As a result of the story GhanaCelebrities.Com published this morning captioned “Director Leila Djansi Jails Actor Senanu Gbedawo Of “CheckMate Fame” & Her Personal Assistant For Fraud”, Leila Djansi’s camp has contacted us with the full gist.
Though Leila Djansi is particularly not happy about the timing of our publication (publishing without her full consent), she has provided the below as the truth of this still developing story. I have added my little remarks in brackets, you can add yours via the comment box…
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Delali Kumahor has been Leila Djansi’s trusted Personal Assistant for over a year and in that while has diligently handled Leila’s book keeping on her personal accounts anytime Leila is not in town.
After the production of Sinking Sands, Senanu Gbedawo kept sending Leila Djansi emails which centred on wanting to become an actor in one of her productions. She politely told him to wait until auditions come up and if he deserves a role, it will be given to him.
Senanu who was unsatisfied with the answer befriended Delali Kumahor who most people until today considered her as Leila’s younger sister.
Senanu cunningly deceived Delali into his love web as a smart move on Senanus side to guarantee himself a movie by dating the PA of the celebrated filmmaker.
The young girl, awed by the fact that an actor like Senanu Gbedawo would fall for her this much requited his love.
According to Leila Djansi, she noticed Senanu around a couple of times and warned her assistant of her fraternizing with the actor.
Leila Djansi further mentioned that she only noticed something fishy when she was ready to leave Ghana and her assistant who had taken permission to spend time with her grandfather stayed longer that the permitted time.
“Usually before I leave Ghana, I balance my personal accounts with her. For a week, this girl was gone and would not answer her phone. I don’t sign my cheques. She does that for me, she is a signatory to my personal accounts here based on trust. I have never had reasons to doubt her until this Senanu character came into the picture”, Leila said.
Leila continued by saying “The report that she forged checks is wrong. She has my power of attorney here in Ghana to draw from my personal accounts”.
We gathered that, Senanu Gbedawo survives by living off sugar mummies and Delali wanting to be the only woman in his life had no choice than to steal her boss’s money for his upkeep. (Did I say she had no choice? She had the choice to let him go…).
It is also said that, Delali promised Senanu Gbedawo to finance a movie he intends to produce “Rumble Boy”.
Leila did indeed make her assistant a partaker of her company by giving her shares in the company and all that attracted the greedy Senanu Gbedawo who sometimes threatened to dump Delali if she fails to provide certain things he needed. (The power of an Actor and a fine bobo, surely I will call Leila or Shirley and become an Actor too…).
When the movie Director realized her assistant was in hiding, she took the police and went in search for her.
With the help of her Assistant’s friends (Judas kind of friends) and facebook chat, found her holed up in Monarch Hotel, East Legon busy having sex with Senanu Gbedawo. ( Who was on top of who? I wish I was told that…)
The two were arrested but Leila had Senanu released since he was shooting a movie. She also facilitated his release because, he insisted on having limited knowledge of the theft.
Even in the police cells, the PA kept insisting the money “went missing”. It took the intervention of Mabel Germaine, Leila’s costume designer and Amanda Jissie, Leila’s manager to finally get a confession from the PA who stated that indeed she was using the money to finance Senanu’s flamboyant lifestyle and even gave him Leila’s SUV to move around with.
According to Delali, she is in love with Senanu deeply and was doing anything to keep him around. The most shocking part of the story is that, when Delali was in jail, Senanu sent his brother to the jail to get taxi fare of 300 from him. ( Wow, is the dude that broke?)
Even at such a crucial time, Senanu was till siphoning money from the PA. It was obvious that, although the young girl was madly in love with Senanu, he was only using her for money and to secure a movie role.
On his current set, he was heard loudly boasting to his fellow actors how he is playing lead in Leila Djansi’s upcoming film “Ties that Bind” which will star certain Hollywood big shots.
Later on, armed with text messages on Delalis phone, the director traced Senanu to his movie set, halted the shoot and demanded the truth from Senanu who also confessed to being a partner to the thievery.
Based on his own confession, Senanu was subsequently arrested and later bailed by his cousin.
The two have been released on bail and Leila is ready to go to court.
Leila concluded with this “I have always had issues with star and fame hungry people. They are nothing but bad news. I noticed it about Senanu and I warned my assistant about it. No matter how much I love my assistant, she needs a little discipline”
“A lesson in honesty and a lesson in you don’t make sacrifices for a man. That is stupid. That will teach the people who are standing in queue to take advantage of me to find their ways back home.”
