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Why My Marriage To Nigeria’s Leading Actress Is Collapsing—Nigerian Senator Breaks Silence

<h4>Why My Marriage<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that in the last 48 hours&comma; a trending video of Nollywood actress Regina Daniels in visible distress sparked widespread concern among fans on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the viral clip&comma; the actress appears tearful as she is held and comforted by unidentified individuals&period; The cause of her distress remains unclear&comma; prompting speculation among viewers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Clarifying the unclear situation&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Sammy West&comma;<&sol;a> the brother of the Nollywood actress Regina Daniels&comma; on Saturday alleged that her husband&comma; Senator Ned Nwoko&comma; beat her and smashed her head on the wall shortly after a video of his distressed sister surfaced online&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>West&comma; who vowed to defend women against domestic violence&comma; also alleged that Nwoko sent thugs to attack the young actress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Makachi&excl; E pain me say una wan finally laugh my sister&period; Let me repeat&comma; anywhere wey man dey beat woman&comma; whether na my sister or not&comma; I go fight with my blood&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he wrote on Instagram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Senator Ned Nwoko&comma; you get luck say after you beat my sister again&comma; smash her head for wall&comma; you run comot send thugs&excl; I swear I for burst all your jaw&excl;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>West said this shortly after a viral video showing Daniels distressed after being harassed by a group of men&comma; whom she alleged were sent by her husband&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was also seen confronting a man during the altercation&comma; apparently in defence of his sister&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the video&comma; the visibly distressed actress was seen panting heavily as people around her tried to calm her down and poured water on her head&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She repeatedly said&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ned sent his thugs&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> while struggling to catch her breath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At one point&comma; Daniels was heard saying&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In Ned Nwoko’s house I’m nothing&comma; but in my house I’m a queen&period; I cannot stand the violence again&semi; it’s too much&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;The development comes months after the senator publicly dismissed rumours that his wife had left him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In March&comma; while celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary&comma; Nwoko addressed speculation about the state of their marriage&comma; writing&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let them talk&comma; let them guess&period; While we live&comma; while we bless&comma; for at the end&comma; when curtains close&comma; it’s us&comma; my love&comma; that victory knows&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The speculation began in February when Daniels removed her husband’s name from her Instagram profile and deleted several pictures of him from her page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shortly after her return to Instagram&comma; the actress subtly criticised her critics who advised her following rumours of the crash of her marriage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Posing in front of a Ferrari&comma; the actress wrote&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Don’t comment if you’ve never cried in a Ferrari before&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The growing concerns by citizens over what may have happened got the husband&comma; Senator Nwoko to open up on what seems the problem in the home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting Sunday morning&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Senator<&sol;a> wrote on his Facebook wall&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>REGINA’S UNPROVOKED CARNAGE AND RAMPAGE IN MY HOUSE AND IN MY ABSENCE<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>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; Now she has moved to a place where she will have unrestricted access to drugs&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> I have other wives&comma; and none will ever accuse me of violence&period; Regina is the violent one here&comma; slapping and hitting 3 staff in the past 48 hours and destroying property&comma; including cars and windows&comma; for no just cause&period; The truth is&comma; I have set a clear condition for her to accept rehab in Asokoro or outside Nigeria especially Jordan where she will not have access to drugs&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>A clear headed regina would have taken moon to the hospital but instead she even threatened to kill our resident nurse&lpar;for exposing her drugs abuse&rpar;&period; While I took Moon to the hospital&comma; a scene of chaos unfolded at home&comma; orchestrated by Sammy&comma; Regina’s main drug supplier&period; Another known supplier of drugs to Regina is the tiny evil devil called Ann&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>About Ned Nwoko<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Born December 21&comma; 1960 into the Nwoko Royal Family&comma; Idumuje Ugboko Kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State&comma; Prince Chinedu Munir Nwoko&comma; popularly known as Ned Nwoko is a Muslim Nigerian lawyer&comma; philanthropist&comma; and politician who serves as the senator representing Delta North senatorial district in the 10th Nigerian Senate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003 representing Aniocha&sol;Oshimili Federal Constituency&comma; Delta State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In January 2020&comma; he undertook a symbolic expedition to Antarctica to flag off a Malaria Eradication Project&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was re-elected to represent the people of Delta North senatorial district in 2023 in the Senate of Nigeria representing Oshimili North Federal Constituency&comma; Delta State&comma; Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Early life and education<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prince Nwoko received primary and secondary education in Nigeria&period; He moved on to the United Kingdom&comma; got his first degree in Law and History at the University of Keele&comma; Staffordshire UK&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also attended King&&num;8217&semi;s College London&comma; where he obtained an LLM in maritime and commercial law&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nwoko was subsequently called to the English bar&comma; at Lincoln&&num;8217&semi;s Inn&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was awarded Honorary Doctorate degree in Letters &lpar;D&period;Litt&rpar; by Commonwealth University College&comma; Belize&comma; North America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Career<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nwoko began his legal career with a brief start at the Crown Prosecution Service and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He worked at Kumars Solicitors and Pascaldiers &amp&semi; Co Solicitors before establishing Ned Nwoko &amp&semi; Co Solicitors in London&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nwoko was secretary general&comma; Nigerian legal practitioners UK&comma; Member of the Law Society&comma; England and Wales and was visiting adviser&comma; citizens&&num;8217&semi; advice bureau&comma; based in London&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the peak of his legal sojourn in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">United Kingdom&comma; UK<&sol;a>&comma; he had the biggest black law firm in England and was recognized as the best black lawyer of African descent in England 1995&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Politics efforts<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nwoko returned to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria<&sol;a> in December 1998 and made an entry into Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s political scene when he was elected member of the House of Representatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was instrumental to the initiation of the London and Paris Club Loans refund into Nigeria&period; He authored the reports that led to Nigeria government&&num;8217&semi;s discontinuation of monthly deductions from states’ allocations and commencement of refunds to States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through his Law firm&comma; Ned Nwoko Solicitors and his Company Linas International&comma; he investigated the multinational creditors and discovered discrepancies in loan repayments&comma; and this resulted in the refund of the first tranches of loan beginning from the Obasanjo administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also charged the Federal government to court on behalf of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">774 Local governments  in Nigeria<&sol;a> for the refund of illegal deductions and obtained judgment of &dollar;3&period;2billion for the local governments&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Federal government of Nigeria has refunded all the monies in line with the court judgment of 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A total of &dollar;20 billion has been refunded to States and Local Government because of his work&period; Nwoko also served on the Vision 2010 Committee and is a member of the capital market&period; He served as Chairman of the External Committee of Vision 2010&period; Nwoko is also the Chairman of Project Tourism Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On January 30&comma; 2025&comma; Nwoko announced his resignation from the PDP and joined Nigeria’s ruling All Progressive Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; afterwards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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