Emabattled Nollywood actress. Angela Okorie, who was recently involved in a theft scandal over the Easter Holidays, which saw her get arrested and detained in South Africa has blamed it on blackmail.
Angela was in South Africa for a movie shoot ‘Nwa Abakaliki’, went in the company of Muma Gee’s husband, Prince Ekeh, but things got out of hand, and she was remanded in Police Custody for over 24 hours, before here release.
Speaking with Yes! Magazine, Angela bared her mind on the episode, and vowed to get even with Prince Ekeh, who according to her, was instrumental in her arrest.
Here’s her account of what happened in South Africa with Muma Gees’s husband, Prince Ekeh.
“I
left Nigeria for South Africa to shoot my movie, Nwa Abakaliki in South
Africa on Monday April 7 2014 with Prince Ekeh, Muma Gee’s husband. I
paid for his flight and accommodation from Port Harcourt to Lagos and
from Lagos to South Africa. Then at a point, I decided to move to a
hotel so as to give him space
and a friend of mine called M.K said I
should come over to her place at North Gate Estate where I can pay less
for my accommodation because she has a 3 bedroom flat.
So
I moved in and met a friend of mine called Prosper who is actually one
of my biggest fans in her place. But he was also living in a separate
room with the lady. As time went on, this guy started disturbing me for
sex. He said he liked me and would not mind having an affair with me.
But I told him I am married with a child but he would not let me be. It
got to a stage he went to hire a car to take me around so as to aid my
production but I never gave in to his demand for sex.
Then on Good Friday, April 18th, I was in my room and didn’t bother locking my room door. Prosper came in and tried to rape me but I told him that I am ready to kill and go to jail if he ever tried it. After much sweet words and threats, he left me alone and I moved out of the house to Hilton Hotel, Sandton that day.
On Sunday, April 19th, Prince Eke called me that Prosper and some people were coming to meet me at the hotel and I said no problem. Unknown to me, he was coming with about three policemen. I opened the door for them but to my greatest surprise, Prosper said that I stole his 32,000rand which is about $3,200. I was surprised because that to me is ridiculous. How can I steal such money when I paid for Prince Ekeh’s flight and accommodation which amounts to about $4,000 dollars, not to talk of myself? I was taken to Honeydew from where I was moved to Ranburg Police station in Johannesburg on Saturday April 19th and was released the following day, being April 20, 2014, Easter Sunday.
Then on Good Friday, April 18th, I was in my room and didn’t bother locking my room door. Prosper came in and tried to rape me but I told him that I am ready to kill and go to jail if he ever tried it. After much sweet words and threats, he left me alone and I moved out of the house to Hilton Hotel, Sandton that day.
On Sunday, April 19th, Prince Eke called me that Prosper and some people were coming to meet me at the hotel and I said no problem. Unknown to me, he was coming with about three policemen. I opened the door for them but to my greatest surprise, Prosper said that I stole his 32,000rand which is about $3,200. I was surprised because that to me is ridiculous. How can I steal such money when I paid for Prince Ekeh’s flight and accommodation which amounts to about $4,000 dollars, not to talk of myself? I was taken to Honeydew from where I was moved to Ranburg Police station in Johannesburg on Saturday April 19th and was released the following day, being April 20, 2014, Easter Sunday.
Why
I am sad about the whole blackmail is that it was after my release that
I got to know that Prosper’s job in South Africa is to con and defraud
new Nigerians in S.A. He would identify strangers who have come with
money for a project and offer to assist. Afterwards, he would call the
policemen who are also working with him to defraud the innocent people,
claiming to have done something for them or that they stole his money.
He picked on me because he knows I am a celebrity and would not want to
soil my name.
I was seriously embittered when I later learnt that Prince Ekeh harboured him in the house I left for him to stay and that he was on the run because I vowed to take the matter in the law court for defamation of character. When the issue became serious, they started begging me, sending different set of people to beg me but I promised to show them the other side of me because I have not been able to complete my movies since then. Prince Ekeh was even threatening to shoot me; that why would I be telling my friends about the incident and also queried the policemen who gave me my passport.
I was seriously embittered when I later learnt that Prince Ekeh harboured him in the house I left for him to stay and that he was on the run because I vowed to take the matter in the law court for defamation of character. When the issue became serious, they started begging me, sending different set of people to beg me but I promised to show them the other side of me because I have not been able to complete my movies since then. Prince Ekeh was even threatening to shoot me; that why would I be telling my friends about the incident and also queried the policemen who gave me my passport.
Prince
is an ingrate. I paid for his ticket from Port Harcourt to Lagos and
from Lagos to South Africa to help him and his family because his wife,
Muma Gee has been the only one assisting his career and all he could pay
me with is this cheap blackmail. He was not even happy that my passport
was released to me. I keep asking myself why? What does he want to
achieve? Anyway, I have told him and his accomplice who tried to rape
and blackmail me that I am taking this up in a reputable law court”.
