Senator Ned Nwoku has denied what he calls “entirely untrue and misleading” claims that he married his wife, Regina, when she was 17 years old.
The senator issued the denial on his social media handle on Thursday morning, seen by SPEAR NEWS, in an effort to counter escalating allegations.
In his statement, Senator Nwoku laid out his evidence to support his position. “For clarity, during my first meeting with Regina, I asked her age, and she told me she was 21 years old,” he wrote. “I further asked if she had any document to support this, and she presented her INEC voter’s card, which clearly shows that she was born on October 10th, 1998.”
The senator stated he has possessed the document since that day and referenced a BBC interview with Regina’s mother.
However, these denials are now facing a new wave of specific counter-allegations. Evidence now available to SPEAR NEWS suggests Senator Nwoku travelled internationally with his now temporarily estranged wife when she was still a minor.
These new claims allege Regina was born in October 2001, making her 17 at the time of their alleged marriage in May 2019. The allegations further state that Senator Nwoku obtained a fake INEC voter card to conceal her age and travelled with her to countries like Jordan, the UAE, and Egypt using a passport showing she was underage, while avoiding travel to Western nations.
Senator Nwoku has categorically refuted the core claim. “Any suggestion that I married her at 17 is false and should not be accepted by the public,” he asserted. “The facts are verifiable and indisputable.”
He concluded by urging the public to approach Regina’s claims with caution, citing her “current mental condition having started and abandoned her rehabilitation from illegal drug addiction.”
This latest revelation raises serious legal and ethical questions, presenting two starkly contrasting narratives that are yet to be independently verified.
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