For Nollywood actress, Empress Njamah life has thrown another bitter pill for her to swallow.
Just as she was recovering from the death of her best friend, Ada Ameh, she got another bullet. This time, its from a lover who promised to marry her.
Last Thursday, the Abuja based actress shared a video of herself with an engagement ring.
In the video, she said, “I got engaged today, August 18. I am officially off the market. I am engaged; thank you Jesus. Its very beautiful. Thank you baby, I love it.”
The caption that accompanied the video read, “Finally off the market.”
She was congratulated.
However, it was more than a shock when her friends took to social media and claimed that her account was hacked. Also, some of her colleagues who spoke to Empress revealed that her Instagram account was hacked and her a man who claimed he wanted to marry her had been using the video to scam her followers and friends.
But Empress has finally cleared the air on the engagement to her Liberian lover who pretended to be her ‘fiancé’.
Speaking in a video via Instagram on Friday, Empress Njamah confirmed that the man who pretended to be in love with her has been blackmailing and stealing from her.
She noted that she met the man around the time she lost her best friend Ada Ameh and the latter’s death made her vulnerable and open to exploitation and her said lover took advantage of her situation.
Speaking further, the 42-year-old said the engagement video was made under duress and he forced the ring on her.
In a statement shared on the platform, Empress wrote: “I would like to bring to the notice of the general public that my account @empressnjamah has been hacked and is susceptible to scam, please refrain from contacting or dealing with this IG account as i have no access to it at this moment.The previous posts about being engaged is FALSE! Kindly disregard, the post was made by the unscrupulous element from Liberia whose aim is to taint my image In the guise of being My fiancé.
“That video was made under Duress The scammer gained access to the IG account as well as my phone, contacts, Email, Bank account and has my car,international passport and other valuables.I’m being blackmailed, to pay $450,000 Claiming he loaned me the money. Please beware of such dubious individuals who present themselves as genuine with good intent but underneath are “The Devil” whose aim is solely to ruin, dupe and inflict harm on anyone they come in contact with. He also referenced that he is involved with a couple of celebrities, either for business dealings or personal relationships.
Speaking further, The actress wrote, “However, I have made some investigations to confirm this claim as well as background checks on the information he provided prior dealings, and all were false. Please be conscious about who you deal with, either for business purposes or for relationships. Some People are out to dupe you. Sadly, I am a victim. I have contacted the Appropriate security Agencies to assist in tracking and identifying this person as well as provided information where necessary to assist in apprehending him because my life is at risk.”