Tobechukwu Okoh, a Nigerian singer better known as Peruzzi, for the second time denied rape allegations against him, stating that he has never been a rapist.
Peruzzi’s rebuttal comes months after Daffy Blanco, a UK-based singer, had accused the singer of fraud, rape and assault. The DMW record label singer was said to have collected N10m from the lady before sexually-assaulting her
This time, an alleged victim identified as Princess Jayamah took to a newly created Twitter page on Wednesday where she called out the singer of raping her eight years ago.
Princess’ statement
“For so long I’ve kept this to myself but I have decided to speak out due to the boldness of Daffy Blanco & other rape victims,” she wrote in a series of tweets.
“Let’s expose these rapists for who they are, they have no right to take advantage of us. Say no to rape. Say no to rapists. SurvivingPeruzzi.
“So one time in 2012, I can’t really remember the date and the month. But I accompanied a friend “Aisha” to 1004.
“And as at then, I think she had a thing with Peruzzi, I accompanied her there. We spent a night that day and I happened to stay in the same room with Aisha and Peruzzi.
“In the night, he started touching me without my consent, I tried to tell him that that’s wrong and besides he has a girlfriend lying in between.
“So I left the room and went to sleep in the mini parlour upstairs. I had to leave the room because I wasn’t comfortable anymore.
“I tried to wake my friend so she’d understand what was going on but she was too fast asleep. So then I went to the parlour, and he came out and I had to tell him to leave or I create a scene.
“I was fast asleep, thinking he was just making advances. Me saying no, maybe he got the message. Being deep asleep, I felt someone trying to unbuckle my pants and then I woke up.
“I’ve kept this inside me for over 8 years now and I finally feel a bit of relief speaking out. I hope my story would encourage more suppressed rape victims to speaker out, no matter the situation.”
Following the shocking revelation, Peruzzi‘s old tweet in which he declared himself a rapist surfaced online.
In the tweets shared between 2010 to 2013, the singer had spoken casually about raping women, threatened to rape women and admitted to rape.
See screenshots of the tweets below
The heated backlash that trailed the rape allegations, alongside the rape tweets; forced Peruzzi to delete the abusive/ rape tweets from his page.
Peruzzi also took to his Twitter page and wrote: “My name is Okoh Tobechukwu, I have never (been) and will never be a rapist.”
