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Chidinma Okeke
Since the Lesbian sex video scandal broke out few weeks ago, many news agencies and individuals has taken it to the world on different views. Meanwhile the 20 years old Miss Chidinma Okeke, who won the Miss Anambra beauty pageant, organised by the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), was has remained mute and hidden from the press, choosing to go into hiding over alleged threats to her life.
She
has also remained silent, leaving her lawyer to do most of
the talking.
While the father, Sir Jeremiah Okeke, had claimed in recent
reports that his daughter had been handed over to a relation
for safety, some others claimed that the ex-beauty queen had
relocated abroad.
But after weeks of keeping quiet, Miss Okeke has finally
broken her silence.
The Nation reported that she debunked claims that she threatened to commit suicide,
adding that there was never a time such thought came to her
mind.
She also said her life might no longer be in danger, adding
that her traducers were no longer threatening her life, and
maintaining that those who were after her life had stopped
contacting her.
She also said the faces behind her agonizing period in
Anambra would be revealed soon, adding that with God, all
things are possible.
Narrating her own side of the story, she said: “Early last
year, the ABS advertised for the Miss Anambra beauty
pageant.
I heard of it and went to make enquiry.
“My roommate was also interested, but one of the organisers
told me to apply. I told them I was not interested but the man
insisted that I might win the competition.
He also promised to
give me the form for free if I indicated interest, and he did
when I agreed to contest.
“But one Jane told me that before a winner would be
declared, there were certain things to be done, including the
(sex) video. I consented after some persuasion from the
organisers.
I later went for the contest at the Marble Arch
Hotels in Awka, and I was declared winner with a Kia Rio
vehicle as star prize.
“When I went for my car after the contest, the organisers
brought out a contract form for me to sign, but I told them I
wanted to contact my lawyer to see it.
I was not given the
opportunity to do so.
“What they kept telling me was that if I insisted on not
signing the contract or wanted to contact my lawyer, they
would release the video.
“At that point, I became uncomfortable and signed the
contract to avoid such embarrassment, and the car was
released to me from where it was packed within the premises
of ABS.
“From that moment, I became a slave to them. On October
11, 2016, they called me to come and make presentations
inside the office of one the organisers.
After that, the man
excused some people in that room and showed me the video
again.
“They told me to drop my car and removed my crown from
me. I told them I would take the car as stipulated in the
contract. They insisted I should pack it in the premises of
(ABS).
“I told my uncle in Abuja about the situation. My uncle called
them and asked them to release my car to me. Instead, they
forwarded the video to him as part of the blackmail.
That
was what happened,” Chidinma said, crying.
She also said the scandal had weighed her down. Amidst
sobs, she denied being a lesbian, saying she had never been
involved in the act.
For her parents, Sir Jeremiah and his wife, Lady Nora Okeke,
the incident remains a shock.
According to Sir Okeke, the
management and organisers of the pageant capitalised on
his daughter’s “age and naivety to deny her whatever
monetary gains she made while serving as Miss Anambra.”
He added: “How can a beauty queen borrow money to pay
her driver, even when she is supposed to be receiving a
monthly salary?
“I cannot say all that I heard or saw. Why was she not paid
her winning prize of one million naira fully? Rather, they paid
her on installmental basis. And up until today, the money has
not been completely paid.
“They have rubbished her and rubbed the family’s name in
the mud.
But we have united as a family, praying seriously
for my daughter and for the people behind this wicked act to
be exposed.
“My family at first agreed not to tell me about the whole
thing, because I am hypertensive. But they decided otherwise
when things got out of hand. I told them this issue will not
kill me because I have had worse experiences while in
business years back.
“My God, as always, will answer me and expose the truth in
no distant time. I won’t say much because the damage has
already been done.
“Chidinma is a small girl who does not know anything,
hence, she fell into a trap that was too heavy for her to
shoulder.
But I thank God she is recovering.”
All through the interview, Chidinma’s mother, who was
advised by the husband to remain silent, continued to hiss,
and motioning her hands towards the heavens in supplication
to God.
Two of the chiefs in Ogboji community in Orumba South
Local Government Area, where Chidinma hails from, Chief
Obi Okoli (Idejimba) and Chief Julius Nwankwo (Nwabulu-
Omee), told The Nation that the incident had left them in
shock.
Okoli, who described Chidinma as a nice and well-trained girl
from a Christian home, saw the entire thing as a set up, but
argued that such issues would only happen if somebody
presents oneself.
According to him, “she is a well brought up girl from a good
family background and Christian home.
There could be more
to this than meets the eyes.”
Asked if the community was not going to say anything on the
sex scandal involving their daughter, Okoli laughed and said:
“There are ways of handling such issues, and I don’t think
the community will be involved.”
Also speaking, Chief Julius Nwankwo, described the situation
as a pity, adding that today’s children behave as they like.
However, he said that the people of Ogboji community were
seeing it as blackmail, adding that none of them was happy
with what happened to their daughter.
He said: “As an Ogboji man, I am pained that such a thing
happened to one of our own, and that is why we want the
authorities concerned to look into the saga appropriately,
with a view to arresting those involved.
“When our daughter won the award, we were happy. For
anybody or group of persons to rubbish her and our
community is what we will not condone.”
Nwankwo said they heard some people had been
apprehended over the sex scandal, adding that the
authorities should look well in making sure that wrong people
were not punished.
The Managing Director of ABS, the organisers, Uche Nworah
did not comment on the queen’s allegations when we
contacted him. He instead referred us to the organisation’s
earlier statement.
In the earlier statement, the organisers had dissociated
themselves from the scandal. Part of the statement read:
“The attention of the management of the Anambra
Broadcasting Service, organisers of the Miss Anambra
Beauty Pageant, has been drawn to a video with lurid
contents purportedly showing former Miss Anambra, Miss
Chidinma Okeke (Miss Anambra 2015).
“The said Miss Chidinma Okeke, who is allegedly linked to
the lurid content in circulation, has served out her term as
Miss Anambra 2015 and handed over the crown in line with
the terms and conditions of The Miss Anambra pageant.
“We condemn in clear terms any amoral behaviour/conduct
as suggested by the alleged lurid content in circulation and
do not condone such.
“It is on record that The Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant has
been a platform to empower Anambra women and celebrate
our rich culture and heritage.
Winners of the pageant are
bound to contracts to be of good conduct and moral
behaviour and to uphold/maintain the honour in their position
as queen.
“Winners of the pageant also contract to refrain from any
personal relationship that could appear to hinder their ability
to perform the duties of their office as queen and role model,
and we do not expect any less.
“We, therefore, wish to dissociate The Miss Anambra
pageant from any discussions on the said allegations.
“We feel sufficiently perturbed by the mere reference already
made to the pageant and hereby state that we are in no way
connected to the controversy.
“We apologise to the government and good people of
Anambra State, our sponsors, supporters, friends and all
those associated with the Miss Anambra project for the
embarrassment the mere reference to the pageant in the
controversy may have caused whilst reassuring of the good
intentions of the Miss Anambra pageant franchise.”
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