Nollywood actress and podcaster Abiola Adebayo has revealed that a young lady who reportedly committed suicide after admitting on a podcast to engaging in sexual activities with her dogs, stemming from past trauma, faked her death.
The lady, identified as Adenike Adewodun, allegedly orchestrated the deception to escape public backlash and potential legal consequences.
Adebayo made this revelation in a statement titled “Miss Adenike Adewodun’s ‘Fake Death’ Antics,” posted on her Instagram page on Thursday.
She wrote, “The case of Miss Adenike, while tragic, is a learning curve for us. She sent a message and was asked to come, and we offered to get her therapy and all, but she freaked out and, in a very devilish and ungodly manner, faked her death.”
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The actress explained that, while mourning Adewodun’s supposed death, inconsistencies in the stories began to surface. “After the fake death news, we tried to locate her house to properly express our deepest condolences, but it was difficult to even pen a condolence letter, and the presenter and producer, Abiola Adebayo, was both emotionally and mentally disturbed for days,” Adebayo stated.
“In the course of properly mourning her, we noticed some discrepancies in what her so-called ‘sister’ was telling us and what her friend was saying because we felt something was amiss,” Adebayo said.
Fact checking
The show’s director was sent on a fact-finding mission, which led to the discovery that Adewodun was alive and had not been treated at the hospital as claimed.
Following this revelation, Adebayo reported the situation to the Nigeria Police Force, leading to the arrest of Adewodun and her friend, who had announced her death. During interrogation, Adewodun confessed to faking her death due to the intense backlash she received after the podcast.
“The police were also set to prosecute, and upon interrogation, Nike, who admitted that she was the one who approached Biola for the interview, said she freaked out because people recognized her and said she felt that if she lied that she was dead, Biola would remove the video. Police asked her if she reached out to Biola to remove the video at any point, and she said no. Her mother, who was there at the station, corroborated the story.”
In June, Adebayo had initially reported that the woman had taken her own life, expressing her deep emotional turmoil over the incident. “For the first time in my life, I feel like a failure. Nike died. The lady I just interviewed, who said she slept with dogs, committed suicide. People heard her story. They abused me. They said we formulated the story that they were not real. I gave her a listening ear, but she didn’t tell me she was going to die,” Adebayo had lamented.
