I
got plenty mails from some guys in South Africa who wanted me to expose
Angela Okorie as a thief. They sent me pics, police phone numbers,
details of what supposedly happened over there but I didn't touch the
story because I suspected they were just trying to mess this lady
up...and according to her own version of things, that's exactly what
happened.
Actress Angela Okorie was
arrested and detained for a day in South Africa last weekend for
allegedly stealing $3,200 from a friend's home. Reacting to the story to
Yes! Magazine, Angela says it was all blackmail from a friend/fan named
Prosper, whose sexual advance she turned down and whose stock in trade
is to extort money from Nigerians who go to South Africa for project. 
Angela tells Yes Magazine...
"I
left Nigeria for South Africa to shoot my movie, Nwa Abakaliki in South
Africa on Monday April 7 2014 with Prince Ekeh, Muma Gee's husband. I
paid for his flight and accommodation from Port Harcourt to Lagos and
from Lagos to South Africa. Then at a point, I decided to move to a
hotel so as to give him space and a friend of mine called M.K said I
should come over to her place at North Gate Estate where I can pay less
for my accommodation because she has a 3 bedroom flat. So I moved in and
met a friend of mine called Prosper who is actually one of my biggest
fans in her place. But he was also living in a separate room with the
lady. As time went on, this guy started disturbing me for sex. He said
he liked me and would not mind having an affair with me. But I told him I
am married with a child but he would not let me be. It got to a stage
he went to hire a car to take me around so as to aid my production but I
never gave in to his demand for sex. Then on good Friday, April 18th, I
was in my room and didn't bother locking my room door. Prosper came in
and tried to rape me but I told him that I am ready to kill and go to
jail if he ever tried it. After much sweet words and threats, he left me
alone and I moved out of the house to Hilton Hotel, Sandton that day.
On Sunday, April 19th, Prince Eke called me that Prosper and some people
were coming to meet me at the hotel and I said no problem. Unknown to
me, he was coming with about three policemen. I opened the door for them
but to my greatest surprise, Prosper said that I stole his 32,000rand
which is about $3,200. I was surprised because that to me is ridiculous.
How can I steal such money when I paid for Prince Ekeh's flight and
accommodation which amounts to about $4,000 dollars, not to talk of
myself? I was taken to honeydew from where I was moved to Ranburg Police
station in Johannesburg on Saturday April 19th and was released the
following day, being April 20, 2014, Easter Sunday.
Why I am sad
about the whole blackmail is that it was after my release that I got to
know that Prosper's job in South Africa is to con and defraud new
Nigerians in S.A. He would identify strangers who have come with money
for a project and offer to assist. Afterwards, he would call the
policemen who are also working with him to defraud the innocent people,
claiming to have done something for them or that they stole his money.
He picked on me because he knows I am a celebrity and would not want to
soil my name. I was seriously embittered when I later learnt that Prince
Ekeh harbored him in the house I left for him to stay and that he was
on the run because I vowed to take the matter in the law court for
defamation of character. When the issue became serious, they started
begging me, sending different set of people to beg me but I promised
them to show them the other side of me because I have not been able to
complete my movies since then. Prince Ekeh was even threatening to shoot
me; that why would I be telling my friends about the incident and also
queried the policemen who gave me my passport. Prince is an ingrate. I
paid for his ticket from Port Harcourt to Lagos and from Lagos to South
Africa to help him and his family because his wife, Muma Gee has been
the only one assisting his career and all he could pay me with is this
cheap blackmail. He was not even happy that my passport was released to
me. I keep asking myself why? What does he want to achieve? Anyway, I
have told him and his accomplice who tried to rape and blackmail me that
I am taking this up in a reputable law court" she said
Recently,
news filthered in about actress Angela Okorie been involved in a theft
scandal in South Africa which saw her being arrested and detained by the
South African police. The actress in an interview with Yes magazine has
debunked the theft case stating it was a case of blackmail after she
had turned down a certain prosper's sexual advances. Her account of what
happened below
" I left Nigeria for South Africa to shoot my
movie, Nwa Abakaliki in South Africa on Monday April 7 2014 with Prince
Ekeh, Muma Gee's husband. I paid for his flight and accommodation from
Port Harcourt to Lagos and from Lagos to South Africa. Then at a point, I
decided to move to a hotel so as to give him space and a friend of mine
called M.K said I should come over to her place at North Gate Estate
where I can pay less for my accommodation because she has a 3 bedroom
flat. So I moved in and met a Friend of mine called Prosper who is
actually one of my biggest fans in her place. But he was also living in a
separate room with the lady. As time went on, this guy started
disturbing me for sex. He said he liked me and would not mind having an
affair with me. But I told him I am married with a child but he would
not let me be. It got to a stage he went to hire a car to take me around
so as to aid my production but I never gave in to his demand for sex.
Then on good Friday, April 18th, I was in my room and didn't bother
locking my room door. Prosper came in and tried to rape me but I told
him that I am ready to kill and go to jail if he ever tried it. After
much sweet words and threats, he left me alone and I moved out of the
house to Hilton Hotel, Sandton that day. On Sunday, April 19th, Prince
Eke called me that Prosper and some people were coming to meet me at the
hotel and I said no problem. Unknown to me, he was coming with about
three policemen. I opened the door for them but to my greatest surprise,
Prosper said that I stole his 32,000rand which is about $3,200. I was
surprised because that to me is ridiculous. How can I steal such money
when I paid for Prince Ekeh's flight and accommodation which amounts to
about $4,000 dollars, not to talk of myself? I was taken to honeydew
from where I was moved to Ranburg Police station in Johannesburg on
Saturday April 19th and was released the following day, being April 20,
2014, Easter Sunday.
Why I am sad about the whole blackmail is
that it was after my release that I got to know tht Prosper's job in
South Africa is to con and defraud mew Nigerians in S.A. He would
identify strangers who have come with money for a project and offer to
assist. Afterwards, he would call the policemen who are also working
with him to defraud the innocent people, claiming to have done something
for them or that they stole his money. He picked on me because he knows
I am a celebrity and would not want to soil my name. I was seriously
embittered when I later learnt that Prince Ekeh harbored him in the
house I left for him to stay and that h was on the run because I vowed
to take the matter in the law court for defamation of character. When
the issue became serious, they started begging me, sending different set
of people to beg me but I promised them to show them the other side of
me because I have not been able to complete my movies since then. Prince
Ekeh was even threatening to shoot me ; that why would I be telling my
friends about the incident and also queried the policemen who gave me my
passport. Prince is an ingrate. I paid for his ticket from Port
Harcourt to Lagos and from Lagos to South Africa to help him and his
family because his wife, Muma Gee has been the only one assisting his
career and all he could pay me with is this cheap blackmail. He was not
even happy that my passport was released to me. I keep asking myself
why? what does he want to achieve? Anyway, I have told him and his
accomplice who tried to rape and blackmail me that I am taking this up
in a reputable law court" she said
