By Ishaya Ibrahim
A young woman, Pamela Ifejoku, has accused a former lawmaker, Ned Nwoko, more famous for his marriage to teenage actress, Regina Daniels, of causing her father to be detained by the police following a land dispute.
Ned Nwoko is locked in a land tussle with his Idumuje-Ugboko kinsmen for grabbing 90-hectares of community land for a private university he said he would build in the community.
Ned Nwoko has used the police to intimidate those who challenged him over the land grab.
In a viral video, Ifejoku said Ned Nwoko has been keeping her father and others in police custody perpetually for their refusal to offer him the land.
She said: “Sometime in 2017, Ned Nwoko instigated a crisis in Idumuje Ugboko Community in Delta State, as a result of the community’s firm refusal to give him additional 90 hectares of land, having mismanaged the over hectares earlier giving to him.
“In the ensuing crisis, it was alleged that one Cyprian Kumaorun was killed. While this was ongoing, my Father Mr. Okey Ifejoku was several kilometres away in Asaba. He was neither present at the scene of the crisis nor participated in any alleged fight.
“However, since then, Ned Nwoko has made it a point of duty to terrorise the community until they fall on their knees and offer him the land on a platter.
“By virtue of Mr. Okey Ifejoku’s (My father) position as the President of the Idumuje Ugboko Development Union, he has borne the greatest oppression from Ned Nwoko.
“Ned Nwoko has unlawfully used the instruments of the state, particularly the Nigeria police in Delta State and Abuja, to oppress the helpless members of Idumuje-Ugboko Community,” she said.
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NED NWOKO YOU USED YOUR MONEY TO ILLEGALLY JAIL MY FATHER, DENY IT!!!
— PaMelanin (@pa_melanin) May 15, 2021
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP US???? #freeOkeyIfejoku #NedNwokoStoptheintimidation pic.twitter.com/X9b0VruGE0
