his whole family and investing in his business. If not for what I did for him but for the fact that her sick mother and a blind father were flown abroad at some my expense, including three of his sisters and him. During these trips he happily tweeted, “Jim Iyke on holidays with my family”…can you see the joy in his tweets? At least his tweets proved that I made him and his family very happy.

So I’m not bothered by anything he says or does now. My investment in his clothing line has now turn into loan, no interest, no profit and I’m stuck with him for 4 years — since the agreement states that he must paid all the money back with the next four years.

In the north, if a person just passes by your dad or mom and just greats them that person deserves your respect, but after what I did for Jim and his family, it’s sad that he decided it this way.

Another thing I want to add for clearance sake is that Jim has been living off women all his life. Most of these women don’t tell their husbands all they do, so when he dupes them they can’t run to the police or their husband, but my case was different. I arranged for a meeting between him, his friend Solo and my husband (for video of the meeting, go www.elderlyandthepoor.org).

Where are the camouflage women he hangs out with just to disguise his real wants and needs. He runs to tweet rubbish. I give facts and support with documents. He wants to shut me up with his so-called “shout out” that made no sense to even his twitter followers who fired him back that same night. He wants me quiet so he can continue business as usual.

Everybody doing business with Jim Iyke be careful, his first trick goes, bring the money cash, I will send my sister or PA to pick it, don’t. Because it was only the tellers that I used to pay in the money into his account that helped me, because he first denied collecting the money and even knowing me.

The Police ordered that he be handcuffed and be taken to his bank to collect his bank statement for us, it was only then that he said, “Oh it could be one woman who is interested in me and I don’t like her, may be her, in fact, I can’t even remember her name.” (a woman that gave you N16.5mil you can’t remember her name?) Later he changed his story again that the woman gave him only N5m. See how police arrested him and wrote to his bank, exhibit no (3).

All he is playing is to keep business as usual including his manager, because it’s only in Nigeria that celebrities can commit crimes and go scot free. Abroad nobody will work with you, once your attitude is below expectation. Jim is supposed to be a role model by every standard. At 40 years old, he’s no longer a baby, but he is not showing any maturity in his dealings.

Was there any place Jim ever denied apologizing? No, he was just covering it up by saying I apologized as a gentleman because of the bad words I said. What bad words and to whom?

In fact, he wrote a public apology twice because the first one he said To Whom It May Concern which was rejected after publication, see attached exhibit no (4). It was rejected, because we expect he knows whom he was apologizing to, and not to whom it may concern. So he ran with the last one apology to me.

Do you think Jim who is running mouth now will apologize if he didn’t know he was on his way to jail?

See attached hospital reports after his assault on me, exhibit no (5).

Fraud was very clear and substantiated, because he went and rented a three bedroom bungalow with one living room and he calls that mall. To show he planned to defraud me, he rented the place in someone else’s name. The person signed as his guarantor at the police station after he was arrested and spent two days in SAS.

I was shocked when I learnt that Jim told Mr Ken that he will not pay me the money, and that that was why he won’t put anything in his name. So that when I come, I won’t be able to get anything. The guarantor got scared and ran back to the police by withdrew from standing in for Jim, which necessitated his second arrest a day to the opening of the shop. See evidence attached as exhibit no (6)

Be careful in doing business with Jim Iyke and demand a teller or a written contract, because he only signed that contract between us when he saw tea no bi food. He was discharge and not acquitted. See court proceedings.

record of proceedings

record of proceedings

record of proceedings

record of proceedings

Bank account investigation

Bank account investigation

Apology to Mrs Abubakar

Apology to Mrs Abubakar

About the Author

Ifunanya Onuzulike LLB HONS, Law graduate from Madonna University, Okija, is a wise, humble young lady with an inspiring character. She’s also a graduate of the prestigious Federal Government Girls College, Onitsha. If you have a story or want to be interviewed contact Ifunanya at ifunanyaonuzulike@yahoo.com

62 Comments on this article. Feel free to join this conversation.

  1. Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:33 am - Reply

    This man is an animal. How can someone do all this to you and he has the mouth to even tweet rubbish.

    • Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:35 am - Reply

      Shame on you Jim. Now you will shut up.

    • Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:36 am - Reply

      This guy Jim has no shame. How can anyone trust him again with all this documents out in the public like this

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 10:55 am - Reply

      d whole matter tired me too

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:11 pm - Reply

      i think it is always better to hear from both sides b4 passing judgement.

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:29 am - Reply

      He is a human being madam but where you actually expecting him to pay that huge amount of money? did you check his monthly pay before giving him that amount.

  2. Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:37 am - Reply

    So now what mr Iyke

    • Autina S. Hart July 19, 2012 at 9:23 am - Reply

      I feel for him and his Family especially hearing his life story. pls Habiba i know how painful it is but whatever it is pls for the sake of God forgive him and give him time to pay you. i'm just crying for him as i read through cos I myself grew up almost same way but i believed in God so much and kept to myself and controlled my wants. pls have mercy on him.

