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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to restrain relationship blogger, Blessing Okoro, also known as Blessing CEO, from further defaming a nominal complainant, Mrs. Folashade Williams.
The IGP through its counsel, Rotshang Dimka also wants the court to restrain BlessingCEO from further granting interviews, and blackmailing the prosecution as well as court officials. The police is prosecuting the social media influencer on a six-count charge of Cyber-bullying, libel and for exhibiting uncensored movies.Meanwhile, in her response at the resumed hearing in the matter, BlessingCEO through her lawyer, Prince Nwafuru, filed a preliminary objection to the charge, challenging the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to entertain the matter.
During the hearing, Justice Bogoro directed parties to adopt their briefs of argument, which they did. Recall that the judge had remanded ‘BlessingCEO’ in prison custody over her alleged involvement in cyber-bullying, when she was first arraigned but she was granted bail. The prosecution in the charge is alleging that the defendant, did intentionally sent messages using her Instagram handle @officialblessingceo to bully, threaten and harass one Folashade Samuels, a.k.a. mama jazz, a younger sister to Late Bimbo Ogbonna.The police also accused BlessingCEO of using her Instagram handle @officialblessingceo, to injure the reputation of Mama Jazz and her late sister by exposing them to hatred, contempt, and ridicule.
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