Wema Bank was on Thursday ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos to pay US-based Nigerian model, Nneoma Anosike, N10million as damages for the infringement of her intellectual property.
The bank was found guilty of breaching the model’s privacy by using her photograph in a campaign material without her consent.
Apart from awarding financial damages, the court gave an order of injunction restraining the bank from further passing off or enabling others to pass off Nneoma’s professional services.
Wema Bank was also directed to tender a letter of apology to the young woman, and to publish a written apology in two dailies in the US and in two national newspapers circulating around Nigeria.
Who really is Nneoma?
Below are 10 quick facts about her.
- Nneoma announced her arrival on the modelling scene when she won the Elite Model Look Nigeria contest in 2013 at the age of 18.
- She was a 2014 brand ambassador of Pepsi Cola Nigeria and took part in the Get Naked campaign for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) the same year.
- She entered into a three-year management contract with Ford Model Incorporated, New York in 2014 for which she travelled to the United States of America to continue her career.
- She represented one of the dark shades of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty’s foundation in a 2017 campaign
- She took part in the casting call to be a part of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2018 rookie class.
- She is obsessed with Andrea Iyamah, a brand specialising in custom couture, ready-to-wear and retro swimwear.
- She is an avid traveller.
- Nneoma loves doing hot yoga or enjoying an afternoon outside with her friends.
- She is presently signed to ONE Management modelling agency.
- Her father, Frank Anosike, serves as her lawful attorney in the case against Wema Bank
