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EFCC Finally Receives Petition To Arrest Blessing CEO Over ‘N300m Cancer Fraud’
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has officially received a petition from the family of Deborah Mbara, a cancer survivor, accusing social media influencer Blessing CEO of cyberbullying, forgery, and orchestrating a multi-million naira fundraising scam.
A source within the EFCC confirmed to our correspondent on Friday that the commission has received a formal petition against Blessing CEO.
The petition, dated April 8, 2026, was filed by the law firm S.M. Anyanwu & Co. (Chieze Chambers) on behalf of Mbara.
It alleged that Blessing CEO, whose real name is Blessing Okoro Nkiruka, exploited Deborah’s health crisis to defraud well-meaning Nigerians of over N300 million.
According to the family, the influencer altered Deborah’s genuine medical report to falsely claim she was battling Stage 4 cancer.
“The fraudster used the altered report to defraud innocent Nigerians who donated well over ₦300 million for fake Stage 4 cancer,” the petition reads in part.
The family’s lawyer described the ordeal as painful, adding that while Deborah was fighting for her life, Blessing CEO allegedly used her identity and falsified medical data to solicit donations into private accounts, none of which were remitted to the patient.
The petition also accused the influencer of cyberbullying Deborah and her relatives when they began raising questions about discrepancies in the fundraising campaign.
A copy of the document bears a “received” stamp from the EFCC chairman’s office at the agency’s Abuja headquarters, also dated April 8, 2026.
The family also demanded the influencer’s immediate arrest and prosecution for what they call a “heartless” exploitation of a life-threatening illness.
The controversy first erupted in January, when Blessing CEO announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and later shared a medical report claiming stage 4 cancer.
The report was allegedly issued by Xinus Medical Diagnostics and signed by a consultant pathologist, O.A. Odigwe.
However, the diagnostic centre refuted the claim, stating that the original document had been issued to Deborah in May 2025 and had subsequently been altered.
Deborah, a makeup artist based in Delta, earlier detailed how Blessing CEO allegedly obtained her medical report.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is facing mounting pressure from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over preparations for the 2027 general elections.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the allegation during an interview with The Sun on Saturday.
According to Abdullahi, INEC is caught between preserving its independence and responding to political pressure from the ruling party.
“INEC is conflicted. There is tension between its desire to maintain its independence and the pressure it is facing from the ruling party. Sometimes it yields to that pressure, while at other times it tries to resist and uphold its independence,” he said.
He added that the ADC sympathises with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, over what he described as the pressure being mounted on him, but stressed that the issue goes beyond the individual.
“We have sympathy for the INEC chairman because we understand the kind of pressure he is under. But this is not about him alone; it is about the institution of INEC.
“Politicians are not the only ones on trial. ADC is not the only party on trial, and neither is any other political party. INEC is also on trial, just as the judiciary is.
“INEC has an opportunity to demonstrate that its loyalty lies with the Nigerian Constitution and the Nigerian people. Every government eventually leaves office and is judged by history.
“History will remember Prof. Amupitan. He must decide the role he wants to play in Nigeria’s democratic history—whether he wants to be remembered with honour or with ignominy. The opportunity to make that choice is now,” Abdullahi stated.
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Insecurity, hunger laced with lackluster INEC may make 2027 election not to hold-ADC spokesman, Abdullahi
The National Spokesman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said he is scared that the 2027 general elections may not hold due to massive hunger, unreliable INEC and insecurity.
Abdullahi attributed his fears to certain endemic factors from both the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government.
Abdullahi also cited insecurity, saying it may create situations where the election will not hold in many parts of the country.
He also said that the hunger in the land created by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration is another reason that people may not come out to exercise their franchise, adding that Nigerians are bitter.
“There is so much procurement INEC usually embarks on. A lot of them are offshore, outside the country. If by now INEC has not received funding for those procurements or has not been able to do those procurements, then the election is threatened. That is my number one fear.
“I am worried that INEC may not be ready for the election, whether deliberately or inadvertently. I have serious fear that INEC may not be ready for the election.
“They may rig the election and tell people to go to court, thinking that politicians will go to court, and that they will live happily thereafter,” The Sun quoted him as saying.
By Emmanuel Agaji
There’s no method drug peddlers will not adopt to beat NDLEA operatives using many unconventional ways of concealing the substance of death they traffic.
But the operatives too have a solution to all the concealment methods as captured in this video.
In this clip, drugs were concealed in plantain peels but this did not escape the eyes of Gen Marwa men.
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