Alleged ₦36 Million Fraud: Court Adjourns Blessing CEO’s Trial to July 20 Over Illness

The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has adjourned the trial of social media influencer and relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, until Monday, July 20, 2026.

The case, which is before Justice D.I. Dipeolu, was postponed after the defendant failed to appear in court during Wednesday’s proceedings.

Counsel to the defendant, P.I. Nwafuru, informed the court that officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service had notified him that Blessing CEO was ill and therefore unable to attend the hearing.

The defence lawyer requested an adjournment and assured the court that a medical report explaining her condition would be presented at the next sitting.

Following the application, Justice D.I. Dipeolu granted the request and adjourned the matter until July 20, 2026, for the continuation of trial.

Blessing CEO is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on alleged obtaining by false pretence and alleged theft of ₦36 million.

According to one of the charges, the EFCC alleged that between July 14 and July 17, 2024, the defendant obtained ₦36 million from Mrs. Ifeyinwa Nonye Okoye under the pretext of leasing a six-bedroom detached duplex located at No. 1B, Tunbosun Osobu Street, Off Kuboye Road, Lekki, Lagos State.

The anti-graft agency alleged that the representation was false and that the defendant knew it to be untrue at the time of the transaction. 

The alleged offence is said to be contrary to Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.

The trial is expected to continue on July 20, when the court will also receive the defendant’s medical report if presented.