Wow, I must admit that I’m impressed, I might be coming in a bit late, but still…………
One of Nigeria’s popular magazine publications — Icon Weekly has retracted its story concerning 2Face Idibia.
In March, the weekly magazine reported that a Lagos banker is expecting a child for the music superstar. Her name was reportedly Teniola and she is a graduate of the University of Lagos.
960 Music Group – 2Face’s management later released a statement refuting the reports and later sued the publication for 100 million.
The management got a letter from July 20th and they have released the letter today.
Read the apology below: –
On behalf of the Management of Tegs Icon Ventures, publishers of Icon Weekly Magazine, I write in respect of our publication of (Vol. 01 No. 09) March 3, 2014 alleging that you were involved in an adultery mess with a Lagos Banker.
We admit that we failed to verify the source or contact your team (960Media Group) for a response before printing the fabricated story. We have since discovered that the story was and regret the embarrassment it has caused you and your family.
We regret the indiscretion and hereby sincerely apologize for our errors as our reporter was completely misinformed.
We hope you would accept our apology and forgive us.
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