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After Chidinma Okeke, a 19-year-old student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka won Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant organised by the Anambra Broadcasting Service, in 2015, little did she or anyone else know that her reign as a beauty queen would record a sad end.

The 300-level student of Medical Laboratory who hails from Ogboji community in Orumba South council area of Anambra State had been enjoying the benefits of her position until 11th day of October, 2016 when she was unceremoniously stripped of her crown by the organisers of the pageantry.

The star prize, a car given to her was not only taken away from her and parked at the premises of the radio/TV house, but the Miss Anambra 2015 inscription on it was erased.

According to the management of the station led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nze Uche Nworah, Chidinma was stripped of her crown because “she had served out her tenure in line with the terms and conditions placed by the pageant organisers.”

The unceremonious event, televised on 11th October had some senior members of staff of the station in attendance. Shortly after she was stripped of the crown, the social media was awash with video clips where the beauty queen allegedly engaged in lesbianism with another girl.

At first, Chidinma was said to have denied being the one in the video until about a week later when a more explicit version of the video, which she later owned up, was released by those she described as her traducers.

Although the beauty queen switched off all channels of communication following the attacks she was receiving from the public court, her lawyer, Mr Ikenna Obidiegwu, on October 26, arranged for a World Press Conference to be addressed by the beauty queen to tell her own side of the story.

The media parley, which was scheduled to hold at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre, Awka, was called off abruptly when information filtered into the complex that some gunmen were coming to disrupt it.

Miss Okeke, was said to have sworn to expose “the powerful cabal” behind her ordeal in the sordid video, but her lawyer later said that she could no longer address journalists because “her life had been threatened.

Obidiegwu alleged that the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sam Okaula, had denied his client police protection for the press briefing on the grounds that the police got a short notice.

“The Commissioner of Police said the notice was too short, and that he could not mobilise police security for the queen immediately” he said.

According to a post she made on her Facebook wall, Chidinma said she had been warned not to step into the venue or risk assassination.
It read:

“Considering the need to make the world know the truth about the trending scandal, and what we have been going through before then and now, I decided to hold World Press Conference at the NUJ Press Centre, Awka today. But from the moment I made public this intention; I have been under siege of threats by my blackmailers and traducers.”

“They are seriously threatening to shoot me at the press conference if I ever open my mouth to say the real truth about the ugly episode. Since I have no protection and if I die now the truth would be buried forever, it’s my objective to sacrifice myself to save not just myself but other girls and other upcoming pageants by letting the world know the truth and what we go through” the post added.

Her family breaks silence.

For more than two weeks of the ugly development, all the concerned public could get was a chilling silence from her family.

But Saturday Sun took a bumpy ride to Chidinma’s hometown of Ogboji. Read their report below:

On arrival, our reporter met the family residence under lock. The thick bush growing inside the compound easily discloses to any visitor that the family must be residing somewhere else in the city. But members of their extended family living in the next compound gave their words on the raging controversy.

Speaking to our reporter on the telephone, Chidinma’s father, Sir Jeremiah Okeke who is living in Aba, Abia State with his family, lamented that the family had been going through emotional and psychological trauma since it all started.

With a voice laden with heavy emotions, the 65-year-old man told our reporter that the family had handed over the situation to God.

“Chidinma is my own daughter” he said, “but there is nothing much I can say about this because there is a lifestyle adopted by my family. We don’t foment troubles.

“I, as the father, have committed everything to God in prayers. Human being cannot fight our cause but only God in heaven. We are in serious prayers for God to intervene. I don’t have anybody on earth except God.”

Asked if his daughter has before the incident complained to him that she was being sexually harrassed, he said he was confused about the whole matter, even as he raised the alarm over the whereabouts of his daughter.

“I am confused about the whole thing as of now. It is only when I set my eyes on my daughter that I will know about all these. As it stands now, I don’t know where my daughter is.”

He said he was not suspecting anybody of having a hand in his daughter’s ordeal as speculated in the social media.

Going back memory lane, Okeke recalled that God’s mighty hand on him was evidenced on his miraculous survival from his childhood tragedies.

“There are many ways God is fighting my battle. I was only five years when my father died. I don’t know whether I got up to six years before my mother died too. I don’t have anybody but it is only God that sustained me all through. It was same God that assisted me to raise and train all my children. All the family members are praying.

“As it stands now, my daughter is still a small girl. I don’t know whether she is still alive or dead. But all I know is that God will prove Himself worthy to fight His children’s battle. I don’t have much to say for now.

