Blessing Okoro, better known on social media as Blessing CEO, has acknowledged that she purposefully claimed to have breast cancer in order to solicit donations from the general public.
In a video posted on Thursday, she was interviewed by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, better known online as VeryDarkMan.
“The pressure was too much. So what did I do? That was where the cancer drama came in. And because of the pressure. I saw this embarrassment coming. I said to myself, what stunt can I pull? What stunts can I pull? Then I pulled out the cancer,” she said.
“Honestly, I do not have cancer. The truth is, I had gone for a check-up a few months ago and they found a lump on my breast, but it was not cancerous.
“So I took advantage of that, came to the media, cried for help and said that the lump was cancerous. I played an emotional game. I wanted funds, but I didn’t come out directly to ask for funds.
“When I saw the video, immediately he (VeryDarkMan) made that video, the donation stopped. The donation paused. So I’m like, what do I do? What do I do? That was where the whole orchestration and resolving and all that stuff came.
No matter how convincing a lie may seem, the truth will eventually come out. I’m glad Blessing has acknowledged her mistake and is trying to make amends. May this be a lesson to her and others: never deceive people to raise money or obtain money.
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