Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State governor has announced the rescue of Tanya Okpala, Former Nigerian professional tennis player, who was found roaming the streets aimlessly.
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Soludo said she is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. In a post on his official social media handles, the Governor stated, “Tanya Okpala (Fmr Tennis champion) is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. She was with the Commissioner for Women Affairs when my wife spoke with her on the phone.”
Soludo further assured that he has directed the immediate rehabilitation and reintegration of Okpala with her family. “My government will ensure her rehabilitation and fruitful reunion with her daughter and family,” part of his post read.
Tanya Okpala (Fmr Tennis champion) is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. She was with the Commissioner of Women Affairs when my wife spoke with her on the phone. My government will ensure her rehabilitation and fruitful reunion with her daughter and family.
— Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR (@CCSoludo) January 28, 2024
She looked distressed and unstable in the said video, prompting the quick response of the Anambra State Government to rehabilitate and reunite her with her family.
Recall that Former Nigerian professional tennis player, Tanya Okpala, was captured in a viral video on Social media by a good spirited Nigerian on the streets. She has been found mentally unstable and wandering the streets of Awka, Anambra State.
Tanya Okpala and her sister Katya Okpala both represented Nigeria in tennis in the 1990s. The Okpalas are of mixed race, with a mother from Belarus and a father of Igbo extraction.
During a conversation with an unidentified man in the video, the tennis star, seemingly nursing a wound on her left leg, stated that she is a former lawn tennis player who has been abandoned. She mentioned that she has been labeled a prostitute by people in the areas and has been asked to return to her country but considers herself an Igbo lady.
She however, appealed for help saying that she is planning to return to her village the next day to care for her daughter.
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