By Luminous Jannamike
Social network influencer Blessing Nkiruka, commonly called Blessing CEO, apparently tricked a business person into paying N69.15 million for a five-year lease of a Lekki residential or commercial property she did not own, a prosecution witness has actually informed a Lagos court.
Dr Onuoha Okeigwe stated he paid the cash after the influencer supposedly provided the home at No. 1 Tunbosun Osobu Street, Lekki, as hers. The offer took an uncomfortable turn when a male recognized as Mr Tom apparently revealed up with authorities officers and apprehended some of the employees at the properties.
“I notified the accused, and she declared she did not understand Mr Tom. I paid N100,000 to protect the release of my employees. True blessing still kept that she did not understand Mr Tom which she was the owner of the residential or commercial property,” Okeigwe informed the court.
The witness, who affirmed as the very first prosecution witness, stated he had WhatsApp messages in which Blessing CEO presumably sent him pictures of the structure as proof of her ownership. He likewise stated he paid extra firm, legal and care charges in connection with the deal.
Okeigwe even more declared that the influencer gathered cash from another individual for the very same residential or commercial property, firmly insisting that the main concern was her supposed claim to ownership when she was not the real owner.
The claims form the basis of a two-count charge submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, implicating Blessing CEO of acquiring cash by false pretense and taking N69.15 million.
The EFCC declared that on or about March 21, 2025, she caused Hope Chiropractic Health Clinic Limited to part with the cash by wrongly representing that she owned the Lekki home and was renting it to the business for 5 years.
True blessing CEO was arraigned on June 9, 2026, and pleaded innocent to the charges.
Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, adjourned the case till October 26, 2026, for extension of the trial.
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