ALLEGED N69.15M FRAUD: WITNESS TELLS COURT HE PAID FOR PROPERTY NOT OWNED BY BLESSING CEO. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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Alleged N69.15m Fraud: Witness Tells Court He Paid for Property Not Owned by Blessing CEO At the continuation of the trial of social media influencer Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.aBlessing CEO), on Monday, October 12, 2026, a prosecution witness, PW1, Dr Onuoha Okeigwe, told Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, how he paid N69,150,000 for a five-year lease of a property allegedly represented to him as belonging to the influencer. Blessing CEO was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on June 9, 2026, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing, involving N69,150,000. Count one reads in part: “That you, OKORO BLESSING NKIRUKA, on or about March 21, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by false pretence and with intent to defraud, induced Hope Chiropractic Health Clinic Limited to confer a benefit of N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Mil...

400LEVEL STUDENT ARRESTED IN BAUCHI FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE


PRESS RELEASE  17th January 2024

The editors,

CRIME BULLETIN

On 13/01/2024 at about 1400hrs detectives attached to C’ Divisional Police Headquarters led by SP Abubakar Naziru Pindiga (DPO) acted on Credible Intelligence from a vigilante group and arrested one Mike James Habila ‘m’ a 400level student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi, at the student residence in Gubi village via Bauchi for illegal possession of firearms. 

Preliminary Investigation uncovered the suspects had illegally possessed two different types of firearms which include thus; 
One locally-made gun
One locally-made piston
9mm live ammunition.

During Interrogation, the Defendants confessed to the crime, his statement was recorded under the word of caution claimed that the weapons belonged to one Samson Irimiya alias Zaddeos ‘m’ who was previously arrested in possession of a locally made pistol on 24/05/2021, thereafter search warrant was executed. Investigation is in progress to truncate all related cases of firearms in Bauchi.

In a related development, a case of Criminal Breach of Trust, forgery Criminal Misappropriation, and Obtaining Money under False Pretense was reported at Area Command metro by one Abdulrahman Muhammad Auwal ‘m’ of new GRA Bauchi in the accompany of six (6) other victims namely; Nwachukwu Ezra, Linus Ikechukwu, Oriowo Toluwani, Al-Amin Maina Lawal, Ibrahim Musa Baraya, Anyim David Ogali, Ekumah Heavy Emmanuel, Abbas Abdulkadir, Muhammad Lawal, Layegue Emmanuel.

The above-mentioned complainants individually entrusted one Timothy Oseni ‘m’ aged 28yrs of Yelwa anguwan kusu Bauchi with their money the sum of six hundred- and sixty-three-thousand-naira (N663,000) in his business café center (crystal clear business center) situated within the compound of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Yelwa campus for their school fees registration.

On receipt of the complaint, a team of detectives attached to the Area Command Metro swung into action and arrested the culprits.

Preliminary Investigation revealed that the accused person dishonestly and fraudulently collected the alleged amount for the registration and later fraudulently used a wasted registration slip, edited and presented it to them as their registration slip.

During interrogation, the defendant confessed to have forged so many registrations slip for the student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi. 

Investigation is still ongoing, after which the defendant will be charged to court for the established offenses accordingly.

SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, Anipr,
Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO)
For: Commissioner of Police,
Bauchi State Command.
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