“I am tired of my talent and resources being taken advantage of by greedy people who are hungry for fame and wealth. This will serve as an example to others. I do not hold any grudge against my assistant because she was deceived by someone she thought was in love with her and also she was stupid”
Damn damn damn how in Gods name was she allowing her to sign her chqs for her? That is exactly what Toni Braxton was doing allowing her accountants, personal assistants and so forth to sign her chqs and she went bankrupt, i have heard Oprah say she signs every single chq that goes out of her account just imagine, that was a bad move leila, when it comes to money u cant even trust your parents like that smh.
@miss dior, hmmm u have said it all
@miss dior,
its obvious the type of person leila is. she trusts sooooooooo much. when she gets used them she cries foul. then she is called controversial.
@miss dior,good one smart gurl
@miss dior, dont trust lily….she is jealous abt de PA.
@osei, LOL…HUH? osie how r u?
@lily, am doin gr8t,lily.
@miss dior, SO TRU, NOT EVEN UR HUSBAND
@miss dior, this is absolute rubbish. why does anyone believe Leila’s side of the story?
1. why is Leila always fighting over money? First it was her friend and producer, Akofa. She called Akofa all sorts of names. Now it is her friend/sister. she must be having some really serious issues with money
2. this is a very one sided account of the story. i am amazed that Leila or Leila’s camp (whatever that means) would stoop so low! what do they get from saying that Senanu has been sleeping with sugar mummies? this is absolute nonsense. She has no case against Senanu. Her beef should be with her friend/PA/ whatever.
Leila has two movies to her credit. none of them anything extraordinary! yet she carries herself as if she owns the Gh movie industry…..and she has followers who cant objectively read the rubbish in the hotch potch she’s managed to get published here.
@Fii,
hater in da house! leila has made more than two movies and the two movies she has made in Ghana are show stoppers.
she has problems with money because she has money and Ghana thieves like akofa and senanu want it.
you are simply jealous of her. hater!
@alewa, stop fooliing urself.lily is too controversial.
@Fii, My issue is not with the bf(senanu character) but the with the trusted assistant, delali, who was using leila’s money as her piggy bank to fund and keep her bf around.
up to the time news, kai this website is doing big tins. who is the sleuth of this mystery, this is all spelling out like a movie HAHA, things people do for love. shame on that PA but mostly this should serve as a lesson to Ghanaians living abroad, never trust no one with your finances back home. that’s a no no
hmmm 3y3 as3m ooo..zamn zamn zamn!!!!
good job GC. ooooo poor delali, hmmm things we do for love. aheeaaaa is this senanu boy. he’s not even that fine. I hope leila gets her hard earned money back.
hmmm…i will really want to hear senanu’s side of the story…i dnt know why his image is being tarnish in this manner…so even if he was part of the thievery, does it mean his income should be put out on front street….come on…GHANAIANS like to embarrass ppl too much…aaahhhh
oh shut up lily. is he not involved? or because he is a celebrity? I am sure we will hear Senanus’s side soon. if he does not lie. first hand filla, he was lying about dating the girl until police came in.
@alewa, AND U NEED TO SHUT DA HELL UP…I WASN’T TALKING TO U…MAKE UR FUCKING COMMENT AND MOVE ON…STOP LOOKING FOR PPL’S TROUBLE….WTH…IT’S PPL LIKE U WHO ALWAYS WANT TO START SOME DUMB SHYT…I AM NOT IN DA MOOD FOR IT…SO KEEP IT MOVING…AND YES OFF COURSE WE WILL HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY…THANX
@alewa, when there was this news that jackie duped this nigerian producer you were all defending jackie why cant we do that to others?
..and exactly how do you know they were having sex?…..did you see them in the act??
That was my question , perhaps the door was unlocked.
i hope this whole tin is not true. i see so much potential in him. i cn’t believe he’ll such a tin
@madam social,
Hello Social
I thought he has a huge potential to blow too but the guy was using his pretty boy swag (looks) to take advantage of the lady.
I thought they only call WOMEN gold digger. Neither I know Senanu was one of them.
@Weapon-X,true that
Wow i CANT BELIEVE HE’LL DO THIS EITHER BUH HER GF CONFESSED THAT SHE SPENT THE MONEY ON HIM SO I GUESS ITS TRUE..YOU CAN NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER !
