Popular Nollywood actress, Lizzy Anjorin has dismissed the allegation that she was caught trying to steal gold at a market in Lagos.
Top Society understands that a video of the actress being accused of theft circulated social media on Monday night.
According to a report, the mother of one had visited a popular market in Lagos on November 17, 2023, where patronized a vendor selling accessories and made payment to the wrong account number.
The vendor, due to her celebrity status, trusted the actress and allowed her to leave without confirming the payment, only to discover that the transaction was not successful.
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The drama, however unfolded after the vendor identified the actress as the person who is allegedly responsible for the unresolved payment and confronted her, drawing the attention of others.
But in a video shared on her Instagram page on Monday night, Lizzy accused a certain fictional character she calls Sepeteri of setting her up.
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The actress turned businesswoman said she saw a mockery video Sepeteri made after setting her up, adding that the fictional character is not smart and their actions remind her of how the said character allegedly set up filmmaker Seun Egbegbe.
She said:
“Sepeterai my God is bigger than your God. I steal gold oo, she bi na gold. Ole ooo! I don go steal God oo! Mkae I tell you how I take steal the God, The person wey get the gold dey sleep, I come carry the gold, as the peron see the gold the person come dey shout. Una no dey see the crowd? Sepeteri you are not smart. This afternoon you updated, you come comment you come put lonely at the top.
“Me I dey watch you, as you sef dey watch me, you come remind me how set up Seun Egbede, you know say na the same concept you do for me today. You know say dem say Gbebned go exchange money. Me I no go exchange money, na accessories i go buy o. I bought the accessories last year on November 17, when I reach my shop I go show u.”
Lizzy, then explained what had transpired between her and the vendor, saying that she had to ask her husband to transfer when she asked the vendor if she had seen the money.
She added that she came back after two hours and the vendor confirmed the payment and gave her the accessories.
Clearing the air on the theft allegation, Lizzy said when she recently returned to the market, the same vendor confronted her and told her the transaction she made last year was unsuccessful but he could not remember the month of the payment. She said she was immediately accosted and nearly attacked by the vendor and others accusing her of defrauding him.
