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 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.She has proved by her action to be a worthy role model for a present
generation.
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