“So many people have told me to take certain actions but me and my God are still communicating through prayers. There are several ways God reveals some things to me. I am not suspecting anybody but only God knows who is behind that; whether he is human or spirit. I’m leaving whoever that is behind it to his conscience. The life of my daughter is most important to me now. Wherever she is, let her be alive for me.”

The depressed Okeke, who obviously needs assistance to enable him bounce back to his years of comfort told Saturday Sun that his business which hitherto was flourishing was hit by the economic tsunami sweeping through the country.

“I am a businessman but because of this harsh economic condition, my business is no longer moving as expected. You understand? I am just doing little things to feed.

“I was a distributor for Peak Milk here in Aba, Abia State but for some time now, I have stopped because I don’t have strength for fomenting troubles. We borrow money from the banks to embark on the Peak Milk distribution business but when it became too competitive, in addition to the losses incurred in the course of doing the business, I stopped.”

Chidinma’s cousin, Blessing Chinenye Nwafor, who our reporter met in their village in Ogboji, told Saturday Sun regrettably that the sex video had gone round their village.

“There was a day I was going out on a mission, some persons stopped me and told me about the sex video but I didn’t believe it. One of them said he saw the picture but not the video. I left them in anger. After walking some distance, another guy called my attention and showed me the video. The people in that area started mocking me; saying all sorts of foul things. I started crying and walked away from their midst.

“But later on, I learnt that what that boy did in the village was to share it with the villagers. I am personally annoyed about his attitude and I have resolved to call him later and caution him. They have an only daughter in their family. Suppose it were to be her, would he be going about and be showing it to everybody in the village? I have not seen him but once I see him, we would have some axe to grind.”

Though the video had gone viral, Blessing told Saturday Sun that she was yet to believe it.

“When I heard about this sex video for the first time, even though I didn’t believe it, I was not happy at all. I told my mother about it when I returned home and she was very sad all through. She could not sleep that night.”

She described Chidinma as “a good girl” pointing out that “personally, I don’t believe that she did that stuff. I am of the view that she was drugged and forced to do that thing. It is also possible that her enemies are behind that.”

For Mrs Hope Nwaka, Sir Okeke’s niece, her spirit tells her that Chidinma was innocent of the allegations.

“My spirit tells me that Chidinma did not do that thing she was being accused of; I know her very well. I see it as something planned to smear her name and that of our entire family. It is also paining my daughter, Chinenye but I told her to relax that it was not true.

“We are living in the last days. The love among brethren would grow cold. Nobody would want another person’s success. But I have not believed that stuff was true. It was forged. She could not have done that. Even if she did, know it that she was forced to do it.”

Asked on the implications it could have on the yet to be married sisters of Chidinma, Mrs Nwaka said that it would not in any way stop them from getting suitors.

“For now, it is only one of her sisters that has gotten married but it will never stop others from getting married too. God is with our family and He will continue to bless us with everything we need including ensuring that her remaining sisters get married at the appropriate time.”

UNIZIK reacts

Meanwhile, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka said it was yet to decide whether to expel the beauty queen as the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku was yet to be briefed.

In a telephone chat with its Director of Information and Public Relations, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, he said:

“The Nnamdi Azikiwe University has not taken any position yet on the matter. For now, we regard everything we have been hearing as speculation. We will find out from the head of her department and the Dean of her faculty what is happening. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, will be briefed and then the University will know the next line of action.

“This thing is procedural because the Head of the Department would be told to find out what is happening because for now, the whole thing is speculation to us and he will report to the Dean. You know the reporting system in the university. And then the Dean will brief the Vice-Chancellor.

“And you know at Nnewi, we have a Provost in charge of College of Health Sciences who is like the boss of all the medical departments and faculty in Nnewi. So the Vice-Chancellor has not been briefed. Whatever that is happening is still within the realm of speculation”

Pageant organisers disown beauty queen

As the controversy raged, officials of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, organizers of the pageant, through a statement signed by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nze Uche Nworah, denied their complicity in the circulation of the video.

The statement read:

“The attention of the management of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, organizers of the Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant has been drawn to a video with lurid contents purportedly showing former Miss Anambra, Miss Chidinma Okeke (Miss Anambra 2015).

“We wish to make the following clarifications:

The said Miss Chidinma Okeke who is allegedly linked to the lurid content in circulation has served-out her term as Miss Anambra 2015 and handed over the crown in line with the terms and conditions of the Miss Anambra pageant.

“We condemn in clear terms any amoral behaviour/ conduct as suggested by the alleged lurid content in circulation and do not condone such. It is on record that the Miss Anambra Beauty pageant has been a platform to empower Anambra women and celebrate our rich culture and heritage. Winners of the pageant are bound by contracts to be of good conduct and moral behaviour and to uphold/maintain the honour in their position as queen.

