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Former presenter of YFM, Adaeze Onyinyechie Ayoka, also known as Ada, claims the police made a mistake in her alleged staged rape.

Ada, in a lengthy interview with Kojo Preko Dankwa, host of Kasapa Entertainment on Kasapa 102.3 FM on Saturday, said the police investigators did not have enough evidence to prosecute her in what they (police) termed as ‘a staged drama’.

“Up until now, one year on, I think it wasn’t my duty to tell what exactly happened. Truth is bad and it’s the police’s duty to investigate because my story doesn’t necessarily mean it is the truth, so I’m expecting the police to come out again but this time not somebody’s say but a real proof into the incident [sic],” she said.

When asked by Kojo Preko Dankwa whether she thought police initial investigations were lies, Ada replied in the affirmative, saying, “In one word, they (police) goofed. I don’t want to pick up wherever they started.

“I’m not sad because it happened to me, but I’m sad because many people go through real life stories like mine and police will have to play like this. I’m so glad it wasn’t just me because during my time, I also heard about Charles Antwi. BNI picked him because he said he wanted to kill the president and it was the public that had to beg because he sounded psychotic. They didn’t even mash a break.”

Reacting to a quote from the police report, Ada stated that “I never mentioned to anybody that I was coming to shoot a movie. I didn’t speak or say a word to the hotel manager; I didn’t have a conversation with him. And the same person who went to the police station to report that I (Ada) hired him was the same person who told the hotel manager that he was coming to shoot a movie.”

She added, “In my opinion, five people can’t shoot a movie since a lot of people are involved in shooting a movie, and even to the extent of someone holding a cutlass where he (Hotel Manager) should have barged into the room to stop them. He could have drawn the attention of his security personnel to stop them.

“I have asked the police investigator to take me to the hotel but till date, he has refused. The reason why I had wanted to see the hotel was to ask the manager if really he spoke with me. I don’t even know the hotel.”

What happened at Kaneshie

“Some time ago, I was in Accra at Kaneshie waiting for my friends to come for me. I felt dizzy and suddenly a gentleman approached me and I told him I was feeling uneasy so he helped me out with a place to rest a while and I also thought of helping him out because he told me he was a school dropout.

“But from where I sit today, the picture is clearer to me why the gentleman came closer to me that night and I understand why he had to appear. He said that I bathed in his house and lived in his house but if I knew his house, by now I would be in jail. If really I had to stage a rape then I would have taken into consideration the location so why should I come all the way from Takoradi to Abossey Okai to stage a rape.

“I will never want to have attention in a way to expose my nudity or stage a rape to get the attention.”

The former presenter claimed that she had never been taken to court since the alleged staged rape happened.

“I have never been to court and that has been my campaign ever since I got better. I want everybody to encourage the police to go to court. If you want justice let’s get to court and I’m sure that the court will ask for them to do due diligence.

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“I signed police enquiry bail, which means that they have no evidence and are still looking for evidence to back what they suspected it to be; and I’m still hoping that by now they have evidence, then probably we head to court. If not, then I might say that if anybody is deceiving the public then it is the police,” Ada stated.

Reacting to the nude pictures which went viral on facebook, she said her DJ called one midnight claiming that he had seen a nude picture which was used as her profile picture with the inscription, “The police should be reasonable enough to put me (Ada) in jail,” pointing out that she never had access to internet at the Police Hospital in Accra. Moreover, she had been handcuffed to the bed by then, she added.

“My DJ saw my nude picture as my profile picture with the inscription, ‘The police should be reasonable enough to put me (Ada) in jail’, and called at midnight to inform me, but I reiterated that I thought the police said they had blocked my facebook account and moreover the person who claimed I had hired him had been freed and I was at the Police Hospital in handcuffs without internet access.

“I told him to tell Giovani to call me and I gave my password to him to check if really someone had hacked into my account. Giovani confirmed to me that my facebook account was not working,” the former presenter said.

Last year, the Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Afia Tenge, said: “The police will have the opportunity to interrogate her further for a clearer picture of the incident [after she has been] examined both physically and mentally.” But the police report was not made public for all to know who was right and who was wrong.

Ada reiterated that she would readily go to jail if found guilty of the charge(s) preferred against her by the police.

“I will go to jail with pride and swag if the court proves me guilty of the alleged staged rape. I don’t think I deserve anybody’s sympathy and would gladly book myself in jail if I’m guilty.”

Ada will be hosting a beauty pageant for patients of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.

The contest is scheduled for Sunday, May 2, 2016 at the premises of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. On the day, the inmates are expected to sing the Ghana National Anthem and sing other songs, recite poems, do catwalks and showcase their talents. Some doctors at the facility will be judges.

The annual event is geared towards eradicating stigmatisation against mental patients.

Ada spent some time on admission at the Police Hospital after allegedly staging her own kidnapping and gang-rape in 2015. She was subsequently diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Princess Ada will also put together her alleged kidnapping and gang-rape story into a documentary to tell the world what really happened.