Daud Olatunji
Social media personality, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has admitted fabricating claims that she was suffering from breast cancer to solicit financial donations from members of the public.
The controversial relationship expert made the confession during an interview with social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in a video shared on Thursday.
Blessing CEO disclosed that she deliberately presented a non-cancerous breast lump as cancerous to attract public sympathy and raise money amid financial difficulties.
She explained that although a medical examination had revealed a lump in her breast, the result did not indicate cancer, but she capitalised on the discovery to convince the public that she needed financial assistance for treatment.
“Honestly, I do not have cancer. The truth is, I had gone for a check-up a few months ago and they found a lump on my breast, but it was not cancerous.
“So I took advantage of that, came to the media, cried for help and said that the lump was cancerous. I played an emotional game. I wanted funds, but I didn’t come out directly to ask for funds,” she said.
She attributed the decision to mounting financial pressure arising from an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission-related dispute involving a man identified as Dr Onuoha Okeigwe.
According to her, she initially created the impression that she might sell some of her personal belongings, including her car and house, before members of the public encouraged her to make her bank details available for financial assistance.
She said donations subsequently began pouring in from different individuals until VeryDarkMan challenged her cancer claims and demanded evidence to substantiate the fundraising appeal.
Blessing CEO disclosed that the donations stopped almost immediately after the activist questioned the authenticity of her medical condition.
“When I saw the video, immed the donation stopped. The donation paused. So I’m like, what do I do? What do I do?
That was where the whole orchestration and resolving and all that stuff came,” she said.
She, however, admitted that she was not proud of her actions.
The confession represents a significant reversal of her earlier position following the controversy that erupted in March 2026, when she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and solicited financial support for treatment.
During an interview with content creator, Egungun of Lagos, in April, Blessing CEO acknowledged receiving about N13m in donations but insisted that she owed nobody an apology.
She had also attributed the controversy surrounding her diagnosis to possible miscommunication, claiming that she was still seeking clarification from her doctors.
However, the Delta State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association subsequently disowned a histology report circulated in connection with her cancer claims, stating that the document was originally issued to another patient, identified as Deborah Mbara.
The development prompted further controversy over the authenticity of the medical report allegedly used to solicit donations.
The EFCC subsequently arraigned Blessing CEO on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and other alleged offences involving She pleaded not guilty to the charges, while the commission alleged that she used a falsified medical report to convince members of the public to make donations.
The allegations remain before the court and have yet to be determined.
The cancer-related case is one of three separate fraud cases instituted against the social media personality by the EFCC.
In another case, she was arraigned over an alleged N36m fraud involving a property transaction, for which she was granted N10m bail in June.
She is also facing trial over an alleged N69.15m fraud involving a five-year lease of a property in Lekki, Lagos, which the anti-graft N13m raised from members of the public.
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