By Halimah Olamide
Former Presidential aide, Mrs Lauretta Onoche, has explained what led her to the drama that has gone viral on social media making efforts to recover an apartment in London.
NPO Reported on Sunday that Onoche, a former aide to former President Muhmammadu Buhari on Social Media, had forced her way into an apartment being occupied and asked the occupants to move out of some of the rooms so she could move in.
Explaining details of what happened, Onoche said the family in question was actually her cousin whom she helped by allowing his family to stay in the apartment only for to become unwilling to vacate when she needed the apartment again.
In what appeared an expression of relief, Onoche said in one of her posts “WHAT A BATTLE, I RECOVERED MY HOME!!!”
She gave the name of the cousin as Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu and his wife, Ruth Emereze revealing they were actually stranded and homeless at the time she gave them the apartment.
“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.”
Onoche said because she has the key to the property, she showed up I turned up at the property and they denied her entry.
“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. 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.’