Lillian Ify Chukwu
What ordinarily might have been overlooked seems to have become not just a subject of discuss but it has gone viral on social network as the altercation which recently occurred between popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, and Elvis Eze, Ghana-based Nigerian socialite at the birthday party of actress Ingrid Alabi on September 26 in Accra, Ghana has now become not just the gist of the day in many social circles but also a police case.
The news has gone viral that Eze assaulted Nelson physically but he has come out to state that he was shocked at the reports been spread around was not the true account of what actually transpired between them. He stated that he was too gentlemanly to physically assault Nelson.
It was reported in so many online entertainment news platforms, blogs, and the social media (but not Infotrust) that Eze had assaulted Nelson physically over her refusal to shake his hands and hug him after their introduction.
In a chat with InfoTrust, Eze the popular Ghanaian based Nigerian socialite stressed that he was very disappointed that Nelson could display such negative and arrogant attitude despite his been courteous in his approach to her.
Eze said, “Ingrid Alabi invited me to her birthday party on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Upon getting to the party venue, I saw Yvonne Nelson at the event. After the party, I went inside Ingrid’s sitting room, where she hosted her exclusive guests, to inform her that I was leaving. During that period, Yvonne Nelson was taking pictures with the celebrant and one other actress. Ingrid then asked me to join them to take pictures, which we did.
“After taking the pictures, Ingrid introduced me to Yvonne Nelson as her brother and Yvonne to me as a friend. When the introduction was over, I wanted to have a handshake with Yvonne. She blatantly refused and was rude too about it, saying she doesn’t shake or hug people that she’s not familiar with and I walked out.”
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Eze disclosed that he was a huge fan of the actress prior to the incident. He said he approached Yvonne when he spotted her sitting in her car on his way out and tried to let her see reason why she should not be rude but was shocked with her response. That led to verbal exchange of words between them but he did not raised a finger not to talk of physically assaulting her.
“On my way out, I saw her sitting in her car and I walked up to her and told her that Yvonne what you did in there is not called for because I’m a big fan of yours and I watch your movies, I follow your movies and I was opportune to see you for the first time after someone introduced me to you, I was just trying to say Hi and you were rude to me.’
“She just exploded and said, I should shift and get out from her front that she doesn’t want to talk to me and that led to exchange of words between us. I told her that ‘you stupid or sick in the head.’ That was it and she started insulting me and my country. She said that ‘Nigerians are useless, mad, crazy and stupid.’ To avoid further insult to my person and my country, I left her and departed peacefully but disturbed to my home,” Eze quipped.
Speaking further, Eze said that he was surprised when he heard that the case had degenerated badly to the extent that the incident became a subject of discourse on several networking site, Facebook among others where he was accused of molesting Yvone. He stated that he became worried and alarmed when he was told that his image was shown on TV stations and newspapers across Ghana and that he had been reported to the Accra airport police.
In his words Eze said, “Two days after the event, I saw a post on Facebook saying that Yvonne Nelson had been assaulted by a Nigerian man named Elvis Eze also known as Elvis Casino. I was so baffled seeing this so I immediately called Ingrid. She (Ingrid) told me that Yvonne brought policemen to her house at about 3am, saying that Ingrid must take her to Eze’s house to get him arrested for assaulting her. This is what I was told by Ingrid. Later on, I started receiving numerous calls from my friends and associates, telling me that my face is on T.V. and on newspapers alleging that I assaulted Yvonne and that a case had been lodged at the at airport police station in Accra by Yvonne regarding the incident.”
Eze insisting on his innocence said, “I never assaulted her, I didn’t touch her or beat her, I did not molest her and I left there without anybody harassing me or chased me out because I did not touch her. Even Ingrid Alabi was there and she can bear me witness, other people there can also bear witness to this. A lot of people were there, actors and actresses that were there can bear me witness.”
Terribly pained about the incident, Eze said he was disappointed with the way Yvonne handled the entire issue, saying he never expected her to have taken the issue to the public glare and defame his personality.
“I just saw her for the first time and I am one of her greatest fans, and I love her movies. I was surprised when I saw her at Ingrid’s party. So when I was introduced to Yvonne, I was so happy that I had met her finally. I was so surprised and disappointed how she was rude to me because I didn’t know the way she act is different from the way she behave in real life. That is my own side of the story. It was just a normal misunderstanding, I was even surprised to see that things will get this far,” he added.
