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Pelumi Olawuni, the TikToker known as Abike Shugaa, has opened up on the issues that led to the fallout between herself and Toyin Abraham.
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The controversy between the duo began in 2023 after Abike featured in Abraham’s film Malaika.
Speculation about fallout emerged when she appeared to do little promotion for the project, prompting some social media users to accuse her of being ungrateful.
In an over-an-hour-long YouTube video on Friday, the TikToker finally revealed the reasons for the fallout.
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Abike Shugaa claimed that her issues with Abraham began after she promoted Funke Akindele’s project ‘She Must Be Obeyed’ during the release of ‘Malaika’.
She explained that as an influencer, she had previously promoted Akindele’s projects and was paid $600 and $800, but once declined an offer to avoid a clash with Abraham’s ‘Ijakumo’.
She, however, said that after rejecting the offer, she saw Abraham promote Mercy Aigbe’s ‘Ada Omo Daddy’, and was told it was acceptable to support colleagues, which influenced her decision to accept and share an unboxing video for Akindele’s ‘She Must Be Obeyed’.
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Abike added that, despite having informed Abraham beforehand, the actress reacted angrily after the content was posted, escalating the situation.
“I’m not an ungrateful person, my mum didn’t raise me that way, and I didn’t do anything wrong, sincerely. There have also been misconceptions about the amount she paid me for films. For the first film she featured me in, ‘Ago Alago’, she paid me 50k. Before ‘Ijakumo’, I was already getting big on TikTok, and I was already added as an influencer for Funke Akindele’s film promotion, which I was paid $600 for, and $800 for promotion of another film as an influencer,” she said.
“During ‘Ijakumo’ production, I rejected a promotion job from Funke Akindele because Toyin Abraham already told me I would be on the ‘Ijakumo’ set. In the movie, I acted two scenes and she paid me 50k for that. During the promotion, I created content a lot and even invited my friends. But at the end of the day, my part in ‘Ijakumo’ didn’t make the final cut, which I was hurt by, so I started distancing myself.
“Then ‘Malaika’ came, and she said she would need me on set for over a month and asked that I bring over 20 clothes. Before then, there was a time she asked that I help her go to the bank to send 400k to someone, but I was busy working on something, so I sent it from my money and asked her to pay me later. So after a week of filming ‘Malaika’, she paid me 500k.
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“During ‘Malaika’ promotion, Funke Akindele also reached out to my manager that she needed some influencers to promote her movies, but asked that my name should be removed from the influencers. But because of what Toyin Abraham had told me before — that it doesn’t matter if you show support for your colleagues, even if it once looked like a clash of interest — I accepted to unbox Funke Akindele’s movie premiere box but didn’t do content.
“I told Toyin Abraham about the unboxing video, but when I posted it, she sent me a long message, angry and cursing. I was confused because I had told her before doing it, and she had earlier said I could promote my colleagues’ movies.”
“Then it escalated. She started reporting me to people because I betrayed her trust. I apologised, but she gave a strict warning to delete all content about ‘Malaika’ off my page.”
Abike Shugga then alleged that Abraham promised to “ruin” her life despite the apology.
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The latest revelation adds more subtext to the topsy-turvy relationship between Funke Akindele and Toyin Abraham.
Last month, the duo dominated social media discourse after Akindele snubbed Abraham at the premiere of ‘The Return of Arinzo’.
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