Just last week, Nollywood screen diva,
Angela Okorie, turned a year older and as usual with the actress, she
spent the day with the underprivileged but not before she flooded the
Nigerian internet space with some of her photos to celebrate her day.
Angela Okorie, turned a year older and as usual with the actress, she
spent the day with the underprivileged but not before she flooded the
Nigerian internet space with some of her photos to celebrate her day.
In a chat with Saturday Beats, the
actress said but for the intervention of God, those photos she shared on
social media could have been her last or worst still would have had the
caption, ‘Rest In Peace’, instead of ‘Happy Birthday’, because she was
accosted by men of the underworld after her charity event.
actress said but for the intervention of God, those photos she shared on
social media could have been her last or worst still would have had the
caption, ‘Rest In Peace’, instead of ‘Happy Birthday’, because she was
accosted by men of the underworld after her charity event.
She said, “I am grateful to God for
life. I am a humanitarian and I am always happy whenever I give back to
the society. That was why I celebrated my birthday with the
underprivileged.”
life. I am a humanitarian and I am always happy whenever I give back to
the society. That was why I celebrated my birthday with the
underprivileged.”
However, tragedy would have struck the actress when she was returning from a motherless babies’ home.
“My brother was driving and since the
road was rough, he had to slow down because of a pothole. All of a
sudden, he just told me to bend my head in the car because I was not
concentrating. By the time I would realise what was happening, some
armed robbers had double crossed us and they alighted from their cars
with guns. They approached our car and cocked their guns, ready to
shoot. They almost shot us but before we knew it, some officers of the
Nigerian Customs Service showed up from nowhere. They intervened and
immediately, my brother seized the opportunity to zoom off. That was how
we were saved.
road was rough, he had to slow down because of a pothole. All of a
sudden, he just told me to bend my head in the car because I was not
concentrating. By the time I would realise what was happening, some
armed robbers had double crossed us and they alighted from their cars
with guns. They approached our car and cocked their guns, ready to
shoot. They almost shot us but before we knew it, some officers of the
Nigerian Customs Service showed up from nowhere. They intervened and
immediately, my brother seized the opportunity to zoom off. That was how
we were saved.
“I believe it was God that sent those
Customs guys to us because they were not on the road and they came out
from nowhere. When I saw the robbers, I was scared but I had faith in
God. I wonder what would have happened if God was not on my side.”
Customs guys to us because they were not on the road and they came out
from nowhere. When I saw the robbers, I was scared but I had faith in
God. I wonder what would have happened if God was not on my side.”