Lagos Court Delays Bail for Influencer N36 Million Fraud

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has reserved its ruling on a bail application filed by social media influencer and relationship therapist Blessing Okoro, widely known as Blessing CEO, who is on trial for an alleged N36 million fraud. Justice D.I. Dipeolu will deliver the ruling on June 9, 2026, following arguments from both legal teams during proceedings on Friday, June 5.

Okoro is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on two counts of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing. The charges stem from allegations that she received N36 million from a complainant, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Nonye Okoye, between July 14 and 17, 2024, for the lease of a six-bedroom duplex in Lekki that she did not own.

During the bail hearing, defence counsel P.I. Nwafuru urged the court to grant his client bail on liberal terms. Prosecution counsel S.I. Suleiman opposed the application, presenting a 28-paragraph counter-affidavit from EFCC investigator Bufa Regina Okangbe. Suleiman informed the court that the defendant had at one point stopped honouring the commission's invitations and requested an accelerated hearing instead of bail.