Deborah Akinyosoye
Actress Regina Daniels has again told her estranged husband Senator Ned Nwoko to leave her alone, noting that their union did not have legal backing.
The movie star admitted in a statement released on Instagram in the early hours of Sunday that she was on drugs but that the cause of their discord was his alleged constant plan to isolate her from her loved ones.
“Fine, I did drugs. So what? Is that even the issue between us? The moment we had a fight, you rushed to the public shouting ‘drugs, drugs, drugs,’ because you knew it would make a perfect story for the media, something dramatic enough to distract everyone from the real issue!” She wrote.
“You want to find a reason to arrest everyone around me so that I will have no one left beside me, no friend, no support, no safe place to turn to. Then when I’m completely isolated and broken, I will be forced to come back to you because I will have nowhere else to go.”
She claimed the lawmaker seized her phones for weeks so she would not communicate with her family. According to her, she was also isolated in a room and declared “mentally unstable” whenever she wanted out of the union.
“Every problem we have had started when I no longer wanted you, whether sober or even high,” she wrote, urging the legislator to “tell people the truth”.
“And for the record,” she added, “I would have filed for divorce long ago if there was ever a legal marriage between us. We were never married in any court of law, and no documents were signed. Leave me alone, Ned. Marriage is not by force. Love is not by force. Stop trying to control what no longer belongs to you!”
This comes days after Regina broke down in tears in a video, expressing frustration and despair over ongoing family struggles.
Following a petition filed by Nwoko, the police on November 6 charged the actress’s brother Samuel Ojeogwu in court for offences bordering on criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, assault, criminal intimidation and theft. The court remanded him until he meets the bail conditions.
On October 18, a viral video showed Regina in tears, surrounded by aides and relatives, saying: “In Ned Nwoko’s house, I am nothing. But in my house, I am a queen. Not again. I can’t stand the violence, it’s too much.”
Nwoko denied the allegations shortly after, claiming his wife’s outburst stemmed from “drug and alcohol abuse” and insisting she needed rehabilitation.