Ever since Regina Daniels got married to 59-year-old Ned Nwoko, the gossip mill has been spinning fresh tales about every action she takes.
Regina Daniels’ marriage to Ned Nwoko has stirred quite a lot of controversy. As a young budding actress, many expected her to date series of young handsome men and then, finally ‘settle down’ with one of them. This was not the case and for this reason, many Nigerians condemned Regina Daniels’ marriage to Ned Nwoko.
Regina introduced Ned to Nigerians by parading a suddenly acquired wealth. Immediately, strong indications stating that the wealth of the Nollywood actress was not solely from her hardwork and movie making arose. Reports were launched, and the strong backbone for Regina Daniels was named as Prince Ned Nwoko, a former House of Representative member from Idumuje-Ugboko in Anioma North, Delta State.
Prince Nwoko, a lawyer, businessman and politician, owns one of the biggest resorts in Africa, Camp Ned; which sits on 43,000 hectares of prime and lush land at his hometown of Idumuje-Ugboko, which also serves as a haven for him and his wife, Regina Daniels. Previously married to several, Ned Nwoko has been the one splashing cash and spoiling Regina Daniels silly with expensive gifts. He bought her the expensive cars which the actress brandished on social media, amongst others.
At first, there were unconfirmed reports that Regina Daniel’s mom, Rita Daniels was aware of her daughter’s relationship with Mr. Nwoko. Critics blamed her for being in support of their affair just because she was getting mouth watering gifts from the billionaire politician.
Recall that before it was confirmed that Ned Nwoko was the man behind the Daniels’ sudden wealth, the 21-year-old Nollywood star, Regina, took to her Instagram account to post photos of a magnificent house she ‘got’ for her mother. She posted the picture of the house with a caption: “Just a little thank you for mama??@rita.daniels06 @sweezzy1 @realsammywest @destiny.daniels01 @casie_snow,”.
On Thursday, June 13, 2019, after Regina’s official marriage to Ned, she took to her Instagram page to announce a new movie she would be acting in. However, she conveniently left out the name of the producer of the movie. What was not made clear was the motive behind this new movie.
Nigerians were excited for Regina because most of the time, Nollywood actresses stop acting after their marriage. Only a few actresses would be able to make a comeback. Now, this may be due to family pressure or the husband’s unwillingness.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation on average, producing a movie in Nigeria costs between $25,000 and $70,000. The films are produced within a month and are profitable within two to three weeks of release. Now that’s a lot of money, and Ned Nwoko obviously has this money in abundance. Could Rita have foreseen this benefit and then forced her daughter to get married to Ned?
During Regina’s tradition wedding to billionaire politician, Ned Nwoko, in Ogwashi-Alor in Delta State on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, she was spotted looking very sad. Her mother was the one that was all smiles.
This was the same case on her induction into the Otu-Udu group earlier done on Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Anioma, also in Delta-State. Though Regina looked terribly sad during the event, her mum, Rita Daniels, together with other elders gave her hand out in marriage.
At this point, Nigerians came hard for Rita Daniels, as they felt she was merely living her life through her young beautiful daughter.
At a time, it seemed the entire situation was going to come to an end as a man claiming to be the actress’ father spoke out. According to him, he was not in support of her wedding to the billionaire. The supposed father bears the name Jude Ojeogwu on Facebook. In a very passionate post, he went down memory lane and shed light on his relationship with the actress. According to him, Regina’s full name is Regina Daniels Ojeogwu. He also said that Regina’s wedding to Ned Nwoko was her mother Rita’s idea. He blamed her for fiddling with her daughter’s life by giving her hand out in marriage.
Jude also hammered on the fact that Regina was not supposed to go through with the initiation ceremony as she was not a native of Olor but of Ogwashi Uku. The alleged father was upset that all his attempts to reach Ned has proven abortive. To prove that he was truly the father of Regina Daniels, Jude revealed their former house address and made his phone number public. Even more, Jude Ojeogwu shared a photo of a younger Regina hanging out with other family friends.
See the post below:
“Regina daniel Ojeogwu is my biological daughter. What ever is ongoing is not to my knowledge and without my consent. The fact speaks for itself looking at the picture. Her mother Rita daniel is threading on a dangerous path and I hope she will retrace her steps. Even the initiation ceremony into otu odu appears completely strange to Regina daniel Ojeogwu. Regina is from ogwashi uku and not from olor as being rumored. All the opportunities for Mr Ned nwoko to discuss with me proved abortive not realising that we once lived in the same house in awoyokun street, onikpan, Lagos. The implication of all this is that she inpregnated herself. The name Regina was my late mother’s name. I have tried to exercise restraint but Regina mother kept pushing me to wall. Am alive and not dead. If in doubt of this post call Barrister Jude Ojeogwu on 08033****58”
This outburst was to no end as Regina herself took to her Instagram page to deny the man. She wrote: “Every Dick and Harry claiming to be my father.. That is if i have one. Yo! I know who my father is”.
A close, friendly mother-daughter relationship is not in itself a cause for concern. But when the boundaries of the relationship become blurred, this can lead to confusion regarding what is acceptable within the context of the relationship. When the roles of a mother and daughter become entangled, this is described as an enmeshed relationship and this is the kind of relationship Rita Daniels currently has with her daughter.
In an enmeshed relationship, a mother provides her daughter love and attention but tends to exploit the relationship, fortifying her own needs by living through her daughter. They both grow to depend on this type of arrangement, despite its dysfunction.
An end should be put to this. Everyone has his or her own live to live and no one should try to correct the mistakes of his or her own past through the lives of their children.