      • mulikatcardoso October 29, 2012 at 1:20 pm - Reply

        Autin S. Hart,close ur mouth,hwo can Mrs Habiba live the money,she can forgive him, but he must to pay the 16.5 m,then he and is family to ask God forgiveness.Cos this woman not only help that idiot call himself Nollywood Big Actor,is mother,father and sister,then he gose on to dup and play this woman 419 and now want appoligy in secrect.he is a big 419 not big Nollywood,they should jail him for 16 and half yrs ,he take 16.5 million and no actting again bad human,tell me hwo can this woman help others next time,God will punish u,fool at 40.

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 10:58 am - Reply

      He just bough Disgrace upon his family.Wat a shame!

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 11:00 am - Reply

      Autina S. Hart Abi my sister,Pls Mrs Habiba without sin,there will be no forgiveness..just gve him sometime to pay up please

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:15 pm - Reply

      pls tender justice with mercies

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:17 pm - Reply

      remember, its a mother that gives birth to both the good and the bad child. only rebuke the bad deeds and draw him back.

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:48 am - Reply

      abi the bobo no gree again…lol

  3. Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:40 am - Reply

    You have messed up this place for genuine investors. You have disgraced the Ibos as those ingrate and who lack respect for there parents

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 10:56 am - Reply

      abi oo,Big time disgrace

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm - Reply

      ok

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm - Reply

      ok

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:45 am - Reply

      na lie he did not disgrace any Ibos. are you a saint yourself. plsss people. if say you be God the guy for don die since.

  4. Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:41 am - Reply

    You will regret what you did to this Godly woman. Yet you are ruining unnecessary shout out.

  5. Habiba Abubakar July 19, 2012 at 3:43 am - Reply

    So you have been discharged only. See this guy o, he said no evidence and evidence don too much, yeye!!!!!

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 10:56 am - Reply

      lol abi oo

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:14 pm - Reply

      ok

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:46 am - Reply

      you're talking too much Habiba…be matured about this.

      • mulikatcardoso October 29, 2012 at 1:23 pm - Reply

        Autin ,u must be one of is bed mate,sick in head together.

  6. Grace Blaze July 19, 2012 at 8:07 am - Reply

    What a terrible human being!!!…..such an ingrate even with such a humble background……OMG….this woman is too calm for my liking cos if it were to be me, I'll maKe sure you rot in jail….if you don't respect your self why not pity the poor man and woman who brought you to life?…cont like this and you'll end up so misserable…..scammer!!!

  7. Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 11:15 am - Reply

    God! nah wah oooooo.

  8. Amaka Sylvia July 19, 2012 at 2:24 pm - Reply

    dis na serious case ooo! wat a shame, jim na shameful thing be dis one. can u imagine all your life story. wit all dis big boy stuff u claim so all of it camoflag.abeg aunty habiba forgive him and be merciful if not for his parent whom u av help through your charity. so dat God will be happy wit u.

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm - Reply

      abi,but Jim sef mouth too much,aleast dis will shut him up!

    • Amaka Sylvia July 19, 2012 at 3:50 pm - Reply

      for real na. he too dey bragg

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm - Reply

      well since i dont kno the whole truth, i am speechless for now

    • Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:13 pm - Reply

      well since i dont kno the whole truth, i am speechless for now

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:44 am - Reply

      keep quiet and let God judge Amaka

    • Happy Albert July 20, 2012 at 11:23 am - Reply

      @ TINA K, there isn't any more truth to knw frm all jim had bin saying n from wht dis woman is saying, d only tin u can get or wait for is d total lie of jim which he had bin lieing for and bragging for all to hear but i neva for one blived him cos i knew d story wan's straight frm d way he was sounding and always posing.

    • Happy Albert July 20, 2012 at 11:24 am - Reply

      i ll advice u to know d truth frm here.

    • Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 11:32 am - Reply

      You too know the truth.

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo July 20, 2012 at 1:00 pm - Reply

      ok

  9. Patricia Ethagbhe Ezumezu July 19, 2012 at 3:37 pm - Reply

    this matter be as e get oo.

  10. Tina Ak. July 19, 2012 at 5:08 pm - Reply

    Please let the matter be settled amicably and in a more matured manner.

  11. Autina S. Hart July 20, 2012 at 10:26 am - Reply

    Mrs Habiba where is your picture?

  12. Happy Albert July 20, 2012 at 11:06 am - Reply

    what a shame on jim, I knew all along dat all dis story of his had bin false. jim, u v disgraced ursef because up on all d show off n show down, jus take a look of your background, its unbelievable but still, u dnt wnt to humble ursef. shame on u jim, a disgrace celebrity is wht u r because there is nothin more to know n I blive dis is d truth nothin but d truth. I just pray dis woman forgives u.

  13. Greg November 4, 2012 at 5:09 pm - Reply

    The Nija we all dey na street as a whole. it is not easy…habiba please leave him alone..man must survive oh..We are all on the street.

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