“Winners of the pageant also contract to refrain from any personal relationship that could appear to hinder their ability to perform the duties of their office as queen and role model and we do not expect any less. We therefore wish to dissociate the Miss Anambra pageant from any discussions on the said allegations.

“We feel sufficiently perturbed by the mere reference already made to the pageant and hereby state that we are in no way connected to the controversy.

“We apologize to the government and good people of Anambra State, our sponsors, supporters, friends and all those associated with the Miss Anambra project for the embarrassment the mere reference to the pageant in the controversy may have caused; whilst reassuring of the good intentions of the Miss Anambra pageant franchise.”

Chidinma seeks asylum

Following the cold silence from the accused, speculations were rife that she had travelled out of the country to seek asylum.

Her family in a chat with Saturday Sun raised the alarm over the whereabouts of their daughter. But her close friend who pleaded anonymity in a telephone chat with our reporter claimed that although she had not heard from her since the controversy started, she believed that she had travelled out of the country.

This was even as her lawyer, Ikenna Obidiegwu, said his client has not sought for asylum outside the country.

He said:

“I have said it severally that my client, Chidinma is in Nigeria. She is in Awka. We shall address a press conference this week to say everything about this issue.”

Meanwhile, the state police command had said it has no knowledge of the sex scandal.

196 COMMENTS

  1. Abi i said it yesterday,that this girl guilty of the act_what i know is,whether hides,run,fly,swim,wail and cry,she must face and submit to the law,instead of her to publicly apologize to the Paegent association so can find a way to pardon,she is running___i’ve noticed that most find it difficult to say “sorry”,u will have to beg them to say it(bullshit)

  2. Some Nigerians can be stupid. What do you know about law? Can’t you see this was all set up
    Who was the person doing the camera capture. The pageant association are evil and wicked. Why would they be the one asking the police to arrest her. A girl that was their representer.I really small something fishy. Wait until the end of this episode

  3. Shaaaaaataaaaaaap….
    You swear you people don’t where she is abiii??
    Odiegwu….you people don’t even have fear in your eyes….
    You think we are kids abiii??
    Eh? Eh?
    Answer me….
    Weeks after heard she is seeking asylum in another country…you people now come and tell us that she is missing…
    I just pray the authorities in that country watch women buying veggies and crops…

  4. Hmmm, she has gone to acquire higher lesbian skills abroad, she’s falling in love with her new career cos this one is making her famous worldwide, who knows her next sex tape video might be featuring plantain…Nonsense, that gal does not have common sense, the more she trys to bring up fake stories, the more complicated her problems become or does she think we are kids? Well God help her because when the Government will turn towards her fully, she will re appear by force. If only she felt remorseful for her act, by now atleast people would have considered it a mistake and died the whole issue, but she is trying to play smart therefore, wateva her smartness leads her to, she will face it.

  5. mama chidinma n papa chidinma, we understand, u are protecting your daughter..hide her well well, make sure no one see her, if them catch her!, she must dance to the music she sang..good move,bobrisky n co should be punished too.

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  7. Hmmm I am not in support of lesbianism but Make una live chidinma abeg. Everyone has his or her skeleton.it is just the one who’s skeleton is seen 1st dat is assumed to me bad. Everyone is after chidinma no worry ur own yash go open.

  8. I really feel ur pains and the shame u people are going through mama and Papa chidinma. I know you’ve thought of many skills to make this ish dead and gone. TAKE HEART. That’s parents 4u. They’ll always care and protect you no matter what.

  9. Either dead or alive she must be arrested and face the penalty of 14 years in prison because it’s the law….. I don’t know what our girls are turning the world into… Nigerian must comb this!

    • If putting her in jail will reduce lesbians in Nigeria displaying their act publicly then let dem jail her forever, hv u tot abt our growing children what d devilish act can cause dem? Let’s kill homosexuality b4 it takes over our generation for good

  10. If you have no where to go or someone to believe in..
    Dear Chidima, if truely you are innocent which i can feel deep down inside my heart that you are,
    Just believe in God almighty, because he is d way, d truth, and d light
    Just be prayerful…because prayer is d key to all problems
    I feel so sorry for you.
    Please people of Nigeria, be forbearance with things you hear before reacting…
    Because no one knows tomorrow…
    If truly she did such local such act, please all you have to do is to put her in prayer for her to change, not for you to put more pressure in the things she is already facing….
    Please with all due respect, can we make a change for ourselves?
    As d bible say, A woman committed adultry but when she wanted to be stoned to death but Jesus said to them,
    Who among you, who hasn’t sin to throw d first stone to d woman but all of dem drop d stones and went away with face down….and tell d woman go and sin no more.
    Please be kind in d heart, we don’t even know what they said, if it is really true…
    Have you ever asked yourself, how are they all coping(family).
    Let’s be kind

