Nigerian social media personality, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has admitted deliberately claiming to have breast cancer to raise money from members of the public.

She made the confession during an interview with social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in a video shared on Thursday.

Blessing CEO explained that she had undergone a medical examination which revealed a lump in her breast, but the finding was not cancerous.

She admitted taking advantage of the discovery by telling the public that she had cancer because she wanted financial assistance.

According to her, she was facing financial pressure arising from a dispute involving a man identified as Dr Onuoha Okeigwe and decided to stage the cancer appeal to avoid public embarrassment.

She said she initially created the impression that she was considering selling personal belongings, including her car and house, before members of the public encouraged her to share her bank details so they could contribute.

Donations subsequently came in from supporters, but the fundraising slowed after VeryDarkMan publicly questioned her diagnosis and demanded evidence to support her claims.

Blessing CEO said she was not proud of her actions and acknowledged that she had deliberately used an emotional appeal to obtain money without directly asking the public for financial assistance.

The admission marks a reversal of her earlier position during the controversy, which began in March 2026 when she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and appealed for donations to fund treatment.

In April, she admitted receiving N13m in contributions but maintained that she owed nobody an apology, attributing the confusion surrounding her diagnosis to possible miscommunication with her doctors.

The Delta State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association subsequently disowned a histology report circulated in connection with her claims, stating that the document originally belonged to another patient, Deborah Mbara.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission later arraigned Blessing CEO on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and other alleged offences involving the N13m donations.

She pleaded not guilty to the charges, while the commission alleged that she used a falsified medical report to solicit funds from members of the public.

The cancer-related case is among three fraud cases instituted against her by the EFCC.

In separate proceedings, she is facing allegations involving a N36m property transaction and another alleged N69.15m fraud relating to a five-year property lease in Lekki, Lagos.

At the October 26 hearing in the latter case, a prosecution witness, Dr Onuoha Okeigwe, told the court that Blessing CEO allegedly misrepresented herself as the owner of the property before collecting money from him.

She has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the separate cases. The allegations remain subject to determination by the courts.