Nollywood actor and famous philanthropist, Williams Uchemba has reportedly returned to social media, after two weeks of being off the gram following the scandalous accusations hovering around fraud
The young man who recently met with President Muhammadu Buhari for his work on youth matters in September, has now released a statement as he returned to the open arms of his loyal fans who were quick to send in messages following his return
His message read;
Happy New Year beautiful people.
It is true we are already seven days into the year but better late than never.
I just want to use this opportunity to thank you all for an exciting and amazing 2018. It was an amazing year filled with lots of victories, challenges and opportunities to learn.
Special thanks to all my family, friends, partners, leaders, mentors and fans who steadfastly stood by me and have supported me. Thank you for your priceless support towards The WilliamsUcheMbah foundation, The give challenge, the IdontlikewhatIhate brand and every other project we embarked on, in one way or another. Thank you for your love, encouragement prayers and partnership. We were able to put smiles on so many faces last year. We couldn’t have achieved the things we did without you.
Lastly and most importantly, I thank God almighty without who I am nothing. His grace and mercy preserved me even in my darkest hours and every achievement and victory I have ever attained is because of him.
I still have so much to say, but all in due time.
So I welcome 2019 with great expectation; there are great things waiting to be achieved by those who will combine hard-work with God’s grace to achieve worthwhile goals and aspirations.
It’s game-time. Blessings to all!
#idontlikewhatihate at allll!!?
It may be recalled that the drama started just days before Christmas celebrations as United States-based Nigerian human rights activist, Edafe Okporo, had shared a screenshot of a supposed chat thread with Uchemba requesting information on how to attend an upcoming UN Youth Assembly event.
The response from the former child actor read, “I will need three things from you: passport data page, email address and registration fee ($1,000). After payment is confirmed, I will then send you a questionnaire for you to fill and send back.
“The $1,000 covers for your United Nations invitation letter (which is what you will take to the embassy and the UN will also send a copy to the embassy) which is also registration and admission into the UN HQ, your training materials and certificate from the United Nations, your US visa process and filling of your DA-160 (online form).”
According to screenshots that went viral on social media, Okporo alerted Wickramanayake, who responded, saying she was working on a message “to save young people from scams like these.”
Shortly after, in a statement via her official Twitter account, the UN envoy said, “It has been brought to my attention that organisations and individuals claim affiliation to my office and the United Nations, promising participation in meetings and conferences upon payment of a fee.
“Please note: The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage for participating in meetings and conferences. The Office of the United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth does not have country or regional representatives.”
Uchemba, who is also the brains behind the #GiveChallenge, has garnered over 1.4 million followers on Instagram and over 35,000 followers due to his many comedy skits gave different versions of the explanation to warrant the suspicious move there by causing a controversy on social media as Nigerian soon began to take sides
