GOVERNOR SOLUDO RESCUES JACQUELINE OKWUEZE…
— Orders immediate rehabilitation.
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR. has announced that Ms. Jacqueline Okwueze, a US based Tennis player and Legal Attorney is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. According to a post on his official social media handles, the Governor stated;
“Jacqueline Okwueze (Fmr Tennis champion) is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. She was with the Commissioner for Women Affairs when my wife spoke with her on the phone”.
Governor Soludo further assured that he has directed the immediate rehabilitation and reintegration of Ms. Okwueze with her family. According to some part of the post, the Anambra State Governor noted, “My government will ensure her rehabilitation and fruitful reunion with her daughter and family”.
Recall that Ms. Okwueze was captured in a viral video on Social media by a good spirited member of the public on the streets and reported by MaTaZ ArIsInG online news platform/media. She looked distressed and unstable in the said video, prompting the quick response by the Anambra State Government to rehabilitate and reunite her with her family.
SOURCE: Anambrastatenewmedia
COMMENT: Thank you governor for your quick response….
Peer influence lured me into becoming a crack cocaine addict —Rescued Tennis Star Tania Okpala
Although there’s been a lot happening in Nigeria and on the social media lately, the video of a scantily clad, well-built, light-skinned, beautiful disoriented woman seen wandering on the street of Awka, the Anambra State capital city, that started trending Sunday on the social media grabbed immediate attention.
Thankfully the Government of Anambra State has rescued the lady who turned out to be Tania Okpala, a US-based tennis champion.
Okpala was captured in the viral video by a good spirited Nigerian.
The video prompted a quick response of Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo to rescue, rehabilitate and reunite her with family following directive from Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his wife, Nonye.
Interacting with the victim on phone, Mrs Soludo assured her that she would not be forsaken but get the best treatment and rehabilitation to enable her bounce back to life.
“Anambra State government will not forsake her you. You will definitely get the best treatment and rehabilitation so you can bounce back.
“Government will also ensure your full recovery and re-integration into society,” she said.
Narrating her ordeal to the First Lady, Okpala, a native of Nkpologwu in Aguata local government area, said she is a US- based tennis champion but became a crack cocaine addict due to peer influence.
She revealed she had the best of education in and outside the country.
She further disclosed that she lost her mother from Belarus to cancer few years ago and had not been able to get over her demise since then.
Okpala, who further informed she has a six-year- old daughter staying with her father in Nkpologwu, urged the Governor’s wife to assist her reunite with her daughter.
The victim is receiving treatment at “At Peace Neuro Center and Clinic” Awka in fulfillment of the promise of Soludo and his wife.
Okpala was taken to the clinic immediately after rescue and attended to by the doctor after conducting series of tests.
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