“I Wasn’t Missing, Just Needed A Break From Family” – Stylist Ejiro Speaks Out [Video]

Nigerian stylist Ejiro, who was believed to be missing for weeks, has finally spoken out to set the record straight.

Rumors about her disappearance started when entrepreneur Nkechi Harry-Ngonadi claimed that Ejiro had fallen under the influence of a controversial Instagram prayer group called Abba’s Heart Ministry.

According to Ngonadi, the group had allegedly brainwashed Ejiro, isolated her from loved ones, and convinced her to sell her belongings and give them the money.

But in a recent video posted on Instagram, Ejiro denied all the claims, stressing that she wasn’t missing, kidnapped, or being manipulated in any way.

The stylist explained that she simply chose to take a break from everything — including her family and social media — to focus on herself.

Ejiro said she had no idea there was a public search going on because her Instagram account had been deactivated, and she wasn’t online.

She said, “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.

“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 admitted that she intentionally distanced herself from her family due to unresolved issues, not because anyone forced her to.

The stylist explained that she met with her siblings in January, which eventually led to confrontations and police involvement.

According to her, the police made it clear she was an adult and had the right to make her own decisions.

“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 due to family issues.

“I do not want to bring most of them here, and personal issues with myself. So, distancing myself from my family, I do not see it as a big deal. I went to meet them sometime at the end 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 allegations that she was pressured to shut down her fashion business, Ejiro said the decision was hers alone.

She explained that she had been struggling mentally and emotionally, especially around the time of her milestone birthday, and needed time off to recover.

The stylist dismissed claims that the leader of the prayer group, Joy Solomon, had anything to do with her stepping away from her business.

“And I told them to back off, thinking that everything had 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 my mother’s money. I grew the business for almost eight years, and I was having a lot of psychological breakdowns. And I decided to take a step back from my own business, and now they are 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 breakdown. 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 end 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 from 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.”

As for her apartment, which was reportedly handed over to someone else without proper notice, Ejiro admitted that she broke the lease agreement.

She said financial strain after shutting down her business made it hard to keep up with rent, so she gave the space to someone in need through a connection from the prayer group.

The stylist also revealed that she was paid for the belongings left behind, and doesn’t believe she owes anyone more explanation.

“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 of there,” Ejiro said.

“My siblings asked me what I wanted to do, I said I do not know yet, but let me just leave the house. It is embarrassing to say 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, a 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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