By Jonathan Ugbal
Ursula Agbor has denied claims that she extorted 6.5 million Naira from the Chief Vehicle Inspection Officer in Cross River State, Mr. Ojen Okoi, accusing him of sexual harassment as well.
She also says she assisted him navigate a PR disaster following his decision to “illegally employ” 50 persons of which 35 were from his community.
In a chat with CrossRiverWatch, Miss Agbor who bemoaned the fact that she has not been given fair coverage over recent events says since she refused to give in to his requests, he has decided to ruin her life.
“Ojen Okoi the VIO (sic) man has caused serious problems in my relationship and since I warned him, he felt he could destroy my person,” she said, in one of numerous messages to CrossRiverWatch.
She shared several messages with CrossRiverWatch which cannot be reproduced due to lack of verification of the contact and privacy concerns.
In one of the messages, Mr. Okoi is alleged to have written; “I don’t want to call you because I know he is there.” She said Okoi Ojen has been sending her love messages that almost destroyed her relationship with her fiance.
On the issue of extortion, she faulted Mr. Okoi’s claims and inconsistency in his allegations.
“He goes to the police to allege he gave me 2.7 million (Naira) and comes on social media to say he gave me 6.5 million (Naira),” she wrote.
Recall that CrossRiverWatch had reported that Mr. Okoi deposed to an affidavit before a notary public where he claimed she extorted 6.5 million Naira from him to facilitate the approval of 30 million Naira from the Governor for the smooth operation and running of his office.
But, a source close to her also denies this. The source said Miss Agbor had only visited Mr. Okoi to speak for her younger brother, Samuel Agbor who missed work because he was kidnapped and later hospitalized after his rescue by men of the Zone 6 Command of the Nigerian Police Force.
“He needed Ursula Agbor to assist him by giving him publicity because she is an On Air Personality with the State media house and Ursula gave him the needed assistance by bringing Mr. Ojen Okoi on Television for over one month which he never paid,” the source added.
The source continued: “Mr. Ojen insisted that he wanted to meet with some personalities in the State to facilitate the process of funding and rehabilitating his office as well as getting operational vehicles.”
Ms Agbor is said to have taken him round, trying to facilitate resolutions to his issues including illegal employment racketeering which led to the arrest and detention of seven persons in Ikom, criminal diversion of government revenue for his personal use through licensing.
She is said to have informed him that the Director General of the Traffic Management and Regulatory Agency, TRAMRA was partly responsible for the lack of funding to his office and shared a letter from the State Planning Commission dated July 9th 2025, signed by the Vice Chairman, Bong Duke and addressed to the DG TRAMRA which states that the VIO was a department under TRAMRA.
Also, the source added that the allegation of Mr. Ojen Okoi over extortion of 6.5million by Ursula Agbor is not true. That Ojen Okoi is just trying to malign Ursula because he asked her for an amorous relationship and she refused, reason he has decided to come up with allegations of fraud against Ursula.
Ursula also told CrossRiverWatch that, “When the CVIO, Mr. Ojen Okoi, illegally employed fifty five persons with thirty five of the employees from his village, seven of the new employees were arrested and detained in Ikom Police Station by the DG of TRAMRA. The CVIO ran to me to use my connections to help and promised that when the seven persons are released and not prosecuted, he will pay the sum of four hundred thousand Naira each, per person on mutual agreement.
“I used my connections again and the seven persons were released from detention and were never prosecuted. When my friend and I, went to Ojen Okoi’s office to ask for the four hundred thousand Naira per person that he promised to pay, he locked his office against us and asked us to come with a written document or agreement to that effect and tried to assault me. I went to the State CID to report the matter and Okoi Ojen was invited by the police, after the Police interviewed him, the CP asked that the VIO boss be charged to court. I stopped the charge because of our closeness and the matter was settled amicably.”
Ms. Ursula added that when the CVIO couldn’t raise money, she helped him to get a loan of one million Naira from a private lender and Mr. Ojen Okoi took back one hundred and fifty thousand Naira and asked her to give eight hundred and fifty thousand Naira to the friend that wanted to help, as part of the 10 percent he requested from him to get financial support from the government. (A hand written agreement by the CVIO to refund the one million Naira was also obtained by CrossRiverWatch.)
She said it was after these incidents that Mr. Ojen Okoi ran to the Zone 6 Police headquarters with a petition that he gave her millions to facilitate the release of thirty million naira from the government. She said the Police have investigated the matter and said that the only money she is to refund to Ojen Okoi is the eight hundred and fifty thousand Naira he gave to her out of the one million Naira he borrowed and that the refund has since been made.