Court slaps 3-year prison sentence on TikToker for cyberstalking Eniola Badmus

VikokoAugust 2, 20231 Mins read36

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has 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 court ruled that the offence contravened sections 24(1)(b)(2)(a)(c) and 27 of the Cybercrimes Act, 2015. The suspect reportedly called Eniola Badmus a ‘pimp’.

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. And reports have said she has opted to pay the fine, and avoid jail time.

According to the charge, Nwakaego and one Chimabia (who is now on the run) conspired to commit the offence between December 2022 and July 2023 in Lagos.

The Police said the conduct of Blessing 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.”

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.

Okoye has however appeared in a video clip apologizing for her actions, saying she needed the money to pay her house rent, adding that desperation pushed her into acting in such a manner.

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The victim, Eniola Badmus took to her Facebook platform to lament the way celebrities are cyberbullied, saying that they are humans too and “have blood running in their veins”. Read full statement below.