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General News of Sunday, 3 September 2023

Source: www.punchng.com

How I recovered my home from family in UK – Lauretta Onochie

Lauretta Onochie, Former Chairman of the Governing Board of the NDDC Lauretta Onochie, Former Chairman of the Governing Board of the NDDC

The former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Lauretta Onochie, has explained how she claimed her home from her family member in the United Kingdom.

Lauretta was reacting to a report by a media platform (not PUNCH) that she was embarrassed, and became stranded after she was kicked out by family members in the UK.

Reacting on her verified Facebook page Sunday, Onochie denied that she was stranded.

She explained that her cousin whom she housed tried to take her home but after a battle, she recovered it.

She wrote, “WHAT A BATTLE, I RECOVERED MY HOME.

“My Cousin, Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu and his wife, Ruth Emereze were stranded, in fact, homeless at the time. 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 of appointments.

“Having the key to the property, I turned up at the door, twice. They installed bolts and bolted the door from the inside and refused to let me in.

The All Progressives Congress chieftain maintained that her cousin and wife stopped contributing to the rent when they both had jobs, preferring to host lavish parties.

She continued, “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 said.

Onochie further stated that they became nasty and when she called the police, they were dealt a heavy blow and told to vacate the house.