The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rearraigned social media influencer Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, over an alleged ₦13 million cancer donation fraud.
EFCC had earlier arraigned Blessing CEO on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of ₦36 million.
According to the Commission, the influencer was rearraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi by its Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 on Wednesday.
The Commission disclosed that it filed a fresh six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and retaining proceeds of crime amounting to ₦13 million against her following the receipt of several petitions from individuals and groups, including the Nigeria Cancer Society.
The petitioners allegedly made donations to the defendant after her social media posts claimed that she was battling Stage 4 breast cancer and sought financial support for treatment.
The anti-graft agency added that she was later discovered to have allegedly falsified the document she presented to members of the public.
