Onochie: How my cousin I helped made me homeless in UK

The immediate past Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has disclosed how her cousin, Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu, and his wife, Ruth Emereze, attempted to make her homeless in the United Kingdom.

Reports emerged on Saturday, September 2, 2023, that Onochie, who served as a Special Assistant on New Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari, became stranded after she was kicked out of an apartment by her family members in the UK.

Reacting in a post on her X account on Sunday, the NDDC chairman said her cousin whom she sheltered attempted to make her homeless.

Onochie, in a post titled ‘What A Battle, I Recovered My Home’ and shared with a video, noted that her cousin installed bolts on one of the apartment’s doors, adding that she retrieved the house from Fejokwu after a long-fought battle.

She stated: “My Cousin, Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu and his wife, Ruth Emereze were stranded, in fact homeless at the time. I took pity on them, took them in, to house them in my home.

“A year ago, when I started making plans to return to continue housing them, they blocked my phone number. I had no access to my letters. Consequently, I missed quite a number appointments.

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“Having the key to the property, I turned up at the door, twice. They installed bolts and bolted the door from the inside and refused to let me in.

“They stopped contributing to the rent when they both have jobs, preferring to host lavish parties.

“At some point before they stopped completely, my sister, Queenesther Nwaise helped to settle many months of rent. My immediate family too, helped.

“I tried again for the last time. When I knocked, his wife sneaked from the garden into the house, to bolt the front door against me.

“Miraculously, she forgot to lock the garden door through where she sneaked into the house. I got access to the house through that door. She called in an IPOB thug and a young lady.

“They became nasty. Of course, I called the police who dealt them a heavy blow, telling them they must vacate for me unless I was willing to continue to house them. The cowardly thug ran away before the arrival of the Police. The other young lady, went to my bed and spread herself out. Of course, I got her out.

“Then they started pleading to stay.

“NO WAY! Two days later, they shamefully moved out. BUT WILL I BE NICE TO PEOPLE AGAIN?

“Absolutely! It’s my nature to help. I will continue to be me. We reap what we sow.

“Ashiedu and his wife, will reap what they did to me. Bountifully.”

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