The senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, and Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, have exchanged heated words as tensions rise in their ongoing marital crisis, marked by allegations of drug use and harassment.
Nwoko accused Daniels’ brother, Sammy, of harassing his children and domestic staff, claiming he had sponsored Sammy’s final two years at the University of Ekpoma, covering expenses for musical instrumentsand an Abuja apartment.
He further revealed that he transferred an estimated ₦125 million to Regina’s mother over the past two years.
“These videos show Sammy, Regina’s brother, repeatedly coming to my home and harassing my children and domestic staff, especially whenever I was not around. His visits were often aggressive and disruptive,” Nwoko wrote on his X handle on Saturday.
He also alleged that Sammy introduced Regina to drugs and undermined her rehabilitation.
“In fact, Lawrence and Sammy were the ones who first introduced and supplied these drugs to her. They were deeply involved in the habit themselves, and rather than helping her get better, they kept drawing her back into the same destructive lifestyle,” he stated.
According to the senator, his attempts to help Regina recover caused friction with her family.
“When Regina started her rehabilitation, the doctors clearly instructed that her enablers should be restricted from access to her.
Unfortunately, Sammy, Destiny, and some of her friends constantly defied those instructions. They would sneak in and bring her the same drugs she was being treated for,” he explained.
Nwoko also narrated a confrontation where Sammy allegedly came to his residence around 4 a.m., demanding a face-to-face meeting after being asked to remove his girlfriend from the house.
“Just four weeks ago, I woke up around 4 a.m. and realised that Regina was in my room and on the phone. She was clearly high… I told Regina that the girl had to leave, and one of my drivers dropped her off. Thirty minutes later, Sammy came to my house shouting and demanding that I come downstairs to face him.
I eventually went downstairs and had to instruct the security to physically push him out of my compound. The level of audacity was shocking. Without the influence of drugs, could he have been so bold and disrespectful?” Nwoko recounted.
The senator defended involving law enforcement, saying Sammy “now needs professional rehabilitation and guidance rather than sympathy.”
He denied allegations that anyone was beaten, describing the video circulated online as “a pure Nollywood scenario filmed in front of my house, in my absence.”
Regina Daniels Responds
Reacting to Nwoko’s claims via Instagram on Sunday morning, Regina admitted to past drug use but dismissed her estranged husband’s accusations as exaggerated, manipulative, and aimed at tarnishing her image.
“Ned, how could you lie so openly and without even small remorse? You know my family has absolutely nothing to do with this… and now you are trying to make them look bad for no reason,” she wrote.
She continued, “Fine, I did drugs. So what? Is that even the issue between us? The moment we had a fight, you rushed to the public, shouting ‘drugs, drugs, drugs,’ because you knew it would make a perfect story for the media — something dramatic enough to distract everyone from the real issue!”
Regina accused Nwoko of isolating her from loved ones by targeting her friends and family.
“You want to find a reason to arrest everyone around me so that I will have no one left beside me… Then, when I’m completely isolated and broken, I will be forced to come back to you because I will have nowhere else to go,” she added.
She further alleged that Nwoko encouraged her drug use for his personal satisfaction, insisting that her past use was not the cause of their marital crisis.
“You say you want me to go for rehab, but you are the same Ned who always wanted me high because, in your words, I’m ‘sexier’ when I’m high. You liked me that way because it made me wild and romantic exactly how you wanted me to be,” she wrote.
Regina also accused him of sexual assault, confinement, and medical manipulation, claiming he seized her phones and forced doctors to administer sedatives whenever she disagreed with him.
“Why don’t you tell them how you lock me up and have doctors inject me with drugs meant for people with bipolar disorder? You seize my phones for weeks because you hate that I talk to my family a lot,” she added.
Dismissing Nwoko’s claims that she was incoherent, Regina said, “You have never seen me act incoherent, stumble, or lose control… Stop using the ‘drugs’ story to create a distraction. Tell people the truth.”
Finally, Regina asserted that there was no legal marriage between them and said her time with Nwoko cost her prime years and opportunities.
“No matter how much you think you spent on me, it can never equal the value of the time I gave you, my prime years, my energy, and the career opportunities I sacrificed while being with you.
And for the record, I would have filed for divorce long ago if there had ever been a legal marriage between us. We were never married in any court of law… Leave me alone, Ned,” she said.
Background of the Dispute
Wizopa Online reports that this development follows weeks of reports about Regina’s marital troubles with her husband, whom she earlier accused of domestic violence in a social media post.
Nwoko, however, denied the allegations, blaming her behaviour on alleged drug and alcohol abuse. He claimed that Regina’s “current battle with substance abuse” strained their marriage and insisted that she undergo rehabilitation.
Days later, Regina’s brother, Sammy, was arrested in Lagos, transferred to Abuja, arraigned in court, and remanded pending bail fulfilment.
Amid the heated exchanges, Regina celebrated the reconciliation of her estranged parents, noting that her mother and father — long separated — reunited in the wake of her family crisis and her brother’s arrest.
In a series of emotional videos shared online, Regina expressed feeling overwhelmed by fear, pressure, and uncertainty surrounding her brother’s safety.
Her emotional outburst drew widespread concern on social media, with fans, family members, and celebrities calling for Sammy’s release and urging both sides to reduce tensions.
“Marriage is not by force. Love is not by force,” she said.
