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Senator Ned Nwoko Clarifies Alleged Fresh Romantic Ties

<h4>Senator Ned Nwoko Clarifies Alleged Fresh Romantic Ties<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Senator Ned Nwoko&comma; who represents Delta North in the 10th National Assembly&comma; has clarified his alleged new romantic engagements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clarifications came against the backdrop of information in the social media indicating that the 64 years old Senator allegedly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gets married to a new 20-year old virgin Hausa Wife to teach Regina Daniels a lesson&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Further&comma; the information indicated that the essence of the alleged marriage to a new &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;wife” is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; to prove” that Regina&comma; whom he has quarrel with is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not his only option&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement&comma; obtained from his Facebook wall&comma; titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;PUBLIC STATEMENT&comma;” Ned Nwoko said that though there was a visit to his house in which photographs were taken&comma; the attempts to describe it as marriage in the public space is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;mischievous and malicious for anyone to exploit such gestures to fabricate false narratives&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The clarification reads in full&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>A video recently brought to my attention shows a young woman who visited with her team under the Peace Ambassadors initiative&comma; led by Ambassador Dr&period; Adejo Sule&comma; and it is now being circulated online with false claims attempting to affiliate me with her&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> It is unfortunate what social media has become&comma; a space where moments are easily twisted for clout and misinformation&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>During the visit&comma; photographs were taken with members of the delegation&comma; as is customary whenever I receive guests&period; This is not unusual&semi; even in public places or outdoor events&comma; people often request to take pictures with me&comma; and I oblige&period; It is therefore mischievous and malicious for anyone to exploit such gestures to fabricate false narratives&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Let me state clearly and unequivocally that the news being propagated around her visit is entirely false&period; I do not have any form of personal or private connection with her&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I strongly caution individuals&comma; groups&comma; or media outlets spreading this fabricated story to desist immediately&period; Any further propagation of this false narrative will attract appropriate legal action&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The Cybercrime &lpar;Prohibition&comma; Prevention&comma; etc&period;&rpar; Act&comma; 2015 remains in full force and applies to anyone involved in the deliberate spread of falsehood or defamation in cyberspace&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Regina Daniels as Ned Nwoko’s wife and troubled home<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For years&comma; Nollywood actress Regina Daniels and her husband&comma; Senator Ned Nwoko&comma; embodied the fantasy of fame and fortune&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But last week&comma; that fairy tale cracked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30756" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30756" style&equals;"width&colon; 245px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-30756" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;10&sol;Untitled-4-1&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Senator Ned Nwoko Clarifies Alleged Fresh Romantic Ties" width&equals;"245" height&equals;"205" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30756" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Ned Nwoko and Reginal Daniels<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Millions of Nigerians on Saturday woke up to a viral video showing Regina weeping outside her Abuja mansion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In Ned Nwoko’s house&comma; I am nothing&period; But in my house&comma; I am a queen&comma;” she said through sobs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Moments later&comma; men believed to be security aides appeared&comma; trying to calm her and her siblings&comma; while her brother&comma; Sammy&comma; resisted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The emotional outburst&comma; captured in video clips&comma; shattered the glossy portrait of one of Nigeria’s most talked-about celebrity marriages&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since then&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">social media<&sol;a> has been awash with counter-allegations of violence&comma; drug abuse&comma; and manipulation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>From power couple to public scandal<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Within hours of the video surfacing&comma; Nwoko fired back&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a lengthy online statement&comma; he denied ever abusing Regina&comma; instead accusing her of being &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;violent and destructive” due to alleged addiction to drugs and alcohol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He wrote&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Regina was not always like this&period; Her current battle with drugs and alcohol abuse is the root of our problem&period; She must continue her rehabilitation program&comma; or I fear for her life and safety&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The senator also accused her of attacking his staff and damaging property in his Abuja home&comma; adding that she needed rehabilitation &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;either in Nigeria or abroad&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;As of press time&comma; Regina had not publicly responded&comma; but her silence has only fuelled speculation and sympathy among fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The marriage that broke the Internet<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When Regina married Nwoko in 2019&comma; the wedding stunned Nigeria&period; She was in her early 20s&comma; a fresh-faced actress adored for her innocence&period; He was 38 years older&comma; a wealthy lawyer&comma; businessman&comma; and later a senator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their union instantly divided the public&period; Critics accused Regina of marrying for wealth&semi; supporters saw her as pragmatic&period; Regina herself dismissed the noise&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In interviews&comma; she described Nwoko as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;kind and caring&comma;” often posting affectionate photos of their luxury vacations and family life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For years&comma; the marriage was portrayed as a perfect blend of tradition and modern glamour&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A May 2024 feature by Modern Ghana titled&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Regina Daniels&colon; A Beacon of Respectful Love Worth Emulating’ described their relationship as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;built on mutual respect and understanding&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;But beneath the sheen&comma; insiders say&comma; tension had been brewing — the kind that can’t be hidden behind matching designer outfits and smiling Instagram posts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Old patterns&comma; new cracks<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is not the first time Nwoko’s domestic life has become a public spectacle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In 2021&comma; his Moroccan wife&comma; Laila Charani&comma; announced on social media that she had divorced him&comma; warning the public