Tiktoker who defamed Eniola Badmus online sentenced to 3 years in prison

Okoye Blessing Nwakaego, a Tiktoker who defamed veteran actress Eniola Badmus by accusing of her of being a pimp, has been sentenced to three years in prison for cyberstalking.

Blessing was convicted on two counts of cyberstalking on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, after she pled guilty to the charges.

Reports indicated that the offense contravened sections 24 (1) (b), (2) (a) (c), and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.

Blessing was however, given the option of paying a fine of ₦‎150,000 instead of a jail sentence.

The video Blessing made defaming Badmus had circulated on social media for days and according to Badmus' legal counsel, caused a lot of harm to her public image.

After being reprimanded by the police Blessing confessed that she defamed the actress in order to pay her rent, and that she was paid ₦200,000 by one Chimabia to lie against the star.

She said: "So, one of my friends said if I should come out and talk about Miss Eniola Badmus that he was going to send me N200,000 because I told him about my rent.

"So that was what prompted the video in the first place. So I’m so sorry. I just did it because of the money. I was so desperate to pay my house rent.”