Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu, known as Hadiza Gabon,  dragged one Bala Musa, a civil servant, to a Magistrates’ court sitting at Daura road, Kaduna, over alleged defamation of character on Wednesday.

The Muslim actress, who spoke through her counsel, Mr Mubarak Sani, said she had suffered negative reactions and comments from the public due to the defendant’s false allegations against her.

Hadiza Gabon noted that the reactions she got was mostly from social media, lots of social media users are calling her a cheat for collecting money from Bala Musa and refusing to marry him, which she proved to be false accusations.

The defendant, through his counselor, Mr Naira Murtala, denied the allegation.

The Chief Magistrate, Shamsudeen Sulaiman, asked the complainant’s counsel if they had witnesses and they answered in affirmative.

However, The Chief Magistrate granted bail to the accused with the condition of presenting  two reliable sureties who are residents of Kaduna State and must be civil servants.

The case was to Nov. 15 for the complainant to present witnesses.

Bala Musa had filed a suit against Aliyu at Shari’a Court l, Magajin Gari in March 2022.
He accused the actress of refusing to marry him after he had given her N396,000.

Hadiza Gabon had denied knowing Musa, saying she had never met or spoken to him before and had no relationship with him whatsoever.

She also presented a copy of bank statement to the Shari’a court through her counsel and told the court that some four persons were the recipients of the money claimed to be sent to the defendant.

Two out of the four suspects, Fatima Abdullahi and Abdullahi Yusuf claimed to be the defendant’s friend and personal assistants.

They pleaded guilty for impersonating the actress and receiving money in her name, praying the court to forgive them.

After series of prayers by Murtala, to transfer the case to an Upper Shari’a Court, the Judge then, Isiyaku Abdulrahman, on Oct. 31, dismissed the case and discharged Aliyu.

He ordered the defendant counsel and his client to pay N500,000 to the actress for wasting her time, but Hadiza Gabon has decided to sue him for defaming her name.