I got plenty mails from some guys in
South Africa who wanted me to expose
Angela Okorie as a thief. They sent me
pics, police phone numbers, details of
what supposedly happened over there
but I didn't touch the story because I
suspected they were just trying to mess
this lady up...and according to her own
version of things, that's exactly what
happened.
Actress Angela Okorie was arrested and
detained for a day in South Africa last
weekend for allegedly stealing $3,200
from a friend's home. Reacting to the
story to Yes! Magazine, Angela says it was
all blackmail from a friend/fan named
Prosper, whose sexual advances she
turned down and whose stock in trade is
to extort money from Nigerians who go to
South Africa for project. Find her account
of what happened after the cut...
Angela tells Yes Magazine...
"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.
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 harbored 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 them 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" she said
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