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...

COURT DISMISSES AISHA ACHIMUGU’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS SUIT AGAINST EFCC. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE


 Court Dismisses Aisha Achimugu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against EFCC


 


Justice M.S. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by Abuja-based businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


In the originating suit no : FHC/ABJ/CS/466/2026, Achimugu approached the court for determination of whether the defendant,  EFCC’s   action of searching her house and seizing her cars and jewelries and other items was within the powers of the Commission.


 Achimugu also  asked the court to enforce her rights to privacy, including an order of the court restraining the defendant from threatening or harassing and invading her private residence.


Part of her claim was for the court to award a N10,000,000,000 (Ten Billion Naira) damage against the EFCC for what she described as invasion of her privacy.


Delivering judgment in the suit on Monday, October 10, 2026, Justice Liman dismissed the suit and held that the defendant has the power to search the plaintiff's property after receiving intelligence on the alleged criminal activities of the plaintiff.  “EFCC has the right to search the residence,” he said.


The judge said that Achimugu and her legal representatives failed to show reason to warrant the kind of damage she demanded from the EFCC and equally dismissed the request for N10 billion damages.


On the whole, Justice Liman agreed that there was nothing  that should have stopped the  EFCC from carrying out its statutory duties. The court therefore held that the matter lacked merit and was dismissed because  “ it is frivolous and it was brought in bad faith”.  The damage she sought was also denied.


Reacting to the judgment,  counsel to the EFCC, Emenike Mgbemele said the judgment  was in the interest of justice, adding that the suit was a ploy to waste the time of the court.

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