Ejiro, the Nigerian stylist who was rumoured to be missing,
has finally addressed the controversy surrounding her sudden absence from
social media and public life.
The speculation began after entrepreneur Nkechi
Harry-Ngonadi raised concerns about Ejiro’s well-being, alleging that she had
been manipulated by a “special prayer group” on Instagram
Ngonadi claimed that Abba’s Heart Ministry, the embattled
Instagram prayer group, had brainwashed Ejiro, cut her off from loved ones, and
convinced her to sell her belongings and hand over the proceeds.
However, in a recent Instagram video, Ejiro dismissed thee
claims, stating that she was never “missing, kidnapped, or under any form of
coercion”.
The stylist expressed shock at the public outcry over her
disappearance, explaining that she had been unaware of the search for her
because her social media accounts had been disabled.
“I am actually Ejiro, the most talked about Ejiro online
currently, the acclaimed missing lady and I am here to talk about the alleged
kidnapping, debt, cajole and all that people have been talking about,” she
said.
“First off, I am alive and well, I was never kidnapped,
cajoled or hypnotised like some people said. I am actually addressing this a
bit late because Instagram disabled my account so I have been off social media
for a while.”
She revealed that she only recently learnt about the manhunt
initiated by Ngonadi, which accused certain individuals of wrongdoing.
Ejiro clarified that her absence from family and friends was
a personal choice, stemming from internal conflicts that had even led to police
involvement.
She recounted an incident where she met with her siblings in
late January after they began searching for her, which escalated into
harassment of her friends and multiple police reports.
“I was just recently notified that there was a search for
me, a manhunt on NHN’s page saying I am missing and all that, accusing the
innocent. I am truly shocked and surprised and I just had to address it this
evening,” she added.
“There is nothing wrong with me, I am not missing. My old
line was actually up until January 4, my family could reach me whenever they
could. I just distance myself from them because I wanted to be alone because of
family issues.
“I do not want to bring most of them here and personal
issues myself. So distancing myself from my family, I do not see it as a big
deal. I actually went to meet them sometime at the ending of January because my
brother and my younger sister were all over the place, accusing people, looking
for me, so I had to go meet them.
“I went to my younger sister’s store in Abuja and due to
that confrontation, it led to several issues, they harassed my friends, it was
a lot of things that we ended up in three police stations and every police
station we went throughout the case said first off I am not a child, I am an
adult over 18 years and I can do whatever I want to do and there is no case
there.”
Addressing rumours that she had been pressured to shut down
her fashion business, Ejiro denied any external influence, stating that she
made the decision due to personal struggles.
She dismissed claims that Joy Solomon, the group’s founder,
had instructed her to close her business, calling the allegations embarrassing
and unfounded.
“And I told them to back off thinking that everything has
ended. I changed my number because I just wanted to start my life over again
and now I have seen several allegations about me and I am just surprised. I
shut down my own business, my own homegrown business,” she said.
“A business I grew by myself, not with my father’s money or
mother’s money. I grew the business for almost eight years and I was having a
lot of psychological breakdown and I decided to take a step back from my own
business and now they accusing Prophet Joy of telling me to shut down my
business and I am surprised.
“It is my own business, I can decide what to do with it.
Pastor Enoh Jerry can testify, I was having a break down. It was a milestone
birthday for me and I was having a breakdown. I knew I had to take a step down
from that job
“It is annoying and I am disappointed that I have to come on
here and start explaining my own life to everybody but because this is what it
is, I have to just clarify things not because of me but for every other person
involved in this.
“I took a step back from my fashion business towards the
ending of 2023 and I do not think I owe anybody any explanation for that. I
explained to my siblings that I am taking time off the business but it is
nobody’s business.
“Let’s assume that the allegations of me giving out my
things are true, how is that anybody’s business? But even at that, I left that
one aside… This is very embarrassing for me to come on live and start talking
about things like this
“For me, I feel very exposed, embarrassed, disgraced. I
cannot believe that I am all over the internet and if one has to be famous for
this, missing and I am surprised with all the rubbish they have said and I know
that even coming live to talk about this would not clarify anything.
“Because people would still go about saying what they want
to say but I just needed to clarify that I am alive and well, not cajoled by
anybody, not hypnotised. What else have they said? Because I just joined social
media and I have seen all sorts. Seriously at this point, I think that people
are doing me dirty. This is not fair.”
Ejiro also addressed the issue of her rented apartment,
which was allegedly sublet to Taiye Adekan without proper notice. She admitted
that she had breached the rental agreement but defended her actions.
“Down to the apartment, it is my property, it is my own
house. My rent expired, I had a lot of debts I had to sort out and because I
stopped the business the way I did, I could barely afford my rent and I said
let me just leave, I wanted to move out from there,” she said.
“My siblings asked me what I wanted to do, I said I do not
know yet but let me just leave the house but it is embarrassing to say this
that they were concerned about my properties than me. They waved it aside like
it was nothing serious for them. They were asking about properties.
“I left my own house and they still went to my own house,
house that I paid for with my own money, properties I bought with my own money.
Went there abusing people, accusing people, I gave it out to someone, yes I
breached the contract. It was someone via the connection of Abba’s Heart that
needed a space.
“We had an agreement, come in, renew the rent, I would leave
the house for you. And now Taiye went online, saying all sorts of rubbish.
Taiye was not informed about the transaction that went down behind the scenes,
about me being paid for the properties he got but I do not think I owe him such
explanations.”
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