The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday sentenced a lady, Okoye Blessing Nwakaego, to three years imprisonment for cyberstalking Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus via a social media app, TikTok.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted Nwakaego following her plea of guilty to a two-count charge of cyberstalking.

The judge, however, considered the convict’s remorse and gave her an option of paying a fine of N150,000 in lieu of jail time.

According to the charge, Nwakaego and one Chimabia (now at large) between December 2022 and July 2023 in Lagos conspired to commit the offence.

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The duo was also said to have knowingly caused the transmission of communication via Tiktok, Gossipmill TV, remedy blog and other social media network, with her mobile number.

Her conduct, according to the police, was “grossly offensive, false and for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred and needless anxiety to the prejudice of Badmus.”

The court heard that the offence contravened sections 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015.

Prosecution counsel Nosa Uhumwangho, who reviewed the facts of the case, told Justice Oweibo that Nwakaego confessed to making the video following a prompt by a male friend.

He said: “Blessing said a friend who claimed to know Eniola Badmus narrated the false story to her and that she in turn, narrated the story to a male friend Chimabia, who asked her to do a video of the false story that Eniola Badmus specialises in introducing young Nigerian girls to men.

“Blessing said after making the video, Chimabia gave her N200,000 and asked her to post it on her Tiktok from where other platforms picked it.”

Nosa said over three million viewers viewed the maligning video online.

seunmsg:
This is a welcome development. About time someone is made a scapegoat among these social media nuisance.

TheNiceGuy:
Why always Igbo?

Why

TheNiceGuy:
Why always Igbo?

Why

RuggedBiafran:
Something also must be done about

Bigotry
False and Vile Propaganda
Ethnic shaming
Identity Theft

That is what is equitable...

Yoruba people are the biggest and most useless hypocrites in that useless country...Who claim to respect peoples choice, but will be insulting people that want to exit that useless country.

As regards THIEFNUBUU, as a President he is a disgrace to decency and to commonsense. The IGBOs have shown capacity in determining what is good for that shythole. But when a known supporter of Buhari and now thiefbnubuu wants to insult people, dont even Insult IGBOs, because they have shown they are better than you mizcreants..spits

seunmsg:
This is a welcome development. About time someone is made a scapegoat among these social media nuisance.

seunmsg:


A lot of them don’t know where to draw the line. We must continue to show people that posting false information about others on social media has serious consequences. Hopefully, more scapegoats will be made in the coming days.

Godwin4444:
they are built to hate

No cap

Aside hate they have nothing on tinubu, they called him thief but he has never stolen 1 naira from them before, they call him drug baron but USA consular came out to debunk any criminal accusations against tinubu

Remove hate n igbos have nothing against tinubu

plaindealer:
Cyberstalking, cyber harassment, bullying and intimidation is getting out of hand and the government must do something about it.

Just imagine some igbo people still raving mad and constituting a nuisance just because they cannot tolerate and respect other people's rights to freedom of choice and association.

Must every Nigerian vote for obi and must you commit felony crimes because obi lost an election?

Sad..

seunmsg:
This is a welcome development. About time someone is made a scapegoat among these social media nuisance.

Godwin4444:
just like I said in my previous comment

Aside from hate for Yoruba n Tinubu, igbos have nothing on us

They are just specially built to hate

As fuel is to car is hate to Igbo man, remove hate from him n that’s d end

RuggedBiafran:
But Yoruba Loved Jonathan?..Right?
Yoruba Loved Abacha Right?
Yoruba Loved Shagari Right?
Yoruba that fight Hausa, love them right?
Yoruba that chased Ghanaians nko?

The hate filled region are the Vile propagandist and identity theft merchants. Who are always "victims" of what they dish out on a regular.

Same IGBOs you claim hate you, want their own country (BIAFRA) so they leave you to enjoy Nigeria. Same yoruba will be screaming foolishly for UNITY. You are so loving that Fulani collected your ancestral lands and are smashing your heads with rules and regulations, in your own land...spits

Better stop being foolish and face the reality of what is about happening...thiefnubuu will be booted out and you idiots will not have anybody supporting your foolishness...spits

Godwin4444:
even with enough pain in your heart u still end it with a Smilling emoji

U are hiding your sorrow, u can see what reno said about u

That’s to show u that even south south are tired of your madness

RuggedBiafran:
But Yoruba Loved Jonathan?..Right?
Yoruba Loved Abacha Right?
Yoruba Loved Shagari Right?
Yoruba that fight Hausa, love them right?
Yoruba that chased Ghanaians nko?

The hate filled region are the Vile propagandist and identity theft merchants. Who are always "victims" of what they dish out on a regular.

Same IGBOs you claim hate you, want their own country (BIAFRA) so they leave you to enjoy Nigeria. Same yoruba will be screaming foolishly for UNITY. You are so loving that Fulani collected your ancestral lands and are smashing your heads with rules and regulations, in your own land...spits

Better stop being foolish and face the reality of what is about happening...thiefnubuu will be booted out and you idiots will not have anybody supporting your foolishness...spits

You notice me bah?? Good.

MTNnews:
This fool just de foam for mouth all over NL