Two young women have narrated what could be summed up as a life-scarring ordeal after allegedly being assaulted by a popular Port Harcourt-based realtor, Maduba Okechi Christian, and his security details at a nightclub in the Rivers State capital.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that what was meant to be a night of carefree fun turned into a horror scene when they were allegedly beaten to a pulp, stripped naked, and one was left bleeding profusely from the head after the said Maduba reportedly smashed a bottle on her head.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday at Blacbox nightclub, has generated outrage on social media after the ladies shared videos narrating their ordeal.
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The ladies lamented that the attack left them with broken heads, broken teeth, and other bodily injuries.
Saturday PUNCH gathered that one of the ladies, Thonia Okoye, had made reservations at the club after paying the sum of N200,000 to celebrate her birthday with friends.
It was further gathered that the incident was reported at the Olu Obasanjo Divisional Police Station in Port Harcourt.
Narrating her ordeal in a video posted on TikTok, Okoye said the suspect had approached them at their reserved table and asked if he could join them, but they refused.
She added that Maduba flared up when he noticed one of the ladies making a video while dancing and ordered her to stop.
Okoye accused Maduba of dragging her down the stairs, where she was stripped naked and beaten to a stupor.
“All of a sudden, this certain man called Ceemore Maduba came to sit at our reserved seat, and my friend was making a video. He hit my friend’s phone, saying she was not meant to make a video, and he started threatening us.
“This man and his friends started breaking bottles. They injured my friend; they broke her head, and she was bleeding profusely.
“They broke the teeth of my other friend. They pushed me downstairs, stripped me naked, and beat me mercilessly as if I had stolen something, all because this man came with a Mopol and bodyguards. This is not the first time he would be doing this. We’ve had a lot of people come out to speak against him, that this is the same thing he has done to them at that same Blacbox,” Okoye said.
Also narrating her ordeal in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Juliet Obasi said she had travelled from Owerri, Imo State, to Port Harcourt to celebrate with her friend alongside five other ladies.
She alleged that the realtor smashed a bottle on her head during the altercation and even attempted to stab her.
According to her, she was left bleeding profusely and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.
She further accused the nightclub’s management and security personnel of complacency, claiming that they stood by and failed to intervene as the attack unfolded.
