I Never Had Cancer, Blessing CEO Admits in Interview With VeryDarkMan
Kehinde Adeleye
Nigerian social media personality Blessing CEO has admitted that her widely publicised breast cancer battle was fabricated, saying she created the story because she was facing financial difficulties.
She made the revelation during a recent interview with social media commentator Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in a video that began circulating on Thursday.
Blessing CEO said financial pressure and concerns about an impending public embarrassment pushed her to invent the illness story as a way of seeking help from Nigerians.
She linked her situation to her alleged difficulties with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an issue involving a man she identified as Dr Onuoha Okeigwe.
During the interview, she disclosed that she had undergone a medical examination some months earlier, during which doctors discovered a lump in her breast. However, she said the test results showed that the lump was benign and not cancerous.
Rather than disclose the medical findings, she said she presented the condition to the public as breast cancer, hoping to attract sympathy and financial support.
“I do not have cancer at all. I went for a check-up some months ago, they saw a lump in my breast, but it was not cancerous,” she said.
She added that she used the discovery to appeal emotionally to Nigerians without directly asking them for money.
“I used that opportunity, came out to cry for help and told people the lump was cancer. I was playing an emotional game. I needed money, but I did not ask for it directly,” she said.
Blessing CEO said she was unhappy with her actions, adding that the episode had left her feeling ashamed.
