The former head of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has disputed rumors that she was evicted from a London flat.
On Saturday, word spread that Onochie’s family had disowned her after she caused embarrassment.
On Sunday, though, Onochie responded by saying she was not, in fact, stuck.
She said her cousin, whom she was housing at the time, had tried to steal her house, but that she had successfully fought him off.
What a battle, I recovered my home,” she tweeted.
My second cousin once removed, Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu, and his wife, Ruth Emereze, were destitute and unable to find shelter. I felt bad for them, so I took them in and gave them a place to stay in my home.
They stopped answering my calls a year ago, while I was making preparations to move back in with them. I was unable to read my mail. As a result, I was late for a lot of engagements.
I knocked on the door twice because I have the key to the place. They locked the door from the inside and wouldn’t let me in, so I had to leave.
When they both started earning an income, they stopped sharing the cost of rent and started throwing expensive parties instead.
I gave it one more go, but this time for good. When I knocked, his wife answered from the backyard and locked the front door behind her.
“Miraculously. Miraculously. The door she used to sneak inside the house, which led to the garden, was left unlocked. “That’s the door I used to get into the house,” she explained.
Onochie added that things got nasty, she phoned the police, and the intruders were given a hefty blow before being instructed to leave the premises.
She went on to say that they left two days ago and that they are now reaping the consequences of their actions.
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