Seriously, judging a book by its cover would look like you never read it at all.
@Adjoa nbaaso), yeahh & yur right…desperate ppl really do desperate things lols buh what goes around always comes around .
Hmm, what a long story, GC you guys are the best(lots of details you have)Thanks anyway. I thought this guy was dating a radio presenter called Jeremie or watever.He seems to be a gold digger, and how did amanda jissh become Leila’s manager?wow, I wonder what it takes to have such position in Gh.Well the fact is desperate people do desperate things.
I guess some people have some easy money to be hiring pesonal assistants,secretaries n managers anyhow.
i am highly disappointed in senanu, how can he be that greedy? oooh men of today, they always want to take advantage of women. that is what the bmen do right now they wants women with cash. i am highly disppionted in him. what a shame!!!!
hmmmm dis is serious…but u dun hv to trust anybody..God is the only one to be trusted….its aba time some gurls realise that character is the altimate thin in a relationship nt physical appearance. suban 3te s3 nyinsen wo ntumi mfasei
leila, are you the only one with talent .you sound boastful and arrogant in this write up.but la ting people sign in and out your money ,those who try to steal your money are smarter than you . check where this kept tony braxton today.this people are not taking advantage of you, you left your self to be taking advantage of.so bag off with your arrogancy
@aida, AIDA, U MEAN LEILA SUPPOSED TO KEEP QUIET OR WHAT ARE U EXACTLY SAYING HERE? sHOULD IT HAVE BEEN U, WOULDN’T U REACT,,,,,,,, SHALLOW MINDED PPLE….mSHEW
Aida, they are not smart if she caught them. lol. but you are right. it looks like leila allows herself to be used and taken advantage of. I wonder how old she is.
OK…wat is sooo fine about this Senanu dude seff wey…this chick 4 foool nbody give am lyk dat??? Leila seff ashok 4 am ooo….how u feel trust somebody 2 dat extent……Luks lyk u didnt learn anything from what Akorfa did to u……Open ya eyes girls…this is reality…
The aroma exuding from the camp of “Sinking Sands” has it that Scriptwriter/Director Leila Djansi has been swindled out of huge sum of money by her trusted Personal Assisant “Delali Kumahor” and boyfriend Actor Senanu Gbedawo Of “CheckMate Fame” (We are talking about thousands of dollars).
According to our source, Delali Kumahor forged signatures and managed to withdraw in series huge sums of money meant for the production and marketing of Leila Djansi’s new movie “Sinking Sands”.
Guess what she does after going through thick and thin to embezzle the fund? She lavishly spent it on her Actor boyfriend Senanu Gbedawo Of “CheckMate Fame”. Some women do not cease to amaze my intellect. So she stole all those money to “spread” them on her “fine bobo”. (I want to be an Actor too, Geez!)
After Leila Djansi alerted the Police of the fraud, Delali Kumahor was arrested along side her boyfriend “Senanu Gbedawo”. The two love birds have been dating for almost a year now.
When GhanaCelebrities made contact with Leila Djansi on Tuesday night, she was on her way to the United States where she is based for a week and would return to Ghana after her short visit to continue the promotion of her movie as well as deal with the shocking fraud issue.
As interesting as the case seems to be, I wanted to get an in-depth “gist” before making any publication and decided to contact the victim again today in the United States. Leila had just gotten to LA when I managed to reach her and was extremely tired after hours on the plane so decided to make a further contact somewhere this week in order to grab from her the full story.Meanwhile, I am reliably informed that the two accused of fraud were released on bail yesterday. I am told that, out of trust and efforts to “help” Delali Kumahor who is considered as sister from another mother by Leila Djansi, the latter even gave the former “some” percent share in her production.This is like “ A stab in the back” featuring Actor Senanu Gbedawo and introducing Delali Kumahor. Can we even trust our own people? I will keep updates coming when I managed to speak to Leila Djansi in length on this issue.
Eh Miyagi, so why the copy and paste?
@Adjoa nbaaso),Why after carefully reading this topic on four different website seems like there is more to the story but yet we are only judging on what we are reading on here
Delali Kumahor has been Leila Djansi’s trusted Personal Assistant for over a year and in that while has diligently handled Leila’s book keeping on her personal accounts anytime Leila is not in town.
After the production of Sinking Sands, Senanu Gbedawo kept sending Leila Djansi emails which centred on wanting to become an actor in one of her productions. She politely told him to wait until auditions come up and if he deserves a role, it will be given to him.