to stay away from her private life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hello guys&period; I have divorced already and there is nothing between me and him&period; Anybody who followed me because of him can unfollow me&comma; please&comma;” she wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nwoko’s team quickly countered&comma; accusing Laila of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;indecent conduct” during a London trip and undergoing plastic surgery without his consent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Months later&comma; Laila apologised publicly&comma; saying she had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;listened too much to outsiders&period;” Their reconciliation was widely reported as proof of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;maturity and forgiveness&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Today&comma; that cycle of conflict and public reconciliation seems to be repeating itself&comma; this time with Regina&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A blogger&comma; Ajemba Stanley&comma; alleged that the current row began with a physical altercation&comma; alleging that Nwoko slapped Regina first and she retaliated by smashing his Ferrari’s windscreen&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The claims remain unverified&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Jaruma connection<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding fuel to the chaos is popular kayanmata &lpar;aphrodisiac&rpar; seller&comma; Hauwa Mohammed&comma; aka Jaruma&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Once friends with Regina&comma; Jaruma has resurfaced with explosive allegations&comma; claiming the actress introduced her to drugs and alcohol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was the one who gave me alcohol&comma;” Jaruma said in an interview with blogger Stella Dimoko Korkus&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even Ned said she must continue her rehabilitation&period; He knows she abuses substances&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jaruma also accused Nwoko of physically assaulting women he had dated&comma; alleging she had spoken with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;seven side chics” who claimed the same&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Family&comma; friends drawn in<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The senator’s accusations did not end with his wife&period; He also blamed Regina’s brother&comma; Sammy West&comma; and a friend&comma; Ann&comma; for influencing her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sammy is Regina’s main drug supplier&comma;” Nwoko alleged&comma; describing Ann as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the tiny evil devil&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sammy hit back in a now-deleted post&comma; writing&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No marriage is perfect&period; But Regina Daniels is not affiliated with any drug abuse or misuse&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investigations showed that Sammy has long cultivated a bohemian image&comma; with his music often referencing weed and street life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another friend&comma; Antoinette Cassidy &lpar;known as &commat;casie&lowbar;snow&rpar;&comma; whom online users suspect is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ann&comma;” has remained silent&comma; maintaining only family and business-related posts on her page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Social media clues and contradictions<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While authorities remain silent&comma; the Internet has turned into an unofficial court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Videos and photos claiming to show Regina drinking and smoking have resurfaced online — some dating back to 2018&comma; before her marriage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One clip shows her smoking shisha at a club&semi; another shows a Sprite bottle filled with a darker liquid&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Supporters say these are harmless youthful moments&semi; critics see them as proof of deeper issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Celebrities take sides<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The controversy has split Nollywood&period; Actress Yvonne Jegede advised Regina to leave the marriage if violence was involved&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Regina&comma; you are still very young&period; If there’s violence in your marriage&comma; please carry your bag&comma;” she wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her comment sparked an online spat between actresses Angela Okorie and Doris Ogala&comma; with Ogala accusing Okorie of hypocrisy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So na Gina wey suppose be your pikin you dey mock&quest;” Ogala fired&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Former Big Brother Naija star Tuoyo also criticised Regina’s brother for speaking out &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;too late&comma;” while actress Georgina Onuoha called for a formal probe into the allegations of both abuse and substance use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This recurring pattern points to control and power dynamics common when older men marry much younger women&comma;” she said&comma; also faulting Regina’s mother&comma; Rita Daniels&comma; for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not protecting her daughter&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Experts weigh in<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clinical psychologist Dr John Eze said substance use among celebrities is often a maladaptive response to stress&comma; fame&comma; and marital tension&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When people lose emotional connection in marriage&comma; they sometimes turn to alcohol or drugs to cope&comma;” he explained&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It gives temporary relief but causes lasting harm&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another psychologist&comma; Kemi Akintoyese&comma; noted that the constant public scrutiny of celebrities could heighten anxiety&comma; insecurity&comma; and poor decision-making&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Coercive control in relationships — isolation&comma; manipulation&comma; or disguised care — can worsen substance abuse&comma;” she said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Low self-esteem and online shame also drive people to seek escape through substances&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Between love&comma; control&comma; and public judgment<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For many Nigerians&comma; the Regina-Nwoko saga is more than celebrity gossip&semi; it’s a reflection of how power&comma; gender&comma; and class play out in modern relationships&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;What was once idolised as a Cinderella story has become a cautionary tale about fame and emotional collapse behind closed doors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A social commentator&comma; Ene Abba&comma; said that the public’s obsession with the couple reveals a deeper societal longing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We project our fantasies onto them&period; When the fairy tale breaks&comma; it feels like betrayal — as if their failure challenges our belief in love and success&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Family calls for calm<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the uproar&comma; sources close to the family say private reconciliation efforts are underway&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nwoko’s brother&comma; Michael&comma; while appealing for restraint&comma; said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whatever is happening between Senator Ned Nwoko and his dear wife is a private family matter&period; It will be resolved internally&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;But in the court of public opinion&comma; the damage may already be done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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