who claims to be a rep of Daniel Okereke, the
older brother of actress Stephanie Linus who
was alleged to have raped a UNILAG student
on Nov 6th. Find the statement below…
It took me a while to react to these baseless
allegations about my good self because I had
to investigate to know if it was truly me they
were referring to or someone was
impersonating me. I wouldn't have responded
but for the numerous innocent readers who
may have been misled by this untrue
publications which was never verified before
going public. I thought that balanced
reportage had to do with getting both sides of
the story. What happened between me and
my estranged friend was a case of a woman
who claimed she was heartbroken because
she discovered I am in a very serious
relationship.
She flared up when she realized and started
demanding that I must settle her since I was
not taking her seriously not to talk of
marrying her. She demanded for two million
naira (N2m) and a Toyota Yaris car as
settlement else she would scandalize my
name and that I know I wouldn't want that
since according to her I come from a popular
and wealthy background. I took it as one of
those empty threats until I now read about
this complete sham about my good self.
How can someone say you were beaten up by
seven (7) guards before canal knowledge of
you prevailed? Someone who claimed she
was sick? She must be a female wrestler in
the WWE (The World Wrestling
Entertainment) for such measures to be
required before a strong tall guy like me will
need to force her to have canal knowledge of
her. Someone who claimed she was raped
could also muscle out strength to destroy my
properties in front of the so alleged seven
guards? If I were a nobody would she be
priding in saying I allegedly raped her? I know
that the thought of possessing me is your
dream but you didn't need to go this
shameless way.
Those that may have advised you to do this
(if any) gave you the worst advice ever
because you can't have me through cheap
blackmail. Let me make it crystal clear that
there was never a case of rape nor assault. I
have decided not to reveal more shocking
details on this sad episode because her family
initiated peace moves towards mine and I
strongly believe in the biblical saying "to err
is human but to forgive is divine". In a
country where people can use some sections
of the media to publish unverified stories of
even the highest offices in the land, then who
am I to bother if such crude treatment is
meted out to a rising star like me. Must we
continue to destroy our very best because we
have a very few media platforms that are
willing tools to be used. This is sad and
unkind.
Why will they want to bring in a respected
elder stateswoman Prof. Ndi Okereke-
Onyiuke, OON, into an issue where the
alleged accused is an adult who should take
full responsibility of his actions and in-
actions. A woman who worked tirelessly day
and night to develop the Nigerian Capital
Market and by extension the Nigerian
economy which in turn put food on the tables
of millions of Nigerians and beyond. During
her tenure as the DG of the Nigerian Stock
Exchange, the Capital Market was bountiful
and prospered as never before. She is an
institution in this country and should please
not be dragged into trivial issues like this.
She should be respected as such.
Thank you all for doing so.
I appeal to those sections of the media that
publish unverified stories to please verify
before going public because they have the
tools to make or mar peoples' images. I hope
that all the respected media sources that
publicized this untrue story will be kind
enough to do a retraction. God bless you as
you do so. I thank all those that called me and
sent text messages and said we know you did
not do those things. I also thank those who do
not know me that said negative things about
me, and the reasons are obvious – they do not
know me. My humble advice to them is not to
thrive on hearsay but facts because it is me
today; no one knows whose turn it might be
tomorrow. Thank you for reading. God bless
us all and Merry Christmas.
Signed,
PRINCE DANIEL OKEREKE.
Posted By David Aniemeka
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