Blessing CEO ill in prison, lawyer tells court

By Ayorinde Oluokun

The lawyer to social media influencer and relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO), P.I. Nwafuru, on Wednesday told the court that his client is ill in prison where she is currently being held for her ongoing N36 million fraud trial.

Nwafuru said this while explaining the absence of his client in court for continuation of trial in the two-count charge filed against her by EFCC, bordering on alleged obtaining by false pretence and alleged theft of N36 million.

When the matter was called, Nwafuru informed the court that officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service had notified him that Blessing CEO was ill and, as a result, could not attend the proceedings.

He requested an adjournment and assured the court that a medical report would be presented at the next hearing.

Subsequently, Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos adjourned the matter till Monday, July 20, 2026, for the continuation of trial.

One of charges against Blessing reads “That you, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, between July 14 and 17, 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did obtain the sum of N36,000,000.00 (Thirty-six Million Naira) from Mrs. Ifeyinwa Nonye Okoye under the false pretence of leasing a six-bedroom detached duplex situated at No. 1B, Tunbosun Osobu Street, Off Kuboye Road, Lekki, Lagos State, which representation you knew to be false, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”