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Blessing CEO: Police, EFCC receive petitions on alleged cancer fraud, investigation underway
Petitions against Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, a self-proclaimed relationship expert and therapist have been submitted to the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigation.
While the Delta State Police Command confirmed receipt of a petition on the matter, EFCC said it had started looking into her financial misconduct allegations.
Blessing CEO is currently facing widespread allegations of faking a cancer diagnosis to solicit financial support, as the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had earlier called for her arrest for altering the medical report of a cancer patient.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State Edefa Bright, who according to Punch, spoke with its correspondent, said investigation was underway.
“We acknowledge the petitions; we are waiting for the complainants to come and give us their statement. We will thereafter investigate,” Edefa said.
The Head of Media and Publicity at the EFCC, Dele Oyewale has also said that there was a petition submitted on the issue.
“There was a petition submitted; we received it and we are going to look into it. Whatever comes out of our findings will determine our next line of action,” Oyewole noted.
Blessing CEO’s ordeal began after claiming publicly to have been diagnosed with stage four cancer amid wailings and claims of auctioning off her belongings.
However, a breast cancer survivor who goes by the name Deborah Mbara in a trending video on the social media space accused Blessing CEO of doctoring her medical reports to defraud members of the public.
In the now-viral video, Mbara who is an Asaba-based make-up artist said she had previously met her during a makeup session and later reached out to her through a friend, after she went public with her diagnosis.
She said she was emotionally moved to offer her support, even bringing a doctor to join them on a call, in order to offer her necessary guidance.
The situation however took a dramatic turn when Blessing CEO requested Mbara’s medical report in order to compare it with her own diagnosis.
Mbara who shared the document with her, said she was surprised to later see a doctored version of it online as purported evidence of Blessing CEO’s illness.
Mbara, has now filed a petition through her lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, before the EFCC, urging investigation into the matter.
