Whenever there's an issue,
expect a Charles Novia
reply. lol. Here's what the
critic just wrote on his blog
about Stephanie's statement
concerning her brother,
Daniel's rape scandal.
NOVIA’S NOTE:
Stephanie Linus
( nee Okereke)
a Nollywood
actress recently
put out a reproduced
statement below about
a rape case involving
her brother, Daniel
Okereke , who is
accused of raping
a Unilag undergraduate
and currently has a
criminal case against
him with the Police in
Lagos.
Reading the statement,
I could not help but feel
pity and admiration for
Stephanie. Indeed, it is
a harrowing experience
to have a family member
accused of such a
despicable and heinous
crime and it is even more
traumatic to be linked
with the accused as if by
being related by blood,
she is culpable too in
the crime. Using recent
templates in
entertainment,
one should ask
if Brandy Norwood
was culpable when
Ray J leaked the sex
videos of Kim
Kardashian a few years
ago? Or some other
examples I cannot
remember at present?
The truth is that in law,
each one is judged by
their own actions and
Stephanie is not in any
way under the limelight
for a crime which she
knew nothing of. For that,
I wholly sympathize with
her and pray for comfort
for her and other
members of her family
at this trying period.
No matter the outcome
of the case, there will
always be a suspicion
that Daniel Okereke
did something to blacken
the family name and the
outcry against rape has
been passionate (and
rightly so) in the past
decade in Nigeria. I
support any action
taken against rapists
by the law courts and
while the onus of proof
lies with Daniel to prove
his innocence, there is
no gainsaying that this
case is going to be a
watershed in Nigeria’s
legal system for the
interest it has generated.
In a way, the family
name is a respected
name in both the
business and
entertainment
sectors and a
high profile case
such as this will involve
much microscopic scrutiny.
I commend
Stephanie’s bravery in
bringing out the
statement below.
She has proved by her
action to be a worthy role
model for a present generation.
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