Senanu who was unsatisfied with the answer befriended Delali Kumahor who most people until today considered her as Leila’s younger sister. Senanu cunningly deceived Delali into his love web as a smart move on Senanus side to guarantee himself a movie by dating the PA of the celebrated filmmaker.
The young girl, awed by the fact that an actor like Senanu Gbedawo would fall for her this much requited his love. According to Leila Djansi, she noticed Senanu around a couple of times and warned her assistant of her fraternizing with the actor.
Leila Djansi further mentioned that she only noticed something fishy when she was ready to leave Ghana and her assistant who had taken permission to spend time with her grandfather stayed longer that the permitted time.
“Usually before I leave Ghana, I balance my personal accounts with her. For a week, this girl was gone and would not answer her phone. I don’t sign my cheques. She does that for me, she is a signatory to my personal accounts here based on trust. I have never had reasons to doubt her until this Senanu character came into the picture”, Leila said.
Leila continued by saying “The report that she forged checks is wrong. She has my power of attorney here in Ghana to draw from my personal accounts”. We gathered that, Senanu Gbedawo survives by living off sugar mummies and Delali wanting to be the only woman in his life had no choice than to steal her boss’s money for his upkeep. (Did I say she had no choice? She had the choice to let him go…).
It is also said that, Delali promised Senanu Gbedawo to finance a movie he intends to produce “Rumble Boy”. Leila did indeed make her assistant a partaker of her company by giving her shares in the company and all that attracted the greedy Senanu Gbedawo who sometimes threatened to dump Delali if she fails to provide certain things he needed. (The power of an Actor and a fine bobo, surely I will call Leila or Shirley and become an Actor too…).
When the movie Director realized her assistant was in hiding, she took the police and went in search for her. With the help of her Assistant’s friends (Judas kind of friends) and facebook chat, found her holed up in Monarch Hotel, East Legon busy having sex with Senanu Gbedawo. ( Who was on top of who? I wish I was told that…)
Leila Dzansi The two were arrested but Leila had Senanu released since he was shooting a movie. She also facilitated his release because, he insisted on having limited knowledge of the theft.
Even in the police cells, the PA kept insisting the money “went missing”. It took the intervention of Mabel Germaine, Leila’s costume designer and Amanda Jissie, Leila’s manager to finally get a confession from the PA who stated that indeed she was using the money to finance Senanu’s flamboyant lifestyle and even gave him Leila’s SUV to move around with.
According to Delali, she is in love with Senanu deeply and was doing anything to keep him around. The most shocking part of the story is that, when Delali was in jail, Senanu sent his brother to the jail to get taxi fare of 300 from him. ( Wow, is the dude that broke?)
Even at such a crucial time, Senanu was till siphoning money from the PA. It was obvious that, although the young girl was madly in love with Senanu, he was only using her for money and to secure a movie role. On his current set, he was heard loudly boasting to his fellow actors how he is playing lead in Leila Djansi’s upcoming film “Ties that Bind” which will star certain Hollywood big shots.
Later on, armed with text messages on Delalis phone, the director traced Senanu to his movie set, halted the shoot and demanded the truth from Senanu who also confessed to being a partner to the thievery.
Based on his own confession, Senanu was subsequently arrested and later bailed by his cousin. The two have been released on bail and Leila is ready to go to court.
Leila concluded with this “I have always had issues with star and fame hungry people. They are nothing but bad news. I noticed it about Senanu and I warned my assistant about it. No matter how much I love my assistant, she needs a little discipline”
“A lesson in honesty and a lesson in you don’t make sacrifices for a man. That is stupid. That will teach the people who are standing in queue to take advantage of me to find their ways back home.”
“I am tired of my talent and resources being taken advantage of by greedy people who are hungry for fame and wealth. This will serve as an example to others. I do not hold any grudge against my assistant because she was deceived by someone she thought was in love with her and also she was stupid”
@Miyagi,what do we get from this nonsense by publicising your amourous relationship online here? were we present when you 2 were fcuking and balancing accounts?
So now that she’s at a disadvantage she is ready to spill the beans.
i dnt blame her cos i no wat love can make us do somtimes.i will give ma hard earned money 4 a guy but def wont steal from somone to give to him.if it mine fine………….
does this make Senanu the candidate next likely to be “banned” in Gollywood/Nollywood. I wonder!