*Remanded Until June 5
RELATIONSHIP therapist and social media influencer, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, was on Friday, May 15, arraigned before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged N36million fraud.
Okoro was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and alleged theft by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
According to a statement on EFCC website, she is alleged to have obtained N36million from Ifeyinwa Nonye Okoye between July 14 and 17, 2024, under the pretence of securing a six-bedroom duplex located in Lekki, Lagos, a representation said to be false and in violation of the provisions of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
Okoro is also accused of fraudulently converting the said sum for personal use, contrary to the Criminal Code Act.
The influence pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read in court.
Consequently, the prosecution requested that she be remanded in a correctional facility, pending trial, while the defence Counsel told the court she had only just been served with the charges and was preparing a bail application.
Justice D. I. Dipeolu thereafter ordered that Okoro be remanded in EFCC custody, pending the hearing of her bail application.
The case was adjourned until June 5, this year, for trial.
