Linda Ikeji writes an open letter to former staff Theo Ukpaa

Theo Ukpaa was a staff of LITV who was accused of raping a woman called Emilia years ago when she was sixteen years old.

Linda Ikeji has now come out to issue a warning to him to stop denying the allegations levelled against him. She warned him: “not only will I expose you, I will have you arrested and charged to court where you can go defend yourself properly,” if he didn’t stop calling the victims liars.

She also said she knows about ‘his other victims’.

Read her full statement below:

“Dear Theo Ukpaa, I have known you for many years and I’ve shown you nothing but love and kindness and made you the head of my TV channel but listen my dear friend, if you dare release another statement denying what you did or calling another one of your victims a liar, not only will I expose you, I will have you arrested and charged to court where you can go defend yourself properly.

These girls – and I didn’t say girl, I said girls may not have a voice, money or time to take it up with you but I do, so please don’t test me.

I know more than most and right now I can’t tell you how ashamed I am to have given you another chance in my organization. You weren’t sacked solely over Emilia’s story. I am not so stupid that I would let go of the person I relied on the most to help me run my TV channel over a story by someone I don’t know. You were dismissed last year, remember? And I’d never heard of Emilia or her story.

If you think I am going to sit back and watch you victimize your victims, or humiliate them further by making them seem like liars, you have another think coming. What you need now is seek help and if you’re too ashamed to do so, at least hide your head in shame and don’t dare call another girl a liar. Please don’t make me come for you, Theo! Be warned!

Linda”