More Trouble for BLESSING CEO, As EFCC Slams Her Fresh N69.1m Fraud Charge

The Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned social media influencer, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, alias BLESSING CEO, on fresh charges of fraud involving N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).

In the latest matter before Justice RAHMAN OSHODI of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, BLESSING CEO is facing two counts of alleged obtaining money by false pretence and stealing.

The prosecution counsel, C.C. OKEZIE, urged the court to proceed with the arraignment of the defendant, while the defence counsel, NKAMA NNEKA, informed the court that her client had only been notified of the charges.

In his ruling, Justice OSHODI allowed the arraignment to proceed, after which the charges were subsequently read to the defendant, and she pleaded not guilty.

Count one reads: “That you, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, on or about March 21, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, induced Hope Chiropractic Health Clinic Limited to confer a benefit of N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) on you under the representation that the property located at No. 1 Tunbosun Osobu Street, Lekki, belonged to you and was leased to the company for a period of five years, a representation you knew to be false, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 1(2) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act.”

Count two reads: “That you, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, on or about March 21, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira), being the property of Hope Chiropractic Health Clinic Limited, thereby committing an offence of stealing contrary to Section 280(2) and punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

In view of the defendant’s ‘not guilty’ plea, the prosecution lawyer urged the court to remand the defendant in EFCC custody, pending her scheduled arraignment before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on June 10, 2026, for another alleged fraud case.

Consequently, Justice OSHODI remanded the defendant in EFCC custody and adjourned the matter till July 10, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and the commencement of trial.

Meanwhile, Justice DEINDE DIPEOLU of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, granted BLESSING NKIRUKA bail in case of Thirty-Six-Million-Naira fraud.

Justice DIPEOLU granted the defendant bail in the sum of Ten Million Naira, with two sureties in like sum, including a family member, in addition to proof of employment, Bank Verification Number, National Identification Number, and a valid phone number.

The Judge further ordered that the sureties must submit valid international passports, tax clearance certificates for the last two years, and six passport photographs.

BLESSING CEO is standing trial before the court on a two-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of Thirty-Six Million Naira, brought against her by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC.