Nollywood actress and filmmaker Regina Daniels has broken down in tears while speaking about her troubled marriage to Senator Ned Nwoko, saying she is emotionally drained and may return to him.
The 25-year-old actress made the revelation in a video shared on Friday amid ongoing tension surrounding her marriage to the Delta North senator.
The situation took a new turn after she claimed that her brother, Samuel “Sammy West” Daniels, had been arrested on her husband’s orders and detained for several days.
In a lengthy post on her social media page, Regina revealed that her estranged parents had reunited to support her and work towards her brother’s release.
She wrote, “Two concluded sworn enemies reuniting with no negative ulterior motive other than their daughter’s happiness.”
Regina, who gained fame as a teenage actress in Miracle Child, expressed frustration over her brother’s prolonged detention, vowing to personally intervene if necessary.
She said, “Sammy’s detainment is taking way too long, but we will get him out even if I have to march there myself and create a storm! Since they want me!”
In another video shared on her Instagram page, fellow actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie was seen searching for Sammy. Mercy, who appeared visibly worried, was heard saying, “He’s not here,” before walking away to continue the search.
Struggling to hold back tears, Regina voiced her pain and confusion, hinting that she might return to her husband. She said, “But please, what am I even begging for? I don’t know. Do you guys think it’s easy? Every time I wake up, I say one thing — oh my brother, today I hear good news, he’s about to be free, then tomorrow I hear another thing. Like, what’s the problem? But I’ve tried. I have to go. I will go back.”
Her breakdown follows weeks after a viral video showed her crying and alleging domestic violence in her marriage. In that earlier clip, she said, “In Ned Nwoko’s house, I am nothing. But in my house, I am a queen. Not again. I can’t stand the violence, it’s too much.”
Senator Nwoko, however, denied the allegations, claiming that his wife’s emotional outbursts were caused by drug and alcohol abuse, and that she “needed rehabilitation.”
Earlier this week, Regina also pleaded with Nigerians to stop attacking her mother, Rita Daniels, describing her as “my pillar and protector.”
She expressed deep concern for her two sons, Munir and Khalifa, vowing to raise them regardless of whether she receives support from her husband. “I’m going to fight for my children. I’ll take them, train them, and raise them with or without your support,” she said.
The actress further hinted that her family never approved of her marriage to the 64-year-old lawmaker, a relationship that has long stirred public debate.
Meanwhile, the unfolding drama has drawn reactions from several Nigerians, including veteran musician and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, who has expressed concern over the ongoing dispute.
