A prosecution witness informed R. A. Oshodi at the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, that he paid N69,150,000 for a five-year lease on a home he was informed came from Blessing Nkiruka, the social networks influencer called True blessing CEO.
Onuoha Okeigwe, the very first prosecution witness, affirmed as the trial advanced October 12, 2026.
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Blessing CEO on June 9, 2026, on 2 counts of acquiring cash by false pretense and stealing, including N69,150,000.
Count one checks out in part: “That you, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, on or about March 21, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretense and with intent to defraud, caused Hope Chiropractic Health Clinic Limited to provide an advantage of N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) on you under the representation that the home situated at No. 1 Tunbosun Osobu Street, Lekki, came from you and was rented to the business for a duration of 5 years, a representation you understood to be incorrect.”
The supposed offense contrasts area 1( 2) and punishable under area 1( 3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other associated offenses act.
The offender stated she was innocent after the charges read to her.
The witness stated he connected to the accused, however she dismissed his issues. The next day, a male called Tom featured law enforcement officer and detained a few of the employees.
“I notified the offender, 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,” he stated.
He likewise determined WhatsApp messages in which the accused presumably sent out photos of the structure as proof of her ownership.
The witness even more informed the court that he paid the offender surcharges, consisting of company, legal and care costs.
He kept that the supposed misstatement was that the accused was not the real owner of the residential or commercial property, in spite of gathering N69,150,000 from him. He likewise specified that the accused gathered cash from him and another victim for the exact same home.
Oshodi adjourned the case up until October 26, 2026, to continue the trial.
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