  11. SHE CAN,NT STAND, WHEN SHE WAS DOING THE EVIL ART, SHE HAS FORGOTTEN THAT THERE IS GOD THAT EXPOSE ANY EVIL THINGS THAT IS HIDDEN IN DARKNESS INTO A LIGHT, ANY EVIL THAT MAN DOES ON THESE EARTH WILL SURELY BE EXPOSE BY GOD, THE ONE WHO CREATE HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THESE BEFORE DOING THEM.

    • FROM MY TEXT U CAN SEE THAT AM NOT PERFECT, BUT I JUST WANT EVERY ONE TO KNOW THAT, THERE IS GOD THAT EXPOSE PEOPLE EVIL WAY OF LIFE, WHEN SHE WAS DOING IT, SHE THOUGHT THAT NO ONE WILL EVER FOUND OUT, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY SHE WAS ENJOYING HER SELF WITH A VERY BIG CUCUMBER THAT IS EVEN BIGGER THAN ANY MAN ORGAN ON THESE EARTH HERE, WHO CAN SATISFY HER ON BED NOW, THAT IS WHY THE BIBLE IS TELLING US THAT ANY THING THAT A MAN DOES WILL BE BRING TO JUDGEMENT, SO THESE SHOULD BE A LEARNSON TO ALL OF US, HERE THAT, THERE IS NO SECRET UNDER THE SUN, SO THOSE WHO ARE GAY AND LESBIANS SHOULD STOP FROM THAT EVIL ART, U CAN BE A GAY OR LESBIAN THINKING THAT NO ONE KNOW IT, AM TELLING U THAT GOD KNOW IT AND HE WILL SURELY EXPOSE U OUT TO BE SHAME IF U DONT STOP IT, JUST TAKE JESUS AS UR LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOR, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY, U CAN OVER COME ALL THESE EVIL THINGS THAT IS HAPPEN IN THE WORLD NOW, GAY AND LESBIAN CAN ONLY END U UP IN HELL, GAY AND LESBIANS ARE THE WEST OF SINS TO BE COMMITTED AGAIN GOD, JESUS LOVE US AND HE DOES NOT WANT US TO DIE OUT OF OUR SINS, SO REPENT OOOOOOOOOOOO.

  12. Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahaahahhaahahhahahahahahahahaha…… Na ur matter

  13. Am not supporting lele we find it very easy critisize & jugde others. Som of us hav sister we know ar far more worster than Chidinmma but can’t do noting about them. Have you ever been accused of somtin you have not dreamt of. Just pray that enemy don’t remember you. I just dey laugh ,make una takam easy… You guys have already kill de girl sef.there iz GOD o o

  14. instead of you guys critizing her,y not create s forum with pple with such case ,after una go said naija go beta how e go beta wen person go do bad tin instead of making peace ,most guys spread the video viral since na dere job if anyone on thses earth can come out i swear all in his entire life dat all the formication and sins committed God has spread it on social media remember u can be worst than her if una know take time #all you critizers#

  15. Almighty God our creator merciful King of Glory You said we should not rejoice in the sorrows of others but that we should intercede with them in prayers. Father i have read the story of Chidima Okeke i also watch the Lesibian Sex Video scandal. Lord God in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ please Father whether she did it real or not please Lord have mercy on her and forgive her sin i pled from Your Word of Mercy in Psalms 51:1 to end on her behave. Father as it stands now know body will save Chidima except You Lord Jesus please Father my knees is on the ground i pray for her Lord she might have made mistakes and that only You Lord will forgive her because Father only You do we sin for and only You Father will forgive us Chidima might have sin against You Lord please forgive her Lord and fight her battle because vengeance and battle belongs to You avenge for her against the enemies and advertisers and invendicate her so that You will give her victory that Your Name alone will be highly lifted up and be praise forever in. Thank You Lord because we know that You have answered our prayers in Jesus Name Amen.

  16. u see nigeria, Nigeria have all, but when it comes to mental state, we are under develop. shes LESBIAN and so moAH fucking Waht!!!! is her Fucking life for crying out loud. and so Fucking what!!!!! if shes a lesbian,. and so what!!!!!!!!!

  17. Why is her own mistake so pronounced, and humans are very wicked is she the only one? What about others you guys are clapping for? The most painful part is that most of you crucifying her are arm robbers, runs babe, ritualist, adulterers and 419ners why then do you all judge ? Am just saying my mind

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